NEW DELHI: A 21-year-old man allegedly jumped off the Yamuna bridge while on a video call with his sister on Sunday night. Police said a PCR call was received at Sunlight Colony police station around 11:22 pm, following which an extensive search operation was launched.According to officials, the caller reported that her brother had leapt…
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh anti-terror squad (ATS) has initiated a significant information-gathering exercise across eight districts, seeking detailed records of all students, teachers (maulvis), and management personnel associated with madrassas. The move has attracted attention within administrative circles as it comes amid ongoing state-level reviews of sensitive institutions.In a formal letter dated Nov 15, issued…
Six-year-old Dubai boy Shivankh Varun Varadharajan has stunned the world of classical music by correctly identifying 16 composers in just 60 seconds, earning a Guinness World Record. The young prodigy recognised works by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Vivaldi, Tchaikovsky, Wagner, Dvorak, Mendelssohn, Liszt, Richard Strauss, Johann Strauss, Rossini, and Brahms with remarkable accuracy.Shivankh’s musical gift…
Lucknow: A paan shop in Lucknow and another in Kolkata. One of them descended from a Shahi Paanwala from the 19th century, and another, an ordinary one, with no pedigree, serve as portals to the past, present, and future of Wajid Ali Shah’s kingdom. On Sunday, an art exhibition in Kolkata will shed light on…
NEW DELHI: With reporting irregularities in implementation of the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) scheme, seven states have imposed penalties to the tune of around Rs 129 crore, including the maximum Rs 120 crore by Gujarat, against contractors and others, and registered cases against them and certain officials following a directive from Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
NEW DELHI: Delhi high court on Wednesday issued summons to Shah Rukh Khan-owned Red Chillies Entertainment and Netflix on a defamation suit filed by IRS officer Sameer Wankhede for allegedly tarnishing his reputation in the series “The Ba***ds of Bollywood”.Wankhede has sought Rs 2 crore in damages, to be donated to Tata Memorial Cancer Hospital….
Lucknow: Defence minister Rajnath Singh, who is also the MP from Lucknow, thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for approving the proposed metro extension from the city’s Charbagh in to Vasant Kunj. Appreciating the cabinet decision, Singh termed the East-West corridor extension of Lucknow Metro’s Phase 1-B as a boon for the daily commuters who face…
As the fall semester approaches, several of America’s most selective colleges are making moves that are confusing, stressful, and potentially lucrative. Plagued by severe budget cuts and a sharp decline in international-student enrollment, institutions including Harvard University, Stanford University, Rice University, and Duke University have admitted dozens of students off their wait lists just weeks…
NEW DELHI: Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla on Friday shared a breathtaking timelapse video of India from space, offering citizens a glimpse of his journey aboard the International Space Station (ISS).Posting the clip on X, Shukla wrote: “Watch the video in landscape with screen brightness high. While on orbit I tried to capture pictures and videos so…
Google CEO Sundar Pichai recently shared an AI-generated photo on X (formerly Twitter) to wish users a Merry Christmas. The photo generated using Google’s Gemini features a custom snow globe image of a figurine version of himself with his dog Jeffree in front of the snow-dusted Golden Gate Bridge, evoking Google’s San Francisco roots. The…
