Kolkata: Gold, silver and diamond ornaments worth over Rs 1.5 crore, allegedly smuggled into Kolkata, were seized by Airport police, who arrested a Rajasthan man while he was allegedly attempting to take the consignment out of the airport premises.Police said they recovered around 1.7 kg of gold and silver jewellery, valued at about Rs 1.2…
Pune: A 25-year-old woman was killed after a minibus hit her scooter from behind at Yamunanagar in Nigdi on Tuesday afternoon. She was on her way to work when the accident occurred.Nigdi police identified the deceased as Shraddha Rajaram Mane, a resident of Nigdi and a native of Karad taluka in Satara district. She had…
Panaji: The Bombay high court on Thursday ordered the release of three life convicts — Rohan Dhungat, Shankar Tiwari and Ryan Pinto — in the 2006 kidnapping and murder of Mandar Surlakar, after the Sentence Review Board recommended their premature release on completion of 14 years of actual imprisonment.The court quashed state govt’s order rejecting…
The narcotic was being transported in a truck as rice crackers Surat: The local crime branch (LCB) of Surat Rural police on Thursday seized 2.5 tonned of poppy husk — worth an estimated Rs 3.75 crore — from a truck on National Expressway 4, exposing an interstate supply network that allegedly routed the contraband through…
India squad for AHF Women’s Junior Asia Cup 2026 Midfielder Khaidem Shileima Chanu will captain the 18-member India junior women’s hockey team at the Junior Asia Cup, which will be held in Moqi, China, from August 30 to September 13.The squad recently returned from an exposure tour of the United Kingdom as part of its…
After Jean Grey and Emma Frost, it seems that Marvel Studios may have found its next Scott Summers.Kit Connor, best known for his breakout role in Netflix’s ‘Heartstopper’, is reportedly in talks to play Cyclops in Marvel Studios’ upcoming X-Men reboot. Kit Connor in talks to join ‘X-Men’ If finalised, it would land the star…
Michel Foucault was a French philosopher and historian whose work explored how power, knowledge and social institutions shape human behaviour, identity and society. In 1971, during a televised debate hosted by Dutch philosopher Fons Elders, French philosopher Michel Foucault sat across from linguist Noam Chomsky. Chomsky argued that human beings have a natural, universal human…
For much of the twentieth century, the deepest parts of the oceans remained among the least understood places on Earth. Ships crossed vast stretches of water every day, yet almost nobody knew what lay beneath them beyond scattered depth measurements collected for navigation. The seabed was often imagined as a broad, featureless plain interrupted only…
Avellanosa de Muñó (Image Credit: Wikipedia) Most places are known for their landscapes, history or architecture, but one tiny Spanish village is about to become famous for something that happens in the sky. According to BBC Travel, Avellanosa de Muñó, a quiet village in Spain’s Burgos province, will witness a rare celestial event on 12…
Libra Weekly Horoscope, 3rd August – 9th August 2026: Balance, discipline, and progress define your week (AI Image) A piece of stuck energy finally starts moving. Money blocked for a long time can come through, and that alone may change your mood. Yet the day isn’t entirely smooth. The Moon stirs emotional responses, and Saturn…
