KOLKATA: Eastern Railway will slap Rs 200 fine for littering or spitting at stations or train coaches, general manager Milind Deouskar said on Saturday while launching “Eastern Railway is Watching You”, a rigorous cleanliness drive. Commuters can post photos of offenders on a WhatsApp number to enable the authorities to catch them red-handed. Also, special…
Kieron Pollard, Corey Anderson turn back the clock (MLC Photo) Kieron Pollard and Corey Anderson rolled back the years with a match-winning partnership as MI New York chased down 166 with one ball to spare to beat Los Angeles Knight Riders by six wickets and strengthen their position in the Major League Cricket standings.After electing…
A pedestrian carries a bucket past graffiti depicting late soccer legend Diego Maradona in Buenos Aires. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) In Aztec mythology, Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca represent two conflicting but complementary halves of a whole — like yin and yang. Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent, is the god of light and order and his brother Tezcatlipoca, the…
For many Indian children, rainy afternoons were rarely spent alone. Power cuts led to candle-lit conversations. Parents made chai while children waited for pakoras or roasted corn. Card games came out of cupboards, stories were told and television often became a shared family activity instead of an individual one. Psychologists have long found that positive…
The Delhi government’s slum rehabilitation policy is set to transform the living standards of the underprivileged sections of its population, affecting around four to five lakh families or nearly 20 lakh people.The Delhi Slum and JJ Cluster Rehabilitation and Relocation Policy, 2026, which replaces the 2015 policy framework, aims to provide permanent housing inside multi-storey…
England’s Lauren Bell (NIgel French/PA via AP) Set to be cheered on by a capacity 31,180 crowd, England, who have never lost a World Cup at home — having won on all four occasions previously— will have a formidable task on hand trying to maintain that impressive record when they take on six-time champions Australia,…
NEW DELHI: Centre on Saturday revoked the emergency natural gas supply restrictions imposed in March during the West Asia conflict, restoring normal gas allocation to fertiliser plants, refineries, city gas distributors and industrial consumers as the ceasefire eased concerns over disruption of LNG shipments through Strait of Hormuz.Saturday’s decision follows a series of steps taken…
Anshula with sisters Janhvi and Khushi Kapoor The Kapoor family is gearing up for another round of wedding festivities as Anshula Kapoor prepares to tie the knot with longtime partner Rohan Thakkar on July 6. After the Mata Ki Chowki hosted by Rohan’s family last month, the celebrations are now shifting to the Kapoor residence.We…
Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah dispute (ANI Image) NEW DELHI: A special Lok Adalat was held in Mathura on Saturday as part of the Supreme Court‘s efforts to explore an amicable resolution in the Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah Mosque dispute, with only the Hindu plaintiffs attending the conciliation proceedings.The hearing was conducted before Additional District and…
Sriram Krishnan, the outgoing White House AI advisor to President Donald Trump, has put the blame on tech leaders of elite artificial intelligence (AI) Labs in the US for fueling a massive public backlash against the technology through their own ‘dystopian and doomer’ corporate messaging. In an in-depth interview with the Financial Times, the 42-year-old…