Delhi air pollution: At 390, city’s AQI in ‘very poor’ category; dense fog reduces visibility

Spread the love       NEW DELHI: A thick blanket of fog enveloped the city on Tuesday morning, sharply reducing visibility and disrupting road traffic.The Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 390 in the morning, placing it in the ‘very poor’ range, according to Central Pollution Control Board. According to the IMD, moderate to dense fog is expected to persist through Tuesday...

Who were Latif Ayodele and Sina Ghami? Tragedy strikes Anthony Joshua

Spread the love       Kevin Latif Ayodele (right) and Sina Ghami (left) with Anthony Joshua. Image via: John Steffensen Anthony Joshua’s visit to Nigeria took a devastating turn on Monday when a road traffic collision claimed the lives of two men who stood at the very heart of his inner circle. Latif Ayodele and Sina Ghami, long-time friends and trusted members...

‘We’re heartbroken’: 2 Telangana friends die in California accident; family urges repatriation

Spread the love       HYDERABAD/MAHABUBABAD:Two childhood friends from Telangana’s Mahabubabad district were killed in a road accident in California’s Bishop city on Sunday. Both were living in Ohio and had gone to California on a trip with friends.Meghana Rani Pullakhandam, 25, and Bhavana Kadiyala, 24, had completed their master’s degree in computer science from the University of Dayton and were looking...

Another US strike, two more dead: Anti-drug campaign toll crosses 100 — watch

Spread the love       At least two “male narco-terrorists” were killed in a strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat in the Eastern Pacific, bringing the total killed in Washington’s campaign in the region to at least 107.In a post to X, US Southern Command said “intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was...

‘Where are the captains?’: AI, IndiGo in dogfight for pilots; joining bonus up to Rs 50 lakh

Spread the love       NEW DELHI: Call it the IndiGo schedule collapse or its fallout impact. A clamour has broken out between the budget airline and Air India group over having adequate captains to avoid a repeat of what happened under the new safety-enhancing flight duty time limitation (FDTL) rules.IndiGo has had to commit to DGCA about hiring pilots – it’ll...

‘Dhurandhar’ BO collection Day 25: Ranveer Singh starrer scores Rs 1078 crore worldwide haul

Spread the love       ‘Dhurandhar’ the spy-thriller, directed by Aditya Dhar and starring Ranveer Singh and Akshaye Khanna in lead roles, has emerged as a blockbuster at the Indian and worldwide box office. The film that entered its fourth week at the box office, has been rewriting several long-standing records along the way. ‘Dhurandhar’ box office collection Day 25 On its...

Gujarat tops in okra production

Spread the love       Gujarat has emerged as the country’s leading producer of okra, with the Saurashtra–Kutch region increasingly positioning itself as a major growth engine for horticulture ahead of the Vibrant Gujarat Regional Conference (VGRC) 2026 to be held in Rajkot, officials said on Monday (December 29, 2025).  According to the Director of Horticulture, Gujarat, the State ranked first in...

2 Mondays, a year apart: BEST bus mows down 4, injures 14 in Mumbai; driver suspended

Spread the love       MUMBAI: At least 4 people were killed and 14 others injured after a BEST bus driver lost control of the vehicle while taking a tight U-turn outside Bhandup (W) railway station and rammed pedestrians on the footpath late Monday, police said. The incident comes a year after the Kurla bus crash which claimed nine lives.Monday’s accident occurred...

SIR chaos: Hearings continue in Bengal; elderly deaths, distress reported

Spread the love       SIR hearings underway in Bengal KOLKATA: An 82-year-old jumped on the railway tracks hours before his scheduled appearance at a hearing for the special intensive revision of electoral rolls at Para in Bengal’s Purulia Monday. A septuagenarian from Howrah and another from Kalyani died after receiving SIR hearing notices. Family members of both blamed SIR stress for...

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