NEW DELHI: Four men wanted in several criminal cases in Bihar were shot dead in an encounter with Delhi Police’s Crime Branch and Bihar Police early on Wednesday, officials said. The exchange of fire took place around 2.20am on Bahadur Shah Marg in Delhi’s Rohini area, after a police team tried to intercept the suspects…
KOTTAYAM: The wheels of a helicopter carrying President Droupadi Murmu to Sabarimala got stuck in a depression on a helipad at Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium in Pramadam, Pathanamthitta, when it landed on Wednesday morning. The helipad was reportedly concreted late Tuesday night.A video of the chopper being pushed by police and fire services personnel surfaced…
KULLU: The higher reaches of Himachal Pradesh received a fresh spell of snow, and parts of the high- and mid-hills recorded light rainfall Wednesday as mercury plunged close to freezing point or even below in many areas.Tabo in Lahaul & Spiti district was the coldest at minus 0.7 degrees Celsius. Manali recorded a minimum temperature…
BHOPAL: Will donkeys go extinct in Madhya Pradesh? The latest livestock census paints a grim picture — the state now has just 3,052 donkeys, a sharp fall from 49,289 in 1997, marking a 94% decline in less than three decades.Nine of the 55 districts have reported zero donkeys, signalling near-total disappearance of the animal that…
Give yourself permission to do less. You may have many things on your list, but today’s energy is asking you to pause and reflect. Doing everything is not the same as doing what matters. You do not need to prove your worth by staying busy. Let your tasks wait if they don’t feel urgent. Sometimes,…
The United States on Wednesday announced sanctions on two biggest Russian oil companies in a bid to pressurize Moscow to “immediately agree to ceasefire“. The move after US President Donald Trump expressed that his talks with Russian counterpart Putin remained futile over Ukraine war.“Now is the time to stop the killing and for an immediate…
Gut inflammation is a condition where the lining of the gastrointestinal tract becomes irritated or swollen. When the gut becomes inflamed, some essential functions like immune regulation, nutrient absorption and even mental health can be affected through the gut-brain axis. It can be caused due to dietary, lifestyle, microbial and medical factors. The body, however,…
NEW DELHI: A staggered pan-India special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls will get underway within four-five days, with each phase likely to be spread over three months, on the lines of the one completed in Bihar. The last intensive revision of the roll was undertaken over two decades ago.Sources indicated that the nationwide SIR…
NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday offered prayers at the Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala, becoming the first woman head of state to do so. She is also the second Indian president to visit the temple, after V V Giri. Clad in a black Saree, Murmu arrived at Pamba around 11 am in a…
A Badr Airlines plane, coming from Port Sudan Airport, landed at Khartoum International Airport, marking the first domestic flight in over two years/ Representative image:X Khartoum International Airport resumed air traffic after more than two years, marked by the landing of a Badr Airlines flight carrying Sudan’s Sovereignty Council head, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, following recent…
