NAGPUR: A 35-year-old woman and her 17-year-old son, while trying to fight off an alleged rape bid on the mother, ended up killing a contractor at the construction site where they were working in June. While the mother of four languished in prison, the children’s father, who had supposedly tormented the family for years, allegedly…
NEW DELHI: India will lead sales of scotch globally as rising disposable incomes and lower import duty — once the India-UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) comes into play — will spur demand and drive greater engagement between whisky companies of the two countries, the top body representing Scotch whisky makers has said.The Scotch…
India captain KL Rahul, front right, with teammates. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: India captain KL Rahul admitted his team “needed to be sharper” in crucial phases but firmly pointed to the toss and heavy dew as the biggest factors in India’s four-wicket defeat to South Africa in the second ODI in Raipur on Tuesday. Go…
APTET hall tickets 2025: Andhra Pradesh Department of Education has released the AP Teacher Eligibility Test (AP TET) admit card 2025 on the official website, tet2dsc.apcfss.in. Candidates who have appeared for the exam can move to the official website to download the hall tickets. The computer-based examination is scheduled to start on December 10, 2025….
CHANDIGARH: “The very essence of a welfare state is compromised when the instrumentalities of the state become a source of protracted litigation,” Punjab and Haryana HC observed recently, while reprimanding Punjab govt for its apathy in not absorbing a former worker of Anandpur Sahib Hydel Project for over three decades.Justice Harpreet Singh Brar ordered the…
MUMBAI: The rupee broke the psychologically crucial 90 mark against the US dollar for the first time and slid to an intra-day low of 90.29 against the greenback on Wednesday before settling 32 paise below Tuesday’s close at 90.19, extending a decline that now threatens to spill over into the wider economy. The currency has…
NIT Silchar and Nirma University Innovate Safer, Smoother Road Speed Solution GUWAHATI: Researchers from NIT Silchar and Nirma University, Ahmedabad, developed an innovative alternative to traditional speed bumps, aiming to reduce the discomfort associated with bumpy rides while effectively slowing down vehicles. This new solution, known as Spherical Cap Studs (SCS), was created as part…
President Droupadi Murmu presents Lt Col C Dwarakesh with the National Award for Persons with Disabilities on Wednesday PUNE: A basketball match at a military station in 2014 was one of the last things Lt Col C Dwarakesh saw before an accident left him blind. He would spend the next eight months in hospital, healing…
Gold prices surged on Wednesday, extending their upward momentum in both domestic and international markets, as a weak rupee and expectations of monetary easing in the United States boosted investor appetite for bullion. The sharp depreciation of rupee, which slipped to an all-time low against the US dollar, played a key role in lifting local…
Rohit Sharma and Rishabh Pant (Image credit: X) NEW DELHI: A light and endearing moment took place during the second ODI in Raipur when wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant spotted an eyelash on Rohit Sharma’s face just before South Africa began their chase. Though not part of the playing XI, Pant walked up to Rohit near the…
