NEW DELHI: A day after Supreme Court disapproved of its own order denying bail to activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam, saying it violated a larger bench ruling, difference of opinion among benches reverberated in the court’s hearing on bail plea of other accused in the 2020 Delhi riots cases, with police on Tuesday telling...
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SC won’t budge: Human life paramount, strays must go
NEW DELHI: Holding that constitutional balance must tilt in favour of human life if it clashes with welfare of animals, Supreme Court Tuesday strongly reaffirmed its Nov 2025 order to remove stray dogs from public institutions and spaces – hospitals, schools, colleges, playgrounds – noting that dog bite cases have assumed an “alarming proportion”. It...
Sweden joins India’s Venus mission, Norway ties up with Isro for space cooperation
Space collaboration got a big boost during PM Modi’s visit to Europe. Sweden has formally joined India’s orbiter mission to the Venus planet by signing an agreement to collaborate on the interplanetary mission. And the Norwegian Space Agency has signed an MoU with Isro to give a new dimension to space cooperation between the two...
Towns across UP, Chhatisgarh are getting baked, experts blame ‘man-made heat islands’
LUCKNOW: Banda in Uttar Pradesh baked at a blistering 48.2 Celsius Tuesday, turning roads gummy, metal searing hot and afternoon air into a blast furnace. Bundelkhand’s parched district has emerged as Asia’s hottest location four times in a month and topped global heat charts twice, a grim badge for a place meteorologists and geologists described...
Hindus given full access to Bhojshala complex: ASI
NEW DELHI: Keeping with the Madhya Pradesh high court’s order, ASI has allowed full access to Hindus to the Bhojhshala complex for worship of Goddess Saraswati.Drawing from HC’s May 15 verdict, ASI said the court ruled that Bhojshala in Dhar district is a protected monument and a temple of Goddess Vagdevi (Saraswati).“The court has also...
‘I’m not going to let world be blown up’: Trump defends conflict with Iran
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended the continuation of the conflict with Iran, saying he would not allow Tehran to develop nuclear weapons regardless of whether the decision is politically “popular” or not.Speaking to reporters outside the White House, Trump said preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons remains a priority for his administration and...
World’s hottest city is in UP: What’s making Banda so unbearably hot?
LUCKNOW: As Uttar Pradesh continues to reel under a spell of scorching summer heat, one district in Bundelkhand region stands out for a grimmer reason — emerging as the hottest city in the world twice and in Asia thrice in the past one month.Bundelkhand’s Banda district not only emerged as the hottest place in India...
Google Search gets its biggest upgrade in 25 years: Here’s what’s actually changing
Google has overhauled Search at its I/O 2026 keynote, calling it the biggest change to the iconic box since it first appeared more than 25 years ago. The redesign pushes AI deeper into every part of the experience, drops users into interactive results for some queries, and introduces agents that scan the web on your...
Brain clot, ruptured spleen: Autopsy shows grievous external, internal injuries on Noida woman Deepika
Deepika Nagar’s family alleges she was relentlessly harassed for dowry since her wedding in Dec 2024 NOIDA: The autopsy report of 24-year-old Deepika Nagar, whose family has accused her in-laws of killing her after months of dowry harassment, has found multiple grievous external and internal injuries. The examination found severe contusions on her face, thigh,...
7-year-old gets stuck between lift grille and door in Pune housing society, dies
A seven-year-old boy tragically died after becoming trapped between a lift’s collapsible grille and wooden door in a Pune housing society. PUNE: A seven-year-old boy died after getting stuck between the collapsible grille and wooden door of a lift of a nearly 25-year-old housing society building in the Sinhagad Road area on Monday night.Police said...
