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Image Credit: AI NEW DELHI/PATNA: A woman’s family once said, “Chalo ladka dekhne chale” – (let’s go see a boy for our daughter’s marriage). But halfway through, they turned back, defeated by the lack of a proper road to the village. “How can we settle our daughter here?” her parents asked.This is the reality in...

NEW DELHI: Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday thanked leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi after he hailed job creation at Foxconn in Karnataka.Vaishnaw said that the Congress leader has acknowledged “the success of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’ programme.”“Thanks Rahul Gandhi for acknowledging the success of PM Shri @narendramodi Ji’s ‘Make in India’...

Jasprit Bumrah (R) and Temba Bavuma (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: South Africa captain Temba Bavuma has broken his silence on the controversial on-field comment involving India pacer Jasprit Bumrah and wicket-keeper Rishabh Pant during the first Test of the series at Eden Gardens in Kolkata, revealing that both Bumrah and Pant later apologised to him...

How Chitradurga highway fire unfolded CHITRADURGA: The blaze that engulfed a private sleeper coach on National Highway 48 in Karnataka’s Chitradurga district in the early hours of Thursday was triggered when a fuel tanker truck jumped the road divider and rammed into the bus, causing it to burst into flames, police said to news agency...

ALIGARH: A teacher at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) in Uttar Pradesh was shot in the head by unidentified assailants, officials said on Thursday.The victim was out for a walk.The university’s Proctor, Professor Mohd. Wasim Ali, confirmed that Rao Danish Ali, a faculty member at the ABK School of AMU, was targeted in the attack.“Around 9...

The Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) begins commercial flight operations on Thursday, opening a second aviation gateway for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region after years of missed deadlines. The new facility is expected to emerge as one of the busiest and a significant aviation hub in the country.On its opening day, the airport is expected to...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting chairman Tarique Rahman is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka around 12.00 pm noon on Thursday, ending more than 17 years in self-exile in the UK. His return comes at a time when the country has been marred by a series of incidents of violence, weeks after the announcement of parliamentary...

Ravi Shastri NEW DELHI: England head coach Brendon McCullum is under mounting scrutiny after another humbling Ashes tour Down Under, and former spinner Monty Panesar has floated a bold alternative: Ravi Shastri. With England losing the Ashes inside 11 days and trailing 0-3 with two Tests remaining, Panesar believes a rethink at the top may...

The US Department of Justice on Tuesday said that it has uncovered over a million additional documents “potentially related” to the Jeffrey Epstein case.In a social media post on X, the Department of Justice said that finishing the release of all of Epstein’s files could take a “few more weeks.” 5 Epstein Docs Bombs: ‘FBI’s...

What’s delaying Noida airport NOIDA: Calendar year 2025 is almost up and the answer to whether Noida International Airport (NIA) will become operational this fiscal, which is by March 31, 2026, should be known on Christmas.Union aviation secretary Samir Sinha will on Thursday hold a review of the status of the airport – which still...