Spread the love Har Ki Pauri in Haridwar HARIDWAR: New notice boards citing an over a century-old municipal bylaw restricting the entry of non-Hindus at Har-ki-Pauri, the city’s most prominent ghat, have been installed at all access points to the ghat. Ujjwal Pandit, secretary of the Ganga Sabha, the body which administers the ghat, said the “move was intended to...
‘It is none of her business’: Priya Sachdev plea slammed by Sunjay Kapur’s sister
Spread the love The legal dispute regarding Sunjay Kapur’s Rs 30,000 crore estate has now taken a new turn as his widowed wife Priya Sachdev has moved to Supreme Court. She has filed a plea asking for Sunjay and Karisma’s divorce documents. For those not in the know, Karisma was married to Sunjay in 2003 and their divorce was finalised...
BJP takes control of BMC: What’s next for Uddhav Thackeray and his Sena
Spread the love NEW DELHI: The last bastion of the Thackerays has been breached. The BJP-led Mahayuti has ended the decades-old dominance of the Thackerays in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). Even the “Brhamastra” of reunion, of cousins Uddhav and Raj. failed to help them retain control of the cash-rich civic body. For Uddhav Thackeray, this was a do-or-die electoral...
US tariff warning: Trump threatens levies over Greenland plan; warns of Russia, China intervention
Spread the love <img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-126584835,imgsize-996458,width-400,resizemode-4/.jpg" alt="Trump's Greenland plan: US President threatens tariffs for those who don't support takeover bid; warns of Russia, China intervention" title=" Trump warns of tariff for those who don’t support his Greenland bid ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> Trump warns of tariff for those who don’t support his Greenland bid US President Donald Trump, during a health roundtable...
‘Bengal fed up with TMC’: After Maha win, PM Modi guns for Mamata
Spread the love NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the Mamata Banerjee government in poll-bound West Bengal of “misrule”, moments after Maharashtra civic poll results showed big victory for Mahayuti.“I look forward to being among the people of Malda and neighbouring areas during the BJP rally tomorrow. Every passing day, some or the other instance of TMC misrule comes...
X outage: Musk’s Twitter goes down for second time in three days
Spread the love X, formerly Twitter, has suffered a major outage. The massive downtime on Friday (January 16) marks the second time in just three days that Elon Musk-owned social media platform has been knocked offline, rendering thousands of users unable to access posts, photos and videos. According to performance monitoring service Downdetector.com, a huge part of the user base...
Maha civic polls: BJP dominates, AIMIM expands, Cong finds foothold – 5 key takeaways
Spread the love NEW DELHI: The Maharashtra civic elections 2026, including the high-stakes Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls, delivered a resounding verdict to the BJP-led Mahayuti. Across 27 civic bodies and 2,869 wards, results show the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance decisively ahead, as the party and its partners captured key urban strongholds. Meanwhile, smaller players made targeted gains and traditionally dominant...
Assam scientists probe Sun to rethink gravity
Spread the love The Sun may be doing more than warming planet Earth. It may also be helping scientists rethink one of nature’s most fundamental forces. Researchers at Tezpur University in north-central Assam have used observations of the Sun’s internal movements to test a new concept on the nature of gravity, marking a step towards understanding the hidden physics within the...
Almost human-like creatures may have lived alongside humans in the Leang Bulu Bettue caves
Spread the love A deep excavation in Indonesia has uncovered evidence that modern humans and an older hominin species used the same cave, possibly within overlapping periods. The finding comes from a long-running dig on the island of Sulawesi, where researchers have reached archaeological layers dating back roughly 200,000 years. The site shows a clear change in tool use, food...
BMC and other Maharashtra civic poll results 2026: Top 10 winners and losers
Spread the love NEW DELHI: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and Maharashtra civic elections 2026 have marked a decisive shift in the urban political landscape. Held after a delay of nearly four years due to legal challenges and prolonged administrator rule, the elections across 27 municipal corporations and 2,869 seats were widely seen as a test of governance credibility and...
