A middle-aged paan woman is singing unabashedly about being 16 years old. Next to her, a bent old man, stylishly dressed in a muslin angrakha over his crisp kurta pyjama, turns at the sound and asks the woman in proper Urdu why she is singing about being a teenager when she clearly isn’t one. Making…
Parts of the world experience impacts of El Niño differently. The same broad climate phenomenon can contribute to drought in one region and unusually heavy rain in another. Many people expected El Niño to become a major factor later in the year, particularly as it strengthened towards the winter months.But signs of the phenomenon had…
The PPSC shortlisted 751 candidates for the interview stage against 331 vacancies, triggering questions over consecutive roll-number patterns and the concentration of successful candidates at examination centres. The declaration of the Punjab State Civil Services Combined Competitive Examination (PSCSCCE) 2025 Mains result has triggered allegations of irregularities, with candidates questioning the selection pattern and demanding…
The rationalisation of visitor visa, earlier called tourist visa, allows flexibility for short and long stays. NEW DELHI: Having simplified its visa regime by cutting the total visa categories to 9 from 13 and sub-categories to 23 from 49 and also reducing the information sought from foreign applicants across all 23 sub-categories, the ministry of…
Manoj Chaudhari, curator of natural history at CSMVS, said the collection primarily comprises specimens documented and preserved before 1930s. Mumbai: A 28-ft-long whale shark, a 20-ft-long largetooth sawfish and a king cobra from Northeast India are among the specimens back on display at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS) in Fort. The museum reopened its…
Rajasthan Board Exam 2027: Class 10, 12 papers to start at 10:30 AM from February 16 RBSE Rajasthan Board Exam 2027: The Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education (RBSE) has announced the examination schedule for Class 10 and Class 12 board examinations. According to the announced programme, examinations for both classes will begin on February 16….
Horoscope Today, October 25, 2026: Read career, love, money and health predictions for all 12 zodiac signs on Sharad Purnima. ( AI Image) If paperwork feels oddly difficult on Wednesday, there is a reason. Retrograde Mercury in Tula lines up exactly with the Sun at around 7:50 pm IST. At this stage, Mercury is badly combust,…
Lucknow: The UP Special Task Force (STF), in a joint operation with Jammu & Kashmir Police, arrested four alleged members of the notorious Gataru gang in connection with several criminal activities, including extortion, robbery, land-grabbing and contract killings in Jammu & Kashmir.The arrests were made late Monday in Sadar Bazaar of Meerut. Four mobile phones…
Yogi Adityanath hits back at Akhilesh Yadav NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday hit back at Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav over his controversial “infiltrators” remark, which the BJP alleges was aimed at the residents of Uttarakhand.Adityanath, who was born in Pauri Garhwal, now part of the hill state, said…
Vehicles amid Delhi-NCR pollution NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has directed Delhi and three neighbouring states to detail the measures taken to prevent over-age and non-compliant vehicles from entering and operating in the National Capital Region (NCR), citing a sharp rise in vehicular emissions and calling for urgent intervention.The governments of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana…
