No baraats, no brides, no beginnings: Inside India’s ‘Hamlet of Bachelors’

Spread the love       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 Barwan Kalan,...

‘Fastest ramp-up’: Rahul hails ‘transformative job creation’ in K’taka; minister fires cheeky retort

Spread the love       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’ programme. As...

‘Bauna’ remark: ‘Pant, Bumrah apologised’ — Bavuma says ‘you don’t forget what is said’

Spread the love       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 for the...

Karnataka crash: Fuel tanker jumped divider, hit bus head-on; how a split-second collision turned fatal

Spread the love       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 ANI.The crash...

‘Was out for walk’: Aligarh Muslim University teacher shot dead on campus; hunt on for attackers

Spread the love       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 pm, we...

Navi Mumbai Airport opens today! Stunning pictures, flights, destinations & more

Spread the love       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 handle over...

Bangladesh unrest: Ex-PM Zia’s son Tarique returns after 17 yrs in exile – why it matters

Spread the love       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 elections slated...

Ashes: Ravi Shastri the next England coach? Ex-cricketer explains why he fits the bill

Spread the love       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 be inevitable...

Epstein files: Over a million more documents have been found — key facts

Spread the love       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 10 Co-Conspirators,...

Unfinished wall, ‘porous’ passenger area: What’s delaying Noida airport inauguration? Gaps flagged

Spread the love       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 has some...

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