Kolkata: The real estate industry in Kolkata has urged the state govt to lift the embargo on high-rise construction projects immediately, arguing that the audit of projects in the city and adjoining districts can continue alongside regulated work at sites.Developers said they are prepared to submit formal undertakings confirming compliance with all statutory, structural and … Read more
Lucknow: Functional seizures, often mistaken for epilepsy, may be linked to the way a child’s brain processes stress and emotions, according to a study by researchers at Centre of Bio-Medical Research (CBMR) and King George’s Medical University (KGMU).The study found subtle changes in brain regions that regulate emotions, attention, body awareness and movement, helping explain … Read more
A street in South Gate has reported a total of six cases of jaundice within 48 hours with residents blaming contaminated water as the cause. Residents say they are being forced to buy mineral water as a temporary measure till the pipelines are fixed and properly treated water is provided again Madurai: Courtallam’s waterfalls went … Read more
An AI-generated illustration of the incident. Pune: A woman (40) died after falling from the eighth floor of a mall in Pune Camp around 4.30pm on Thursday.The deceased was a member of the housekeeping staff of the mall. She was a resident of Somwar Peth. Rahul Pawar, sub-inspector of the Bund Garden police, said, “Three … Read more
CPM state secretary M V Govindan T’puram: CPM state secretary M V Govindan termed the clean chit given to chief minister V D Satheesan in connection with alleged foreign fund collection for the Punarjani rehabilitation project unusual and mysterious. He alleged that Satheesan was exonerated despite evidence that funds were collected from abroad.The law does … Read more
Leopard adopted by KIOCL at Dr. Shivaram Karanth Biological Park at Pilikula in Mangalore. Barwani: A nine-year-old boy from a village on the Madhya Pradesh-Maharashtra border died 21 days after being attacked by a leopard in Barwani district, with forest and health officials suspecting that he may have developed rabies.The suspicion of rabies put the … Read more
Friend of ‘murdered’ Dalit minor held in rape case Dehradun: A friend of 16-year-old Dalit boy who was allegedly beaten to death by the family of an upper-caste girl for befriending her was arrested in Tehri Garhwal on Wednesday on “charges of raping her”. The arrest was made in connection with a separate case.Circle officer … Read more
Aziz Abdul’s racism claim rejected after Commonwealth Games headbutt disqualification against England’s Damar Thomas/ Image: Screengrab Commonwealth Sport has rejected allegations of racism made by Ugandan boxer Aziz Abdul following his disqualification at the 2026 Commonwealth Games, with organisers insisting the decision against him was a legitimate field-of-play ruling made under the competition’s officiating procedures.Abdul, … Read more
KRISHNAGIRI: The district additional sessions court in Hosur on Thursday sentenced a woman, her brother and her father-in-law and to life imprisonment for the murder of her lover. Lakshmi of Thottepalli village near Shoolagiri was in an illicit relationship with Murali of the same locality. Her husband, Srinivasan, was unable to bear the affair and … Read more
Ranbir Kapoor-Yash starrer Ramayana is like Avatar meets Gladiator in the world of The Lord of the Rings, says producer Namit Malhotra The first trailer of Nitesh Tiwari’s Ramayana: Part 1 has finally been unveiled, giving audiences a glimpse of one of Indian cinema’s most ambitious mythological epics. While the four-minute trailer has been praised … Read more