NEW DELHI: Ministry of external affairs on Thursday set up a round-the-clock special control room in Delhi to assist people stranded in the flash floods of Nepal.This comes after death toll jumped to 359 while 288 were reported missing.“We have set up a control room in the Ministry of External Affairs here, which will function…
Jana Nayagan’ box office collections day 7: Thalapathy Vijay and Pooja Hegde’s film sees midweek dip; earns Rs 6.10 Crore Thalapathy Vijay‘s ‘Jana Nayagan’ witnessed an expected slowdown at the box office on its first Wednesday. After collecting Rs 8 crore on Tuesday, the action drama earned Rs 6.10 crore on Day 7, registering a…
Roger Federer and Mirka Federer (Getty Images) Roger Federer’s career ended with 20 Grand Slam titles, eight Wimbledon trophies and 103 tour-level titles, but his final farewell was not really about the numbers. At the 2022 Laver Cup in London, Federer broke down while thanking his wife, Mirka Federer, for standing beside him through the…
Chhavi Varshney (Image Credit: Instagram) INDORE: A woman and her daughter were killed and three others seriously injured after an SUV crashed into a truck on the Ujjain-Garoth four-lane road near Ramakhedi village around 6 am on Tuesday.The deceased were identified as Sarika and her daughter Chhavi Varshney. Chhavi was a popular YouTuber and had…
Anti-paper leak law gets President’s nod (Representative image) NEW DELHI: The Centre’s tougher anti-paper leak law has officially come into force from Saturday after President Droupadi Murmu gave her assent to the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026, paving the way for stricter punishment, time-bound investigations and fast-track trials in public examination…
In Jan, railway board chairperson Satish Kumar had said the project cost had increased by around 83% to Rs 1.98 lakh crore. (Representative image) NEW DELHI: The cost of the Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train has been revised to around Rs 2.1 lakh crore, nearly double the original cost of approximately Rs 1.1 lakh crore. The proposal…
NEW DELHI: Former Chief of Defence Staff Anil Chauhan on Tuesday said India may have hit Pakistan’s Kirana Hills during Operation Sindoor last year, but the strike was unintentional.Speaking at the ‘VIMARSH’ event on Operation Sindoor and its aftermath at the Vivekanand International Foundation, Chauhan said Indian loitering missions sent to search for radars around…
‘People booed so loudly on the first day’; Writer Sanjay recalls ‘Notebook’ release;. Nearly 20 years after its release, ‘Notebook’ continues to enjoy a special place among Malayalam cinema lovers. The Rosshan Andrrews directorial is widely regarded as one of the industry’s finest campus dramas. However, according to screenwriter Sanjay, the film’s theatrical journey began…
Following ‘Singham Again’ (2024), blockbuster filmmaker Rohit Shetty started work on a gritty action entertainer inspired by the life of decorated police officer Rakesh Maria. Reports from January this year revealed that the film carries the title ‘Maria IPS’. John Abraham to be seen in never-before-seen avatar Now, according to Bollywood Hungama, John will be…
Tropical forests have been heavily degraded because of human activities. (Representational photo) Planting trees across vast areas may not be the only way to restore damaged tropical forests, according to a new study. Instead, small patches of native trees can gradually help degraded forests recover.The study was carried out by Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG)…
