Panaji: After the death of a 17-year-old student at a waterfall in Sattari, activists and hinterland tour operators have called on the state govt to draw up a comprehensive, time-bound action plan to curb drowning deaths, and to tighten licensing and enforcement for unregistered trek and picnic operators.The Goa Civic and Consumer Action Network (GOACAN)…
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry pose for David Foster’s event.(Image credits: Instagram) Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have been travelling around the world in the last couple of months. After the discreet meeting with King Charles III and Queen Camilla in the United Kingdom in July 2026, the couple packed their bags for Canada to…
Quote of the day on love, its meaning and origin. The famous line “find what you love and let it kill you” is almost universally attributed to Charles Bukowski, though history tells a slightly more complicated story. Literature scholars and researchers have found no evidence that Bukowski ever wrote or spoke those exact words in…
Photo credit: Jstage.jst.go.jp A small dinosaur bone discovered in Fukushima, Japan, more than two decades ago has given scientists a new glimpse into the diversity of ancient life along East Asia’s coast.The fossil, found in 1999 and left largely unexamined for years, has now been identified as part of the breastbone of a plant-eating dinosaur…
On December 26, 2024, at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre in New Delhi, President Droupadi Murmu stood before 17 extraordinary young Indians and presented each of them with the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar, the country’s highest honour for exceptional children. Among those 17 children was one who stood out not because of what he…
A clean, bright current runs through the day for you. Venus supports harmony, and the Moon favours fortune, confidence, and forward movement, so things tend to fall into place from more than one direction.This is why success feels spread out, not limited to one area. Calls get answered. Plans hold. People respond well. Your mood…
Representational pic of a bike taxi Mumbai: Maharashtra transport minister Pratap Sarnaik’s plan to bring food delivery and e-commerce platforms such as Swiggy, Zomato and Zepto under the state’s proposed bike taxi policy is unlikely to be implemented anytime soon due to significant legal and regulatory constraints. “The matter is under discussion as of now….
New Delhi: A 19-year-old student died by alleged suicide in west Delhi’s Rajouri Garden Saturday.Police said that she was a third-year BA student at a DU college and had been suffering from depression following the demise of her mother in 2021.According to the police, a head constable had first noticed the dead body of the…
Chennai: Another round of verbal warning broke out over the all-party MPs meeting convened by chief minister C Joseph Vijay on delimitation, with DMK and AIADMK on one side and TVK on the other. DMK deputy general secretary Kanimozhi Karunanidhi on Saturday termed the meeting a “political drama” intended to divert attention from the Mekedatu…
With land parcels in core city areas becoming saturated, developers are using transferable development rights (TDRs) and floor space index (FSI) to build vertically in the city’s periphery In Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar, 4,164 homes are worth Rs 33,000 crore. That is less than 1% of the 5.05 lakh units registered in the twin cities. Yet…
