A man and a 16-year-old girl ended their lives in Dahod district VADODARA: A man and a 16-year-old girl, who were in a relationship, hanged themselves on Sunday — while livestreaming on Instagram — in a forested area of Singvad taluka in Dahod district. Their families and the 50-odd people watching the stream were left…
Varanasi: The ‘Seva Sankalp Trophy’ for the T-20 National Divyang Cricket Tournament in Varanasi was unveiled on Thursday, as part of the Seva Sankalp Month being organised by the BJP to mark Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 25 years in public office and governance. BJP national president Nitin Nabin unveiled the trophy in the presence of…
In photo: Ex- cop Shailesh Patil KALYAN: The trouble of former police constable Shailesh Patil, who is on the run in a gang-rape case registered against him and former BJP MLA Narendra Pawar, may increase further as an alleged aide of Patil has threatened a Kalyan-based builder, Rohit Dixit, asking him to withdraw another case…
T’puram: A 33-year-old snake catcher died on Thursday after being bitten by a snake in Chirayinkeezhu. The deceased Sandeep, a native of Enchakkal, Chirayinkeezhu, had been staying in a rented house.According to locals, Sandeep often caught snakes when people in the area sought his help. They suspect he may have been bitten by a snake…
Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan. (ANI file photo) LAHORE: A new washroom with a five-feet high wall with a door has been constructed at the Attock jail cell of Imran Khan after the former Pakistan prime minister complained to the court about the poor living conditions and lack of privacy, a senior Punjab government…
Myanmar junta calls new ceasefire after quake (Photo: AP) Myanmar’s junta declared a new post-earthquake truce on Tuesday, days after the expiry of a previous humanitarian ceasefire it was accused of violating with a continued campaign of air strikes.The March 28 magnitude-7.7 quake near the central city of Mandalay killed nearly 3,800 and has left…
On 21 September 1915, a British lawyer named Cecil Chubb went to an auction in Salisbury, England, reportedly hoping to buy furniture. He came home as the owner of Stonehenge, the mysterious Neolithic monument in southern England. According to the History website, his winning bid was six thousand six hundred British pounds. The purchase began…
Image credit: Vattenfall [Enhanced using an AI tool] As much as wind turbines are important, once their blades are decommissioned, all that’s left for them is to live in landfills for years. Europe is on track for a record win year, with 8.8 GW of new capacity installed in the first half of 2026, a…
Representative image (left) and FBI director Kash Patel Two Chinese researchers have been charged by the FBI for allegedly smuggling a dangerous biological pathogen Fusarium graminearum into the United States.Yunqing Jian, 33, and Zunyong Liu, 34, have been accused of illegally bringing the pathogen, a plant fungus which is an agroterrorism agent into the US…
Dubai is surrounded by dunes and for a country that has ample desert sand, one would think they would utilise it as a resource. However, the sand underfoot has long been a poor fit for ordinary concrete. Wind makes desert grains unusually fine, smooth, and rounded, so they do not interlock as easily as the…
