India’s only active volcano stirs again; ‘Barren Island’ saw mild eruptions twice last week (Source: X/SansadTV) Minor volcanic activity has been reported twice this month at Barren Island, India’s only active volcano, officials said on Monday. The eruptions occurred on September 13 and September 20 but were described as mild in nature, with no immediate…
Kollam man hacks wife to death, announces murder on Facebook Live NEW DELHI: A 39-year-old woman was murdered by her husband in Koothanadi near Punalur, Kollam, on Monday. Police said the man later confessed to the crime during a Facebook live video before surrendering at the local police station. The victim, Shalini, was attacked while…
Screengrab At least 30 people were killed in an overnight Pakistani air strike in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa village, local reports said on Monday.However, the Associated Press, citing police, reported that the blast occurred in the region after a bomb-making material planted by Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) exploded, killing 24, including militants. The police accused the militants of…
NEW DELHI: Centre Monday sanctioned 25 lakh additional ‘Ujjwala’ LPG connections for current financial year, having transferred Rs 58,000 crore in subsidies to over 10 crore beneficiary women since the scheme’s launch in May 2016 to give poor households access to clean cooking fuel.“On the auspicious occasion of Navratri, I extend my best wishes to…
Cricketer Robin Uthappa appeared before ED officers on Monday for questioning in connection with a money laundering case against 1xBet online app. He is the third cricketer after Suresh Raina and Shikhar Dhawan to be questioned in the case. The agency has also summoned Yuvraj Singh on Tuesday and actor Sonu Sood Wednesday in the…
India’s win marked their second triumph over Pakistan in this tournament and their seventh successive white-ball victory against their arch-rivals since the ICC T20 World Cup 2022. (Image credit: Agencies) NEW DELHI: After India defeated Pakistan by six wickets in their Super Four Asia Cup clash on Sunday, Indian T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav was in…
New Delhi: With the elimination of two more CPI (Maoist) central committee members – Kadari Satyanarayana Reddy alias Kosa and Katta Ramchandra Reddy alias Raju – by security forces on Monday in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district, the strength of the outfit’s top decision-making body has shrunk by half in the current year, to just 10 members…
NEW DELHI: Number of polluted river stretches in country has shown a consistent decline from 351 in 2018 to 311 in 2022 and further to 296 in 2025, shows an assessment report of Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) released Monday.Two or more polluted locations identified on a river in a continuous sequence are defined as…
KOLKATA/T’PURAM: Bengal and Kerala welcomed lower GST rates for easing costs to households but warned that states will shoulder crippling losses in revenue, accusing Centre of passing the burden while taking credit.Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said Monday her state would forfeit Rs 20,000 crore because of the decision, though she backed it for the sake…
BENGALURU: The much-publicised socioeconomic, educational, and political representation survey got off to a sluggish start on Monday, with 1.7 lakh enumerators covering barely 400 houses and 1,100 people in Karnataka by noon. Officials said the pace is expected to pick up in the coming days, with field timings fixed between 9am and 5pm.K A Dayanand,…
