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BHUBANESWAR: Not smoke. Not mirrors. Just steel that wasn’t there. Three decades after magician PC Sorcar Jr stunned a live crowd by making a passenger train “vanish” at Bardhaman in Bengal, rail travellers in western Odisha faced a far less theatrical disappearance — a reserved coach that never showed up.Passengers holding confirmed tickets for a…

With Moltbook, AI agents build their own civilisation BENGALURU: In a surreal corner of the internet launched a few days ago, AI agents are building their own civilisation. Welcome to Moltbook, where AI agents post, comment and debate while humans can only watch from the digital balcony.When entrepreneur Matt Schlicht launched Moltbook on Jan 28,…

Devpt Comes As President’s Rule Set To Complete 1yr Manipur’s NDA lawmakers have been summoned to New Delhi, triggering fresh speculation that an elected govt could be restored in the violence-scarred state as President’s rule nears its first anniversary.More than 35 NDA MLAs and party functionaries left Imphal on Sunday after being asked by BJP’s…

Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis (PTI photo) MUMBAI: CM Devendra Fadnavis Sunday said they had no idea about the discussions of a merger of the two NCPs nor about the date of merger.“If discussions on merger had gone to a final stage, Ajitdada would have informed us… He is in our govt and without sharing with…

NEW DELHI: The Budget tabled in the Parliament is a step towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of Viksit Bharat, Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta said on Sunday.The Budget touches every segment and promotes different dimensions of trade and business, she told reporters after watching the budget presentation at an event in North West Delhi’s…

LUCKNOW: The Union Budget 2026-27 on Sunday drew mixed reactions from the top echelons of Uttar Pradesh politics, with chief minister Yogi Adityanath terming it a welfare-oriented blueprint for building a ‘Viksit Bharat’, and Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav rebuking it as an “invisible ledger” of the BJP’s corruption.In a post on X in Hindi,…

JAMMU: The ongoing hunt for three fugitive ultras in the snowbound Chatroo-Dolgam-Dichhar belt was intensified on Sunday — day 15 of Operation Trashi-I.Security forces and terrorists had briefly exchanged bullets in Dolgam area Saturday. One terrorist was believed to have sustained injuries, as drone footage purportedly showed blood trails, officials said. Northern Army Commander Lt…

KURUKSHETRA: The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) Charuni has strongly criticised the Union Budget 2026–27 presented by the Central Government on Sunday, terming it anti-farmer, disappointing and far removed from ground realities. The farmers’ body said millions of farmers across the country had high expectations from the budget, but once again those hopes were dashed.In a…

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee NEW DELHI: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has approached the Supreme Court challenging the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the poll-bound state, PTI reported on Sunday. Banerjee filed the petition on January 28, naming the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the Chief Electoral Officer…

AMBALA: A wedding ceremony in the family of Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) president Simranjit Singh Mann has triggered a widespread debate within the Sikh community after a video from the event went viral on social media, drawing objections over the use of religious symbols traditionally now reserved for Sri Guru Granth Sahib.The video shows Govind…