NEW DELHI: Centre has identified as priority irrigation and power generation, among other developmental projects, in the Indus River Basin in sync with its resolve to utilise additional waters of western rivers – Indus, Jhelum and Chenab – in J&K and its neighbouring states in a time-bound manner.The decision on how to streamline these projects…
KOCHI: Popular actor and mimicry artist Kalabhavan Navas, 51, was reportedly found dead in a hotel room in Chottanikkara on Friday. Preliminary reports suggest that he died of cardiac arrest.According to Chottanikkara police, Navas was discovered unresponsive in his hotel room around 8.30pm. He was staying there as part of the shooting of the movie…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Thursday realised that its well-meaning rulings could cause huge complications in criminal law processes as it found that Karnataka high court had released a murder accused two years after his arrest as police had not informed him in writing the grounds of arrest as mandated by SC in Oct 2023.Appearing…
Former England captain Micheal Vaughan (Photo by Julian Herbert/Getty Images) Former England captain Michael Vaughan has criticised Zak Crawley‘s performance in Test cricket, questioning his place in the England squad. Crawley showed improvement with a score of 65 in the first Test at Headingley against India, helping England chase down 371 runs while facing Jasprit…
NEW DELHI: In a move to bolster child safety in schools, the Delhi government has re-launched its online training programme on the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) law for teachers in the national capital. The course is being offered through the DIKSHA-LEAD platform by the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT),…
Poland’s Iga Swiatek (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) Iga Swiatek captured her maiden Wimbledon title in dominant fashion, defeating Amanda Anisimova 6-0, 6-0 in a one-sided final on Centre Court to secure her sixth Grand Slam crown. The Polish star, long regarded as the queen of clay, has now conquered grass as well. It was indeed a…
Sachin Tendulkar and Shubman Gill (Agency Phtotos) NEW DELHI: Indian batting legend Sachin Tendulkar stirred nostalgia on Friday with a tweet that connected the current Indian team’s dominant performance at Headingley to one of its most iconic overseas Test wins: the 2002 Headingley Test against England.After centuries from Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal powered India…
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates‘ daughter Phoebe Gates launched an ecommerce app earlier this year. Phoebe co-founded the e-commerce app Phia with her former Stanford roommate Sophia Kianni. The platform uses AI to help users compare prices of new and second-hand products across more than 40,000 websites. A web browser/app, Phia aims to be the Booking.com…
PATNA: Two schoolgoing siblings were burned inside their home in Nagwan village under the Janipur police station area in Patna district on Thursday afternoon in what police suspect was a premeditated act of murder.The victims, 14-year-old Anjali Kumari and her 8-year-old brother Anshu, had returned from school and were asleep in their room when unidentified…
MUMBAI: The US-based Viceroy Research’s report on Vedanta Group contains serious allegations, causing harm to the conglomerate’s business and reputation, former Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud has said in his legal opinion. “The elements required to establish defamation — both civil and criminal — are satisfied in this case, given that Viceroy has…
