PUNE: An IT engineer and his wife, desperate to cure their two daughters’ ailments since birth, were defrauded of Rs 14 crore since 2018 by a woman claiming to have spiritual healing powers. The couple, in their fifties, sold properties in the UK and Pune and depleted their savings, including provident funds, to follow the…
NEW DELHI: Ahead of the India-Russia annual summit next month, the two countries stepped up bilateral engagements with external affairs minister S Jaishankar meeting his counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Moscow and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s aide Nikolai Patrushev having a meeting with NSA Ajit Doval in New Delhi.At the meeting with Lavrov, Jaishankar said that…
MUMBAI: A conversation between a court clerk and a man in a court washroom is alleged to be the genesis of a case that led to the naming of an additional sessions judge as an accused and the arrest of the court clerk in a Rs 15 lakh bribery case. The clerk, Chandrakant Vasudev, allegedly…
3 Strategies to Close the Achievement Gap in American Education: Insights from Harvard Research (Image: Pexels) The persistent achievement gap in American education is often attributed to factors like socioeconomic status, race and innate ability. However, recent research from Harvard University suggests that the gap is not an inevitable outcome but rather a consequence of…
BSEB 2026 model papers for classes 10th and 12th released on its official website. BSEB 2026 model papers: The Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) has released the model question papers for the Annual Secondary and Intermediate Examination 2026. Students appearing for Class 10 (Matriculation) and Class 12 (Intermediate) exams can now access the subject-wise model…
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh faced a deficit of only 6% rainfall between June 1 and Sept 20, which is considered normal rainfall received during the monsoon season.According to officials at the Met Department, it was a good monsoon season for the state since there was continuous rainfall with a gap of just a few days or…
Abhinav Bindra has been chosen to bear the torch at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan (Photo by George Mattock/Getty Images) Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra has been chosen as a torch-bearer for the 2026 Winter Olympics to be held in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, from February 6 to February 22.Bindra, who won India’s…
Bollywood stars Sidharth Malhotra and Kiara Advani, who married in 2023, welcomed a baby girl on July 15th. Sidharth shared that they are still trying to determine who their daughter resembles, with the couple constantly admiring her. While their daughter’s name remains private, both mother and child are reportedly in good health. Sidharth Malhotra and…
NEW DELHI: Indian Army fired as many as 30,000 artillery and mortar shells as well as over3 lakh rounds of small arms across the Line of Control in response to Pakistan’s ceasefire violations during the May 7-10 hostilities, Northern Command chief Lt-General Pratik Sharma said on Saturday.“For every round fired by Pakistan (after IAF and…
NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) on Thursday extended the deadline for furnishing the audit reports under the Income-tax Act, 1961, for the Financial Year 2024-25 (Assessment Year 2025-26).“The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has decided to extend the specified date for filing various audit reports for the Previous Year 2024–25…