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Former actor Sana Khan, who stepped away from the entertainment industry in 2020 and married cleric-businessman Mufti Anas the same year, is preparing for Haj later this year. It will be her fourth pilgrimage, but this one comes with a different experience.For the first time, Khan will not be staying in Mina’s famed tent city….

NEW DELHI: India’s installed energy capacity has risen by nearly 36% overpast five years, increasing from 375 GW in Dec 2020 to almost 510 GW in the corresponding month of 2025.The growth has been driven largely by new and renewable energy — wind, solar, bioenergy and small hydro — which expanded by 122% during the…

NEW DELHI: Ahead of the expected launch of ECINet platform — which integrates 40 election-related apps or websites onto a single, unified application, enabling ease of use — later this month, Election Commission has invited all citizens to download its trial version and offer their suggestions on how to improve the platform.Suggestions may be given…

‘Surreal’: Babbulicious on making NYC groove A subway station is an unlikely venue for a mayoral oath — and Punjabi pop an even more unlikely soundtrack. But when New York mayor Zohran Mamdani danced to the track ‘Gaddi Red Challenger’ by Toronto-based artist Babbu aka Babbulicious at his inauguration, American politics met bhangra beats in…

Baytoo Shifted To Barmer; Gudamalani, Dhorimana To Balotra JAISALMER/JAIPUR: In a controversial move, the Rajasthan govt has overnight redrawn the boundaries of the Barmer and Balotra districts, prompting significant administrative shifts and igniting political row over the timing and intent. A revenue department notification dated December 31, which surfaced publicly on the night of January…

RAIPUR: One-and-a-half months after top Maoist gun Madvi Hidma was felled in an encounter in Andhra Pradesh, his confidant Barse Deva surrendered along with 40-odd rebels in neighbouring Telangana on Saturday, a development security officials described as the wipeout of PLGA battalion number 1, the most feared Maoist strike unit in Bastar.Deva and Hidma were…

NEW DELHI: BJP working president Nitin Nabin is likely to be formally elected the party’s president before the budget session, which usually starts in Jan last week, setting off an organisational overhaul.Sources said the election process for national president is expected to begin after January 14, which marks the start of an auspicious period from…

INDORE: Political tension flared in Bhagirathpura area on Saturday as BJP and Congress workers engaged in a fierce confrontation, trading slogans over deaths of 10 people due to contaminated water, reports Sagar Choukse. The confrontation occurred when a Congress fact-finding panel visited the affected locality, prompting police intervention and multiple detentions. Indore officials confirmed another…

NEW DELHI: Ahead of expected launch of ECINet platform – which integrates 40 election-related applications or websites onto a single, unified application, enabling ease of use – later this month, the Election Commission has invited all citizens to download its trial version and offer their suggestions on how to improve the application.The suggestions may be…

NEW DELHI: The road transport ministry has told states that no bus should be registered unless full compliance with mandatory safety requirements is established. It asked states to ensure that RTOs register buses only after “compliance with all mandatory safety standards”.The ministry has written to all chief secretaries in the light of recent instances of…