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NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Tuesday asked Union govt to solve the tragic mystery of Capt Ashish Kumar, who went missing after a missile attack on his ship, MT Skylight, in the Strait of Hormuz on March 1.He was presumed dead after bones were found in the burnt-out captain’s cabin. But DNA tests later showed…

In this image posted on Aug. 12, 2026, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor during a meeting at Nirvachan Sadan, in New Delhi. NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump’s post appreciating India’s mandatory elector identification system followed an Aug 12 meeting between chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and US…

Nagpur: Chess queen Divya Deshmukh will finally get India’s second highest sporting honour. After emerging as India’s first Women’s World Cup winner, Vidarbha’s first girl to become a Grandmaster and Nagpur’s first Olympiad gold medallist, Divya added another illustrious first — the Arjuna Award. What’s more, at 20, Divya added another jewel to her much-adorned…

Lucknow: Two days after a mob allegedly attacked a police sub-inspector and pelted stones at a joint anti-encroachment team of police and Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) in Budheshwar, authorities on Tuesday deployed a heavy police and PAC force and arrested four persons involved in the attack. The authorities also removed 200 buffaloes kept illegally in…

Ahmedabad: The city crime branch on Tuesday arrested a 38-year-old man from Vatva and seized 38g of mephedrone, valued at Rs 1.1 lakh, from his residence.Acting on a tip-off that the accused was selling MD drugs from his house, a crime branch team raided the premises in the Hussainabad Society near Bibi Talav in Vatva,…

Thiruvananthapuram: The state cabinet has decided to lease 18.16 acres of land at Ramanthuruth in Kochi to Cochin Shipyard Limited for setting up a ship block manufacturing facility, chief minister V D Satheesan said on Tuesday.The project is expected to involve an investment of Rs 5,000 crore and create direct employment for around 2,000 people,…

The move follows growing public concern over the poor condition of internal roads in several residential areas Nashik: The city is set for a major road infrastructure overhaul with chief minister Devendra Fadnavis approving a Rs 1,000-crore proposal for the development of internal colony roads across the city ahead of the Simhastha Kumbh Mela.Announcing the…

The FDA issued notices to the three actors on August 14, asking them to explain their role in the advertisement and their association with the brand, which the regulator said could amount to indirect promotion of a pan masala product. NEW DELHI: Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Tukaram Mundhe has warned that Bollywood…

KARUR: Pugazhur town secretary of TVK, A Nandakumar, was arrested on Tuesday in connection with an alleged attempt to snatch a gold thali chain from a woman near Noyyal in Karur district.Police said Nandakumar, 29, was arrested under Sections 304(2) read with 62 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), pertaining to chain-snatching.According to police, M…

Kolkata: Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra has moved a privilege notice before Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla against three senior Nadia district officials, alleging a breach of parliamentary protocol and “contemptuous conduct” after she was asked to vacate Nadia Circuit House late on Aug 14.In the notice filed under Rule 222 of the Rules of…