The road transport ministry has decided to onboard Engineers India Ltd for the inspection work NEW DELHI: As concerns rise over deficiencies in quality of work and premature failures in expressways and NH projects, the road transport ministry will engage a third-party inspection agency (TPIA) for inspection and examination of around 5,000 km of expressways…
“Our focus should be on preparing sportspersons who will qualify and compete in different sports in 2036,” PM Modi said. NEW DELHI: Be it sport or society, the participation of youth is India’s strength, PM Narendra Modi said Thursday, calling upon them to take to sports at a time when more avenues have emerged for…
Congress rejects NC’s offer to join J&K cabinet, citing principled stand to stay out until statehood is restored. SRINAGAR: Congress Thursday turned down a proposal by National Conference (NC) to join the Omar Abdullah govt in J&K, saying the party would not deviate from its stand to stay away from the ministry until statehood was…
Indians top UK immigration charts for work, study, visitor, settlement and citizenship grants in year ending June 2026. LONDON: Indians top the numbers of foreign nationals resettling in the UK, being granted British citizenship, gaining work visas, applying for study visas, and visiting the UK as a tourist, according to the latest immigration statistics released…
Teen’s death in Kishtwar after forced abortion attempt leads to five arrests, including a teacher and hospital staff. JAMMU: J&K Police have arrested three more suspects in connection with the death of a 14-year-old schoolgirl in Kishtwar district on Aug 20 following an alleged forced abortion bid, taking the total number of arrests in the…
India and US discuss strengthening civil nuclear ties as India prepares for private sector participation and 100 GW capacity by 2047. MUMBAI: Atomic Energy Commission chairperson, A K Mohanty, and the US secretary of the department of energy Chris Wright, held discussions to explore opportunities to further strengthen Indo-US nuclear ties for mutual benefit at…
US President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order in the Oval Office of the White House (AP photo) US President Donald Trump has ordered that Lake Ontario be referred to as “Lake America” in the United States, adding another point of tension to his increasingly strained relationship with Canada.Trump signed an executive order…
In 1776, a Gettysburg minister built his stone home Gettysburg’s oldest surviving building, the 1776 Dobbin House, marked its 250th anniversary on Wednesday, 26 August 2026, celebrating two and a half centuries since Irish-born Presbyterian minister Reverend Alexander Dobbin completed the stone home. The anniversary was marked with a public reenactment of Dobbin’s original 1776…
Derek O’Brien falls during chaos at TMC office Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Derek O’Brien fell down a staircase amid a confrontation at the party’s office in Kolkata on Thursday, later alleging that more than 150 police personnel had “illegally trespassed” into the building.“At 3.30 pm the Kolkata Municipal Corporation came with an illegal notice backed…
Brock Lesnar, Batista and Vince Mcmahon (Agency Image) Batista vs Brock Lesnar remains one of WWE‘s biggest missed opportunities.On paper, the matchup had everything Vince McMahon could have wanted. Two powerhouse performers, two future world champions, two wrestlers who entered WWE around the same time. Yet despite their careers repeatedly crossing paths, Lesnar and Batista…
