Karnataka recorded highest number of challans followed by Rajasthan, Andhra, Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand NEW DELHI: More than 5.7 lakh people were fined for smoking in public across India in 2025-26, with authorities collecting over Rs 5.1 crore in penalties under the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), according to data tabled in the…
The new Section 8 company will serve as the Quantum Computing Thematic Hub at IISc under the Union Govt’s National Quantum Mission BENGALURU: IISc has set up a not-for-profit company to help build India’s capabilities in quantum computing, a technology expected to play a role in areas ranging from scientific research and industry to computing…
Former Pak PM is set to be shifted to a hospital after top court’s order over health concerns Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan’s sister Noreen Niazi met him at Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail on Tuesday after a gap of around nine months, following a Supreme Court order allowing weekly meetings between the former prime minister…
Wildlife conservation often depends on projects that begin with strong local knowledge but struggle to secure funding beyond a few years. Around the world, many endangered animals survive because of small organisations working with limited staff, modest budgets and long-term commitment rather than high-profile attention. While those efforts have prevented extinctions in some places, they…
In 2002, city engineers in Albany moved a 1,500-foot section of Patroon Creek into a large underground pipe, covering the urban stream to make room for nearby development. Eighteen years later, the city changed direction. In 2020, workers removed the culvert inside the 72-acre Tivoli Lake Preserve, bringing the stream back to the surface as…
North Carolina cleaning business owner faces scrutiny after saying his team did not count Indian callers as potential leads/Image: Getty Images A North Carolina cleaning business owner has come under scrutiny after saying he instructed his team not to count Indian callers as potential customers, raising concerns about possible discrimination based on ethnicity.Robert Nolen wrote…
‘Haiwaan’ director Priyadarshan calls Saif Ali Khan ‘transparent’ and Akshay Kumar a ‘psycho’ villain Priyadarshan is bringing something old and something new with his upcoming thriller ‘Haiwaan’. While the film is his eighth collaboration with Akshay Kumar, it also marks his first-ever project with Saif Ali Khan. In a recent interview, the director said that…
BCI co-chair seeks Manan Kumar Mishra’s resignation, alleges financial irregularities NEW DELHI: After facing brickbats from law students and also from Supreme Court for acting beyond jurisdiction in barring law graduates from Hyderabad’s NALSAR University of Law from being registered as advocates, for which he later apologised, Bar Council of India chairperson Manan Kumar Mishra…
NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu minister R Nirmal Kumar on Sunday slammed the Opposition for rejecting the government’s decision to provide cars and related allowances to MLAs.Kumar said a car is a “small target” for those who spent Rs 30-40 crore to become an MLA.“Those who spent Rs 30 crore or Rs 40 crore to become…
Visuals from the crash site showed the aircraft’s wreckage, with local villagers and emergency responders gathering at the spot. NEW DELHI: A trainer aircraft operated by a private company crashed near the Baramati airstrip in Maharashtra’s Pune district on Sunday, police said.Visuals from the crash site showed the aircraft’s wreckage, with local villagers and emergency…
