(From left) CMs Revanth Reddy, DK Shivakumar & N Chandrababu Naidu with Union minister CR Patil during the event in Koppal Thursday Koppal: The central govt is preparing a nationwide programme to remove silt from reservoirs and improve water storage capacity, Union jal shakti minister CR Patil said Thursday.Speaking during the inauguration of the new…
Vancouver Canucks’ Drew O’Connor (18) reacts to a goal during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Florida Panthers in Vancouver, Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP) Elias Pettersson was the one who was in the spotlight as he carved his name further in the history of the…
Hardik Pandya in post match conference (Screengrab/X) Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya pointed fingers at his bowling unit after their 27-run defeat to Rajasthan Royals in a rain-curtailed 11-overs-a-side IPL 2026 clash at the ACA Stadium.Opting to bowl first, Mumbai failed to make early inroads as Rajasthan’s openers, Yashasvi Jaiswal and teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi,…
SRINAGAR: J&K State Investigating Agency (SIA) on Thursday filed a chargesheet before a designated court against a Poonch resident, Sabar Hussain, for harbouring terrorists involved in the brutal killing of a govt employee two years ago in Jammu’s Rajouri district.An official spokesperson said unidentified terrorists suspected to be associated with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)/The Resistance Front (TRF)…
Shimla: Declining a DNA test in a prolonged matrimonial and paternity dispute, the Himachal Pradesh high court has held that a child’s dignity and identity cannot be jeopardised merely to satisfy allegations of infidelity, as it is always open to the husband to prove the wife’s adulterous conduct through other evidence.Justice Romesh Verma emphasised that…
NEW DELHI: Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has proposed a nationwide overhaul of electricity tariffs, recommending a sharp increase in fixed monthly charges paid by consumers as power distributors struggle to recover costs amid rising rooftop solar adoption and migration of industries to captive power.The proposal could eventually mean consumers paying a larger portion of their…
The Centre has once again raised the price at which it will procure onions for its buffer stock, taking it to Rs 2,125 per quintal from Rs 1,875 per quintal, a 13% increase aimed at improving farmer realisations and stepping up procurement. The revised procurement price will be effective from Saturday, July 4, 2026.The latest…
A Punjabi TV host in Canada has been sentenced to 5.5 years in jail for importing drugs from the US. A 47-year-old woman who worked as a Punjabi radio and TV host in Canada for the past 10 years has been sentenced to 5.5 years in prison after she was caught red-handed while smuggling meth…
The accused is Peter Augustine Martis, a resident of Ramasamudra in Karkala Kasaba village Udupi: Karkala Town police have arrested a 60-year-old man who had allegedly been absconding for nearly 36 years in connection with a criminal case.The accused, Peter Augustine Martis, a resident of Ramasamudra in Karkala Kasaba village, was wanted in a long-pending…
Moodubidire Assistant Conservator of Forests (ACF) P Sridhar Mangaluru: In a green initiative aimed at promoting environmental awareness and biodiversity, a senior forest officer has offered financial incentives to students participating in a fruit park project at a rural school in Dakshina Kannada district. Assistant conservator of forests (ACF), Moodubidire, P Sridhar has announced plans…
