NEW DELHI: A marriage certificate cannot make a Hindu marriage valid if the couple never performed the essential religious rites, including Saptapadi — the seven sacred steps taken around the fire — the Gujarat high court has ruled.A division bench comprising Justices Ilesh J. Vora and R.T. Vachhani held that registration only proves a marriage…
NEW DELHI: The special investigation team probing the alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya was granted a 15-day extension on Wednesday to expand the scope of the investigation and conduct a comprehensive inquiry into all aspects of the case.The SIT will continue its investigation with the aim of taking the case…
Signs reading in Russian “We are sorry, the equipment is temporarily out of service” are seen on gas pump nozzles at a Gazprom Neft gas station in Moscow (AP photo) Russia is facing an unprecedented fuel shortage after months of Ukrainian drone strikes damaged oil refineries and disrupted supplies, leading to fuel rationing, long queues…
Ecuador’s Willian Pacho, right, challenges for the ball with Mexico’s Gilberto Mora. (AP Photo) Teen prodigy Gilberto Mora etched his name into FIFA World Cup history after becoming the second-youngest player ever to start a World Cup knockout match, as Mexico ended a 40-year wait for a knockout victory with a commanding 2-0 win over…
By the 1980s, Costa Rica was facing an environmental crisis that few could have imagined just decades earlier. Once blanketed by lush tropical forests, the Central American nation had lost nearly half of its tree cover as logging, cattle ranching and agricultural expansion rapidly transformed the landscape. Wildlife habitats shrank, biodiversity declined, rivers became increasingly…
The Directorate of Technical Education on Wednesday released the Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions (TNEA) 2026 rank list, with 2,36,017 students figuring in the list ahead of this year’s counselling process. Higher Education Minister P. Viswanathan released the rank list. This year, 53 candidates secured the maximum cut-off score of 200 out of 200, underlining the…
Pakistani singer Mustapha Zahid reacted after Amaal Mallik recreated Awarapan’s ‘To Phir Aao’ as the title track for sequel Awarapan 2, calling it his career-best. Mustapha responded warmly, saying “borders are dangerous but so is love.” The Emraan Hashmi-starrer, also featuring Disha Patani and Shabana Azmi, releases 14 August. ‘Awarapan’, released in 2007, achieved cult…
Named after the harvest festival itself, pongal has been offered in temples and homes across Tamil Nadu for hundreds of years. The savoury version combines rice, moong dal, black pepper, cumin and generous amounts of ghee, while the sweet version uses jaggery and cashews. Deeply rooted in agricultural traditions, pongal continues to symbolise gratitude, abundance…
Companies have begun reporting sales figures for the month of June and we at CNBC-TV18 will bring you all the updates right here. Here’s a look at the numbers reported so far: Maruti Suzuki India’s largest passenger car maker reported sales that were largely in-line with expectations, with the entry level segment outperforming with a…
Get flyers back in air NEW DELHI: India’s biggest airlines — IndiGo and Air India — have launched new base level fares to win back passengers as high operating costs in the last four months have led to airfares zooming, making rail and road travel more economical in comparison to flying. While the full service…
