Spread the love A 21-year-old man, Aryan Verma, posing as a Brigadier with fake military insignia and commandos, was apprehended in Shahjahanpur. LUCKNOW: A man dressed as a Brigadier, travelling in an SUV adorned with military insignia and flanked by self-styled commandos, may have looked every bit the senior army officer he claimed to be. But a carefully laid trap...
Science Snapshots: June 14, 2026
Spread the love Sea star sports nature’s optic fibres to focus light A remarkable structure in the chocolate-chip sea star (Protoreaster nodosus) has come to light. On the tip of each arm, a skeletal part contains an array of cone-shaped structures that, like optic fibres, transmit 70% of incident light and concentrate it nearly 3x at the base. Overall, the...
Seat ejection, mud embankment may have saved lone survivor of AI 171 crash
Spread the love AHMEDABAD: June 12, 2025. Air India Flight 171 takes off for London Gatwick at 1.38pm on a sunny Thursday with clear visibility. Thirty-two seconds later, disaster strikes. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner carrying 242 people — including two pilots and 10 cabin crew — plunges to earth and crashes 1.7km from Ahmedabad airport. One man lives.For nearly a...
FIFA World Cup: Morocco denied famous win as Vinícius rescues Brazil
Spread the love Brazil’s Vinicius Junior (7) celebrates a goal against Morocco. (AP Photo) Brazil produced a spirited comeback to salvage a 1-1 draw against Morocco in a pulsating Group C clash at the FIFA World Cup on Saturday, with Vinícius Júnior’s brilliant strike ensuring the five-time champions avoided a losing start.In one of the standout fixtures of the opening...
3 years in the making: Gurnoor Brar repays Gill’s faith, shows he is not a one-trick pony
Spread the love India captain Shubman Gill, left, congratulates Gurnoor Brar for taking three wickets. (AP Photo) TimesofIndia.com in Dharamsala: It is fitting that Gurnoor Brar’s first international wicket has Shubman Gill‘s name on it: Ibrahim Zadran caught by Shubman Gill, bowled by Gurnoor Brar. If not for Gill, the 26-year-old could have been just another Indian pacer who vanished...
As Sameera Reddy enjoys jackfruit seeds, we find out health benefits
Spread the love 3 min readNew DelhiJun 14, 2026 06:00 AM IST Sameera Reddy has a large jackfruit tree in her backyard, and in her latest Instagram post, the actor can be seen enjoying the benefits of the fruit’s seeds. “Did you know you can eat jackfruit seeds?” she mentioned in the caption, adding a fun fact: “The global common...
‘Peddi’ BO day 10: Ram Charan’s film jumps 57.3%
Spread the love Ram Charan‘s action sports drama ‘Peddi’ continued its successful theatrical run on its second Saturday. The film witnessed a significant jump in collections after a comparatively slower second Friday. According to Sacnilk, ‘Peddi’ collected Rs 8.10 crore net in India on Day 10, registering a 57.3 per cent growth from its Day 9 collection of Rs 5.15...
Bangladesh cricketer alleges police beat him with ‘sticks & pipes’; BCB seeks probe
Spread the love Nayeem Hasan (left) Bangladesh cricketer Nayeem Hasan has alleged that he was assaulted by police personnel in Chattogram on Friday night while returning home from Dhaka.Nayeem was travelling in an auto-rickshaw near the Lalkhan Bazar area after arriving from Dhaka airport, according to a ESPNCricinfo report. Nayeem said police officers stopped the auto-rickshaw and behaved aggressively towards...
‘That discussion really helped me’: Afghanistan’s Gurbaz credits Gambhir after ton
Spread the love Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Gautam Gambhir (Agency Image) Afghanistan opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz credited India head coach Gautam Gambhir for helping him refine his batting approach after producing a stunning century against the hosts in the opening ODI at the HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala on Saturday.Gurbaz was the standout performer in Afghanistan’s innings, blasting 102 off just 51 deliveries....
TMC lurches from crisis to crisis: Mamata’s party battles for survival as rebel MPs move to stake claim
Spread the love TMC chief Mamata Banerjee NEW DELHI: From the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC shifting its Delhi operations from the residence of Partha Bowmick – a Lok Sabha MP whose name has surfaced among the 19 rebel MPs –to its earlier address on South Avenue — the home of another MP Mohammed Nadimul Haque – about a week back to...
