GHAZIABAD: Nine years after demonetisation, crores of invalidated Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes remain stashed with people, sustaining a grey market large enough for organised fraud. This was evident from the arrest of eight members of a gang over the last two weeks. The men were allegedly behind a multi-level racket that trapped clients,…
Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) is facing rising discontent among professors after announcing drastic reductions to Ph.D. admissions for the next two years.According to The Harvard Crimson, the FAS is dealing with an estimated $365 million structural deficit, prompting cuts of 75% in the Sciences, around 60% in Arts and Humanities, and at…
RAIPUR: Thousands of tribal people from over a dozen villages in Dharamjaigarh region of Chhattisgarh’s Raigarh district spent more than 24 hours on the road outside the collector’s office, demanding cancellation of an upcoming public hearing for a proposed private coal mining project, reports Rashmi Drolia. Defying the evening chill, men, women, elderly people and…
Recently, Abhishek caught everyone’s attention during a promotional event in Mumbai when he appeared wearing not one but two luxury watches, a fashion choice that instantly went viral. However, what many don’t know is that this unique style carries an emotional story that began decades ago. How the two-watch trend began While being interviewed by…
Sweet origins: Invented by Ram Asrey, balai ki gilori (or malai paan) is delicately folded like a betel leaf While the tundeys and qormas have hogged the limelight, it is the city’s subtler dishes — where spices whisper and humble ingredients shine — that truly merit new UNESCO tag a delicate ‘tikiya’, pan-fried, judiciously spiced,…
Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said that people of Bihar no longer want the “dim light of lantern” but a state that “shines in LED light.”Addressing election rallies in Bihar, Yogi said the first phase of polling held on Nov 6 clearly indicates the return of the NDA in the state and added…
BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh chief minister Mohan Yadav has assured that Munna Singh Gaud, the father of women’s World Cup-winning cricketer Kranti Gaud, will be reinstated as police constable. Gaud was dismissed in 2012 after an alleged error during election duty. The announcement came during Kranti’s felicitation ceremony in Bhopal, where the CM commended the bowler…
MUMBAI: In a step towards liquidation of Gitanjali Gems Ltd, the company at the centre of the Rs 23,000 crore Punjab National Bank fraud case involving Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi, a special PMLA court allowed the company’s liquidator to proceed with valuation and subsequent auction of 13 unsecured properties valued over Rs…
NEW DELHI: After Maharashtra government took exception and sought review of a September 11 order of a two-judge Supreme Court bench to set up an SIT comprising police officers from Hindu and Muslim communities to probe certain crimes during 2023 Akola communal riots, the same judges gave a split verdict – one allowing the review,…
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday said BJP has sensed its imminent defeat in Bihar and was now resorting to fear-mongering over “jungle raj” instead of addressing unemployment, inflation, and farmers’ distress.Addressed four rallies in Bihar in support of INDIA bloc candidates, he said INDIA bloc will form the next govt in Bihar,…
