Telangana schools likely to get three consecutive holidays from August 8 amid Bonalu festival Telangana schools holiday: Students and teachers in Telangana may get a three-day holiday break in August as a weekend holiday coincides with the state’s major traditional festival, Bonalu. Schools and educational institutions are expected to remain closed from August 8 to…
Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images) The Times of India in Melbourne: At the end of the three-hour 20-minute exchange, Stan Wawrinka spread out his arms and soaked in the love from a packed KIA Arena. Playing his final Australian Open, the 40-year-old arrived in Melbourne Park with a wing and a…
NEW DELHI: In an effort to transform India’s punitive prison system into reformative centres, Supreme Court has mandated radical reforms and ruled that women inmates, like male prisoners, have a fundamental right to be lodged in open correctional institutions (OCIs), which must change character from labour camps to vocational training centres and allow inmates’ to…
Bhopal: The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed a ruling of the Madhya Pradesh HC’s Gwalior bench that annulled the 2024 bypoll victory of Congress MLA Mukesh Malhotra, reports Suchandana Gupta.The HC had invalidated the assembly bypoll outcome on a plea by Malhotra’s closest rival, BJP’s Ram Niwas Rawat, claiming that the former had not disclosed…
Divij Mehra (Image credit: X) MUMBAI: Some players in domestic cricket tend to raise their game when playing a top team like Mumbai. Divij Mehra is one of them. In Jan 2023, at the Arun Jaitely Stadium in the capital, the 23-year-old fast bowler, moving the ball around menacingly at military medium-pace, bowled a devastating…
NEW DELHI: During his two-year international wilderness, Ishan Kishan underwent some serious soul-searching and asked himself a single question: “Can I again wear that India jersey and perform?” The answer was an emphatic yes, reflected in a destructive 76 off 32 balls in just his second international appearance since his comeback, turning New Zealand’s daunting…
The state has lost 32 tigers in the first five months of 2026. Poaching is under control, but electrified fencing outside core areas has emerged as a major threat to the big cat. Adding to worries is the canine distemper virus that killed a tigress and 4 cubs in KanhaFive months, 32 dead tigers and…
SRINAGAR: Union home minister Amit Shah Monday met Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah in New Delhi and discussed, among other things, “the restoration of statehood”.A govt spokesperson said, the meeting “deliberated on the prevailing security and economic situation in J&K, with emphasis on ensuring sustained peace, stability and inclusive growth for people.”He said,…
Jannik Sinner, of Italy, holds the trophy after winning the men’s singles tennis final match (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez) Jannik Sinner continued his dominant run in men’s tennis by defeating Alexander Zverev in straight sets to win the Madrid Open title on Sunday. The world No. 1 cruised to a comfortable 6-1, 6-2 victory and created…
Car lies damaged after falling rocks and debris from a hillside hit it following continuous heavy rainfall in the Anni area of Kullu Heavy monsoon rains continued to disrupt life across Himachal Pradesh, with 204 roads blocked, 70 people killed in rain-related incidents and damage to public property estimated at more than Rs 910 crore…
