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Vetal Tekdi in Pune, Maharashtra (PC: Ranjeet Rane) Cities often lose their natural spaces gradually. A road appears where a trail once existed, a construction site replaces a grove of trees, and over time a landscape that people once knew simply fades away. In rapidly expanding urban centres, such changes are often accepted as inevitable….
A digitisation loophole enabled officials and agents in Rajasthan RTOs to revive prized vintage numbers, transfer them to new vehicles, and forge records, triggering a statewide fraud probeTwo years ago, Shankar Sisodia (name changed) did what thousands of car owners in Jaipur do without thinking twice: he hired an agent to renew a registration certificate…
National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) has selected 20 bankers for its long-awaited initial public offering, the exchange said in a statement.The selected bankers include Kotak Mahindra Capital, JM Financial and Axis Capital, as well as the Indian units of Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase & Co and HSBC Holdings. Eight law firms have also…
India coach Gautam Gambhir (Getty Images) Former chief selector Sandeep Patil has revealed that Gautam Gambhir has never spoken to him since the day he was dropped from the Indian team, despite the two appearing together at several events over the years.Gambhir, a key member of India’s World Cup-winning squads in 2007 and 2011, was…
The Directorate of Government Examinations (DGE) Telangana has released sample copies of the Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) sheet and answer booklet for the upcoming Secondary School Certificate (SSC) Public Examinations 2026. The initiative aims to familiarise students with the answer format before they enter examination halls for one of the state’s largest academic assessments.More than…
Indian cinema’s most anticipated film, KH x RK, uniting Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth, is reportedly eyeing a 2027 festival release, possibly during Dussehra or Diwali. Filming is slated to commence in August 2026, with Anirudh Ravichander composing music in a retro style. Rumours also suggest a potential cameo by Mammootty. The upcoming film tentatively titled…
Photo: Hardik Pandya/ Instagram The celebrations of India’s consecutive T20 World Cup triumph in 2026 are still fresh in Ahmedabad, and Hardik Pandya stands at the heart of the festivities. His transformation, from the most heavily criticized figure in Indian cricket in 2024 to the “Ice-Man” of the 2026 final, is a remarkable tale of…
To educate children to respect the law is not to deny them the tools of critique. It is to sequence those tools responsibly. Srimathi Venkatachari Recently, a Class VIII National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) social science textbook with a section describing “corruption in the judiciary” made headlines.Supreme Court took suo motu cognisance…
The ancient Mahabharata, a timeless guide to ethical living, offers profound wisdom on happiness. Through Yudhishthira’s trials, the epic reveals that true contentment stems from appreciating what one possesses, rather than lamenting what is absent. This ancient teaching, found in the Vana Parva, emphasizes mental freedom and peace by focusing on present abundance, a lesson…
Iran’s hurt, but war isn’t going well for US, its Arab allies, and the rest of us. Numbers show the pain ahead What if this isn’t really a big war, but just a “little excursion,” like Donald Trump told Republican leaders on Monday? Almost like someone going on a short hunting trip. That might explain…
