NEW DELHI: The Centre on Friday appointed 1994-batch IPS officer Anurag Kumar as the new commissioner of Delhi Police, succeeding Satish Golcha.Who is Anurag Kumar?Anurag Kumar, an AGMUT (Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territory) cadre officer, was serving as special director in the Intelligence Bureau (IB) before being elevated to head the national capital’s police force….
MADURAI: Magic mushrooms, the illegal yet famed fungi of the Kodai hills that induce hallucination, are playing a trick on prosecutors.The question before the courts now is: Should they consider the quantity of the mushrooms or that of psilocybin, the psychoactive compound, in it? In the absence of a system to ascertain the active ingredient,…
Ahmedabad: After identifying thousands of unsafe private buildings over the past two years, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has now turned its focus to its own ageing housing stock, with plans to redevelop more than 10,600 dilapidated residential units across the city.A pre-monsoon structural survey of AMC-owned residential buildings, including schemes for housing urban poor,…
Participants have been asked to wear black badges and armbands, while he stressed that the gathering would remain peaceful. KOLKATA: Security has been deployed around Bankra mosque following a call for a peaceful protest by Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind’s West Bengal president Siddiqullah Chowdhury after authorities stopped access to the mosque, located within Kolkata airport premises, citing…
A court in Maharashtra’s Pune district on Thursday extended the judicial custody of Siya Goyal and her alleged lover, Chetan Chaudhary, by another 14 days PUNE: A court in Maharashtra’s Pune district on Thursday extended the judicial custody of Siya Goyal and her alleged lover, Chetan Chaudhary, by another 14 days in connection with the…
Children with disabilites associated with Caritas gets hands on experience in paddy transplanting Panaji: Nearly 195 students from the Caritas Centre, along with their caregivers, stepped into a field at Benaulim last week for an experience many of them had never had before: paddy transplantation.For the children and young adults — who include students with…
Asian equities tumbled in red on Friday as concerns over artificial intelligence led stocks deepened, with Japan and Taiwan recording the sharpest declines. Additionally, growing tensions in the Middle East also kept investors cautious, lifting oil prices while US futures traded lower.Japan’s Nikkei 225 led the regional losses, plunging 5.8% to 62,945.97 after computer chipmakers…
PV Sindhu advanced to her first-ever Japan Open semi-final on Friday after former world champion Nozomi Okuhara withdrew due to injury ahead of their women’s singles quarter-final at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.The walkover sends the Indian star into the last four of the BWF Super 750 tournament for the first time in her career. Sindhu…
Ryan Hurst injured on set while filming for God of War. Reports suggest that the filming and production for the upcoming live adaptation may be pushed until 2027, however, no confirmation has been shared. (Instagram) The ‘God of War’ franchise live-action adaptation had been going full force ahead. However, according to the latest reports, Ryan…
Kamprad reused tea bags and ate at IKEA cafeterias, avoiding expensive dining options. (AP file photo) Ingvar Kamprad built one of the world’s biggest furniture brands, but his personal life looked very different from what many would expect of a billionaire.The IKEA founder, whose fortune was once estimated at $58.7 billion, was known for living…
