AMBALA: A devastating cylinder blast in Ambala’s Friends Colony on Thursday led to a massive fire, claiming lives of a 1.5-year-old boy and his 31-year-old mother, and leaving her 13-year-old daughter critically injured. The deceased were identified as Ekta and her son Priyans, while her daughter Tanushka is critically injured. Officials confirmed that the blaze…
Sadhguru on Thursday said the world is increasingly business-oriented and that the quality of life depends on how businesses are run. In a post shared on X, he stated, “The world has become business-oriented, has begun to understand the nature, the safety and the quality of life depends on how we conduct our businesses. It…
NEW DELHI: The power tussle for the top post in Karnataka Congress turned ugly on Thursday with chief minister Siddaramaiah taking open potshots at his deputy DK Shivakumar. Hours after Shivakumar posted a cryptic message reminding Siddaramaiah and the Congress high command to “keep one’s word and walk the talk”, the chief minister has hit…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Thursday remanded four students to two-day police custody and sent 13 others to one-day judicial custody for allegedly raising pro-Maoist slogans during last week’s anti-pollution protest at India Gate.Also Read | Hidma slogans raised, pepper spray used: FIR alleges pre-planned Delhi pollution stir; WhatsApp group under police lensWhile being…
Screengrab from viral video (Image/Instagram@lisbon_ferrao) NEW DELHI: A video showing an environmentalist confronting a man dumping plastic waste into the ocean has gone viral on social media, sparking widespread outrage.The clip, posted by environmentalist Lisbon Ferrao on Monday, shows the man throwing plastic bags into the sea. When Ferrao asked him who would clean the…
2026 Bengal battle: A fight for space, or a fight for existence? “The river Ganga flows to Bengal via Bihar. And the victory in Bihar, like the river, has paved the way for our victory in Bengal,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared after the NDA’s thumping victory in recently-concluded Bihar elections. The message left little…
Nepal’s central bank on Thursday unveiled new Rs 100 currency notes featuring a revised national map that includes the disputed Kalapani, Lipulekh, and Limpiyadhura regions, territories India has long maintained are its own. The move revives a years-long boundary row, with New Delhi previously denouncing Nepal’s 2020 map update as a “unilateral act” and warning…
Stand-up comedian Samay Raina (ANI file photo) NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday directed comedian and YouTuber Samay Raina, along with three other comedians, to host shows on their platforms featuring specially-abled individuals who have inspiring success stories. The top court said the events should be used to raise funds that would support the…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Wednesday turned its critical gaze on its own functioning. On the growing trend of benches overturning orders of earlier ones within days or months of them being pronounced – such as on the menace of dog bites, retrospective environmental clearance, Bhushan Steel Ltd’s insolvency and the ban on fire crackers…
NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday slammed Pakistan for its comments on the flag-hoisting event in Ayodhya, saying that instead of delivering hypocritical homilies, Pakistan would do better to turn its gaze inwards and focus on its own abysmal human rights record.Pakistan had earlier expressed deep concern over the event and called it a “deliberate attempt…