Dal Lake floating post office SRINAGAR: Working hours at India’s only Floating Post Office, operating from a houseboat on Dal Lake in Srinagar, have been extended from five hours to 12 hours, Department of Posts announced Friday. According to the revised timings, the post office (PO) at Nehru Park will now remain open from 9am…
R Praggnanandhaa and D Gukesh (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: India’s top-ranked chess player, R Praggnanandhaa, believes the upcoming World Chess Championship match between D Gukesh and Uzbekistan’s Javokhir Sindarov will be an interesting contest, with both grandmasters bringing different strengths into the battle.Pragg also highlighted the additional pressure that comes with defending the world title,…
How three US teenagers developed a low-cost technique for curved architecture using everyday materials. (Photo: Hofstra News) Wooden sticks, hot water and 3D-printed plastic connectors helped three high school students develop a low-cost technique for creating curved architectural structures. Their research, conducted through a summer programme at Hofstra University in the US, was presented at…
Omar Abdullah and Farooq Abdullah SRINAGAR: With National Conference (NC) facing its biggest internal challenge in recent decades, party president Farooq Abdullah and Jammu & Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah held a meeting with 15 of the 25 rebel MLAs at the former’s residence for over two hours on Friday morning in a bid to…
KOLKATA: As Tanvi Patri produced one of the most remarkable fightbacks during the badminton girls’ singles final of Youth Olympic Games, her father Rabinarayan Patri was not in the stands witnessing it unfold.Instead, he was rushing through an airport, trying to catch a flight.What followed was an emotional roller-coaster. The 15-year-old Indian clawed her way…
Mohammad Shami (AFP Photo) NEW DELHI: Fast bowler Mohammed Shami has retired from Test cricket, closing a 13-year career in the longest format with an emotional message on Instagram on Friday night.The announcement came exactly 13 years after his Test debut. Shami first played for India in the format on 6 November 2013, against West…
The Jharkhand High Court on Friday quashed the state government’s decision to cancel the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level (JSSC CGL) 2023 examination, bringing relief to thousands of candidates who had successfully cleared the recruitment test. The court termed the government’s decision to scrap the examination “unfair and unjust” while hearing petitions filed…
NEW DELHI: BJP national president Nitin Nabin on Friday questioned Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his “silence” on Jharkhand health minister Irfan Ansari’s “Nepal-Bangladesh” remark.Nabin asked whether Rahul Gandhi’s silence amounted to “tacit approval” of the comments made by Ansari, a Congress leader.Also Read | ‘India may face situation worse than Bangladesh, Nepal’: Cong minister’s…
The Olympics once featured artistic competitions, awarding medals for poetry, music and painting. In 1912, the Games’ founder secretly entered the literature contest under two pseudonyms and won gold/ Image: X At the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, competitors could win gold without running, jumping or throwing anything. They could submit a poem, compose a piece of…
CBSE Class 10th and 12th exam datesheet The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) released the CBSE datesheet for Class 10 and Class 12 board examinations 2027. According to the schedule, the examinations will commence on February 16 and conclude on March 9, 2027. The board has announced the examination dates well in advance to…
