Revenue and land reforms department secretary Jai Singh holds a review meeting in Patna on Tuesday Patna: Revenue and land reforms department secretary Jai Singh on Tuesday directed circle officers (COs) to personally identify and rectify incomplete and erroneous jamabandi records on a Halka-wise basis, without waiting for applications from landholders. The department has already…
A $2.52 billion federal loan has been approved to build the Interstate 10 Mobile River Bridge and Bayway project, clearing the way for the largest infrastructure project in Alabama’s history. US Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy announced the approval of the low-interest loan, which provides key funding for the $4.15 billion project aimed at fixing…
Zaheer Khan, Hemang Badani NEW DELHI: There has been much intrigue around the head coach position at Chennai Super Kings ever since the franchise ended its long-term association with Stephen Fleming. The leadership group, under owner Rupa Gurunath, was keen on having an Indian-led support staff, but conversations with multiple candidates didn’t materialise due to…
General:You’re carrying a heavy work basket today, and yes, it can make you tense. The mind may feel restless because the list is long and everyone seems to want something at once. Saturn tests endurance, while Mars keeps you moving even when you’d rather toss the phone aside. Don’t do that. This is a day…
SC disagreed with the suggestion that the recognition of all six stanzas was not in concord with a ‘secular’ Constitution. NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to examine the legality of penal consequences if a person does not sing the national song due to religious beliefs or conscientious objection, but declined to adjudicate whether…
Apple‘s Find My app has cost the city of Denver, US $3.76 million in compensation and damages. In 2022, the city’s police wrongly raided and ransacked an elderly woman’s home looking for a stolen truck and guns. According to a report by CNN, Denver police were seeking to recover a stolen truck loaded with guns,…
If this is not extortion, then what is it, says SC on allowing retailers to overprice drugs NEW DELHI: Expressing shock over patients and their families being fleeced by pharma companies and retail medicine sellers, Supreme Court on Tuesday said the exorbitant prices charged was nothing but “dacoity” in broad daylight and questioned the govt’s…
It is estimated the padlocks collectively weigh three tonnes/Image: BBC For years, couples visiting Bristol attached padlocks to Pero’s Bridge to symbolise their relationships, often throwing the keys into the harbour below. The tradition eventually created an unexpected engineering problem. By June 2025, an estimated three tonnes of locks had accumulated on the pedestrian bridge,…
The image, classified as a PSA Type I photograph, was taken just weeks before Mantle made his major-league debut with the New York Yankees (Image Credit: Heritage Auctions) A rare 1951 photograph of baseball legend Mickey Mantle, which later became the basis for his iconic 1952 Topps card, has sold privately for a record $3…
Leaders and delegates stand as they sing national anthem during the closing session of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (AP) BEIJING: China’s parliament on Monday revised a law to effectively grant the Communist Party more executive control over China’s cabinet, the State Council, after cancelling the premier’s post-parliament news conference for the first time…
