Valmik Thapar walked with tigers, now he rests JAIPUR: Valmik Thapar was 24 – fresh out of St Stephen’s with a gold medal in sociology and an old boy from The Doon School. He stood at a crossroads. Life had questions, but no answers. Then the jungle found him. In Ranthambhore, 1976, he met Fateh…
File photo: CDS Anil Chauhan (Picture credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: India did lose some fighter jets during the strikes on nine terror hubs in Pakistan and POK and the consequent retaliation on May 7, but then changed tactics to inflict major damage on airbases deep across the border before the ceasefire three days later, Chief…
Stalin visits estranged bro Alagiri in Madurai MADURAI: Years after their political face-off and estrangement, Tamil Nadu CM M K Stalin visited his elder brother and former Union minister M K Alagiri at his house in TVS Nagar in Madurai on Saturday night, soon after concluding his road show in the city.Sources said Alagiri had…
2-year jail for Mukhtar’s MLA son; he faces disqualification VARANASI: UP MLA Abbas Ansari was on Saturday awarded two years’ imprisonment in a 2022 hate speech case, leaving him facing disqualification.SBSP legislator from Mau Abbas is the son of late mafia don Mukhtar Ansari. Abbas had been accused of threatening govt officials in the 2022…
This is an AI-generated image, used for representational purposes only. Three members of a family, including a 35-day-old infant, died in an elephant attack in Bengal’s Alipurduar on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Manoj Das (35), his daughter Manisha, and his mother Makhanrani (68). A herd of 20 elephants had entered Kunjanagar village from…
Ekambaram, among last women leaders in banking, to retire MUMBAI: After over three decades at Kotak Mahindra Bank, Shanti Ekambaram, the group’s long-serving executive and currently the bank’s deputy MD, will retire on Oct 31, 2025. Her exit is the latest in a string of senior-level departures following founder Uday Kotak‘s decision to step down…
Lord Jagannath’s Kolkata chariot to glide on Sukhoi tyres KOLKATA: Lord Jagannath’s chariot at Iskcon Rath Yatra in Kolkata this year will roll at a gentle pace of 1.4kmph on brand new tyres designed for a Russian Sukhoi fighter jet whose take-off run reaches a speed of 280kmph. The new tyres were necessitated after the…
File photo: J&K’s former CM and PDP president, Mehbooba Mufti (Picture credit: PTI) SRINAGAR: With tension still running high between India and Pakistan, even as Operation Sindoor remains on pause, J&K’s former CM and PDP president, Mehbooba Mufti, Saturday said the spectre of war must end so that people can plan their lives and revive…
File photo: Comptroller and Auditor General Sanjay Murthy NEW DELHI: To increase transparency and attract private investment in urban infrastructure, Comptroller and Auditor General Sanjay Murthy on Saturday said the federal auditor is ready to assist states in certifying their municipal accounts. Such certifications add credibility and value, encouraging private players to invest in urban…
NEW DELHI: Two men running a cyber fraud network with alleged links to Chinese nationals have been arrested for cheating a retired Army colonel of Rs 41.45 lakh through a fake digital gold trading scheme, Delhi Police said on Saturday.The accused, Indra Kumar Sahani (36) and Rahim Khan (24), were operating out of Ahmedabad and…
