JAMMU: A 25-year-old man transporting a milch cow and two calves in a pick-up truck from Jammu went missing after jumping into a rivulet in J&K’s Ramban district to escape from miscreants chasing him on Sunday, sparking protests leading to the arrest of four accused on Monday.Police have formed an SIT to probe the disappearance…
MALDA: NIA has made its first arrests over the April 1 siege of judicial officers involved in SIR verifications at Mothabari in Malda, picking up two members of Congress and one of ISF. Congress’ Sahadat Hossain and Asif Sk were taken into custody on Sunday alongside ISF’s Golam Rabbani. Sayem Choudhury, the local Congress candidate,…
NEW DELHI: Amplifying the opposition’s protest, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi Monday raised questions about the delimitation being planned by the Modi govt by arguing that it must be preceded by a census and delimitation should be “politically equitable”. She has also sought “OBC sub-quota” for women, underlining that Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge had made the…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Centre and states on a PIL seeking a sufficient increase in the minimum support price (MSP) for the procurement of grains to enable farmers to recover at least the input cost and prevent thousands of them from ending their lives out of financial distress. A…
NEW DELHI: Access to quitting aids like nicotine gums and lozenges may soon be tightened, raising concerns among experts it could become harder for smokers to quit. The trigger is a recommendation by the Drug Technical Advisory Board (DTAB) to restrict over-the-counter (OTC) access to most nicotine replacement products. The proposal exempts only unflavoured 2-mg…
JAMMU: Residents of Safiyan village in J&K’s Kathua district allegedly spotted two armed terror suspects on Monday morning, prompting security personnel to launch search operations in multiple border areas in the district.Villagers allegedly saw the duo, carrying heavy backpacks, move from Safiyan towards the forests of Ambanall in Rajbagh, officials said. “On being informed, a…
Anthropic has signed one of the largest compute deals in AI history—committing to multiple gigawatts of TPU capacity from Google and Broadcom, potentially worth hundreds of billions of dollars. The agreement, running through 2031, is a major endorsement of Google’s in-house chips over Nvidia’s GPUs. As the AI industry shifts from model training to inference,…
NFL prospect Rueben Bain Jr draft buzz grows as 2024 Miami crash report reveals passenger’s death and dropped citation details (Image via Getty) Rueben Bain Jr. is getting ready for the NFL Draft, where many expect him to be picked early. But a serious off-field story from 2024 is now getting attention again. According to…
Rongali Bihu, which is also called Bohag Bihu, signifies the beginning of the Assamese New Year and spring season. It is celebrated with great fervour in Assam. This festivity is an expression of freshness, prosperity, and rejuvenation of nature. The fields become green, houses get full of traditional dishes, and songs and dances fill the…
President Donald Trump threatened to block ships from entering and leaving the Strait of Hormuz, even though Iran has already been limiting access to the same waterway, in a move aimed at increasing pressure while risking further disruption to global oil flows.“Effective immediately, the United States Navy, the Finest in the World, will begin the…
