Indian student shares F-1 visa rejection experience. An Indian student recently shared the experience of F-1 visa rejection in a two-minute interview, while the case has no apparent loopholes. The student applied for the visa to study an MS in Computer Science at the University of Maryland and the program starts on August 31. The…
Times News Network Seized items Surat: A 19-year-old serial chain snatcher, who allegedly turned to crime to fund his lavish lifestyle, has been arrested by the Surat crime branch. Police said the accused targeted morning walkers and committed nine chain-snatching offences over the past few months.Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Bhave Rojiya said the accused,…
Superstar Aamir Khan recently married Gauri Spratt MUMBAI: Superstar Aamir Khan, who recently married Gauri Spratt, has been threatened in the name of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang accusing him of promoting ‘love jihad’.The social media post, purportedly by gangsters Tyson Bishnoi and Aarzoo Bishnoi on Facebook, alleged Khan and others were promoting ‘love jihad’, which…
CBSE Class 10 2027-28: School-based R3 assessment mandatory for pass certificate, no Board exam for third language NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has clarified that while the third language (R3) will not be part of the Class 10 Board examination for the current batch of Class 9 students, clearing the school-based…
New Delhi: A newly designated fast-track court Wednesday granted CBI three more days to file the “documents, witness statements and other material” referred to in its nearly 20,000-page chargesheet against 13 accused in the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak case.Special judge Anu Grover Baliga took the chargesheet on record, observing that it was accompanied only by…
Pune: The Central Zoo Authority (CZA) of India has granted approval for Maharashtra’s first leopard safari park to be established in Junnar tehsil of Pune district, a significant move towards wildlife conservation.The project, proposed by the Junnar forest division and pending clearance for more than a year, will come up at Ambegaon village, around 120…
Eviction drive outside Shalimar station on Tuesday Kolkata: Demolition began on Tuesday at the Shalimar rail slum area in Howrah, known locally as Nepali Basti, as railway authorities and police started the first phase of a major eviction drive outside Shalimar station.The operation was carried out by the South Eastern Railway with Howrah City Police,…
Scientists have uncovered plastic pollution in one of Earth’s most isolated environments, challenging the long-held belief that the deep ocean remains largely untouched by human activity. Analysing animals living more than 2,000 metres beneath the sea, researchers discovered that 92% contained microplastics, offering some of the clearest evidence yet that plastic waste has reached even…
There is something comforting about the monsoon that naturally draws us towards food. A plate of hot pakoras, leftover curry waiting for dinner, freshly cut fruit on the kitchen counter or a pot of cooked rice cooling by the window all seem perfectly ordinary on a rainy day. But beneath the season’s cool breeze lies…
Pune: Questioning the “neutrality” of High Court-appointed Administrator, Justice (Retd) Gita Mittal, All India Tennis Association’s (AITA) interim president Chintan Parikh has termed her handling of the federation’s compliance process as “unacceptable”.An expert on Mittal’s panel responded by saying the interim committee wasted an opportunity to put across their views by refusing to meaningfully participate…
