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Punjab civic polls today across 103 urban bodies; over 7,500 candidates in fray

Chandigarh: Polling for elections to 103 urban local bodies in Punjab, including eight municipal corporations, 75 municipal councils and 20 nagar panchayats, will be held on Tuesday.A total of 7,555 candidates are contesting across 1,896 wards. Of them, 1,613 candidates are in the fray for 396 wards in eight municipal corporations — Abohar, Batala, Barnala,...

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Iran throws architectural shade on Marco Rubio’s hot Taj Mahal visit

TOI correspondent from Washington: In a week already overloaded with US-Iran peace talks, energy crises, and the aftermath of Trump visit to China, few expected the hottest geopolitical clash would involve Marco Rubio, the Taj Mahal, and an Iranian consulate armed with architectural claims and Persian pride.The latest chapter in the US-Iran snark diplomacy began...

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Assam seeks to become 4th state with UCC as bill tabled in assembly

GUWAHATI: Assam govt tabled a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill in assembly on Monday, proposing a common law on marriage, divorce, live-in relationships and succession, following in the footsteps of Uttarakhand and Gujarat, to enact UCC post-Independence.The ‘Uniform Civil Code, Assam, 2026 bill’ introduced by state parliamentary affairs minister Atul Bora, states that the common...

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From Z-plus security to stripped surveillance: Why cops landed at Abhishek Banerjee’s residence

Police remove surveillance equipment from Abhishek’s house KOLKATA: Plainclothes cops knocked on the doors of Shantiniketan — the residence of Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee — on Monday and walked out with a large monitor and hard disks after several minutes of high drama.The heavily guarded residence of Banerjee saw a visible security...

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The physics of thermometers, temperatures and cold atoms

People from Bengaluru should not be allowed to complain about their weather turning hot. The other day, as a namma friend called to express disappointment over their daytime temperatures reaching as high as 33 degrees, I wondered in what Awadhi words should I inform her about the pleasant 42 degrees here in Kanpur. The baked earth, the...

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