Chennai-Bengaluru Expressway Chennai: The 263.4km Chennai-Bengaluru expressway is stuck in litigation over a 25-km stretch falling within Tamil Nadu. Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh have already made giant strides in construction of the highway in their respective territories.The 25km stretch from Arakkonam to Kancheepuram of the six-lane NE-7 has seen a mere 50% progress with the…
Gold bars seized at Ahmedabad airport Ahmedabad: Customs officials at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) Airport on Thursday seized two 24kt gold bars weighing a total of 233g from a woman passenger who allegedly concealed the precious metal inside her clothing after arriving from Abu Dhabi.The seized gold, valued at around Rs 34.3 lakh in…
The AAI initially suspended access to the mosque for two days, citing repairs to the approach road. KOLKATA: A week after public access to the 136-year-old Gouripur Jame Masjid inside the Kolkata airport was suspended over security concerns, the Bankra mosque committee on Thursday called for a peaceful protest after Friday prayers, even as the…
Devendra Fadnavis, Praful Patel, Sunil Tatkare, Sunetra Pawar PUNE: The recent meeting of NCP working president Praful Patel and state president Sunil Tatkare with chief minister Devendra Fadnavis without the knowledge of the party chief, Sunetra Pawar, has triggered speculations of a rift in the outfit’s top brass.Patel and Tatkare visited chief minister’s official residence,…
Gavel Wooden gavel. LAW concept. 3D Icon isolated on white background Colva: South Goa sessions court judge Sharmila Patil ordered that charges be framed against five accused in connection with the alleged abduction and gangrape of a mentally challenged woman.Mohammed Adil, 18, of Chicalim; Mohammed Ali Mulla, 22, of Mangor Hill; Shahzad Shaikh, 18, of…
Niti Aayog has proposed a major overhaul of India’s biotechnology strategy, recommending the country to replace fragmented programmes with six mission-driven national initiatives, accelerating growth in the sector. These recommendations come as part of its newly released bioeconomy roadmap, which sets a target of building a $691 billion bioeconomy by 2035.The roadmap mentioned that the…
Nearly four years after losing the welterweight championship he held for more than three years, Kamaru Usman believes he still has enough left to become a two-division UFC champion.Saturday night’s UFC Fight Night main event at the Paycom Center in Oklahoma City on July 19 against former middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis is the next…
Punjabi singer Jasmine Sandlas, how claimed to fame with the song ‘Jaye Sajana’ from Ranveer Singh, Akshaye Khanna, R Madhavan, Sanjay Dutt, Arjun Rampal starrer ‘Dhurandhar’ recently opened up about her first experience with menstruation. Speaking a podcast, she revealed that the lack of awareness around periods left her terrified as a young girl. The…
Once synonymous with isolation, imprisonment and political persecution, the remote Greek island of Gyaros is today gaining recognition for a dramatically different reason. The uninhabited island in the Cyclades, which was used for decades to exile and imprison political dissidents, has become an important refuge for the endangered Mediterranean monk seal, one of the world’s…
Image Credit: Alex Ingle/Schmidt Ocean Institute. In January 2025, a massive event occurred at the Antarctic that changed what we know about life in the extreme cold. An iceberg the size of Chicago, named ‘A-84,’ broke away from Antarctica’s George VI Ice Shelf. As this massive block of ice, roughly 19 miles long and 11…
