Security operations following an exchange of fires between security forces and terrorists. (ANI) NEW DELHI: Eight Army personnel were injured on Sunday in a prolonged gunfight with terrorists in a remote forested area of the upper reaches of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district.The encounter, which lasted for several hours, erupted when security forces came in…
Director Aditya Dhar’s ‘Dhurandhar’, starring Ranveer Singh and Akshaye Khanna in lead roles, ended its seventh weekend at the box office on a high.After witnessing a shaky start to its seventh week collections, the film regained its momentum over the weekend. Despite opening week seven with its lowest daily figures so far, the film managed…
BHOPAL: The Madhya Pradesh govt aims to develop a memorial in honour of those who were killed and maimed by the MIC gas leak from the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal on the intervening night of Dec 2 & 3, 1984, on the lines of memorials developed in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan.The proposed gas…
On Jan 19, 1966, the high-domed Central Hall of Parliament — where India’s Constitution had been adopted — witnessed a spectacle unlike any before. For the first time since Independence, the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) elected its leader through a full-fledged contest. Out of that tense, four-hour drama emerged Indira Gandhi, 48, as India’s first…
NEW DELHI: Power distribution companies in the private and public sectors have staged a smart turnaround, reporting a combined profit of over Rs 2,700 crore in 2024-25, as against losses of Rs 25,553 crore in the previous year, govt said on Sunday.Power ministry officials attributed this to improved performance by state-run power utilities. “If we…
NEW DELHI: Cancelling confirmed tickets of newly launched Vande Bharat Sleeper trains will be costlier for passengers, according to new norms notified by the Railways. While a 25% deduction will apply if a ticket booked in this premium train is cancelled anytime after purchasing, a 50% charge will be levied if cancellation is done between…
Artificial Intelligence adoption at workplaces is moving faster than corporate training efforts, leaving many employees unprepared for rapidly changing roles, according to a report by Genius HRTech.According to news agency PTI, the report said 71 per cent of professionals believe their roles or responsibilities will change significantly over the next few years as AI-driven tools…
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has warned that any attack on the country’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, would amount to a declaration of war against Iran, as tensions with the United States intensify amid deadly nationwide protests.In a post on X on Sunday, Pezeshkian said Iran’s economic hardships were largely the result of “long-standing hostility…
New Delhi: The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has proposed mandatory testing of vehicle fuel efficiency with the air-conditioning (AC) system both switched on and off, in a move aimed at providing more realistic mileage figures to consumers, according to a Times of India report. Under the draft notification issued on Thursday, the requirement…
NEW DELHI: A 19-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped by three men in Haryana’s Sonipat district after they offered her a lift home and instead drove her to an isolated location, police told news agency PTI. One of the accused has been arrested, while efforts are underway to trace the remaining two.According to police, the incident…