Security personnel gather near the wreckage after a bus carrying Amarnath Yatra pilgrims skids off the road and plunged into a gorge SRINAGAR: At least 39 Amarnath pilgrims, including 21 from Madhya Pradesh and 19 Rajasthan natives, were injured after their bus skidded off the road in Ganiwan in J&K’s Ganderbal district and slipped into…
MHT CET 2026 CAP Round 4 option entry begins for BE, BTech admissions The State Common Entrance Test (CET) Cell, Maharashtra, has started the Maharashtra Health and Technical Common Entrance Test (MHT CET) 2026 Centralised Admission Process (CAP) Round 4 option entry for Bachelor of Engineering (BE) and Bachelor of Technology (BTech) admissions.Candidates can now…
Indian Railways is undertaking several measures to modernise and strengthen its rail ticket booking system. The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has set a new ticket booking record! Online booking of train tickets now accounts for 89% of total train ticket bookings on the Indian Railways network and this rush became evident when…
The commission rejected her demand for Rs 40 lakh in compensation, describing the amount as “highly excessive”. (Image for representative purpose only) You apply for a certain number of shares for an Initial Public Offering (IPO) and then discover that the bank has recorded only half of the number! What do you do in such…
Florida prosecutors seek death penalty for Shahidul Islam (right), an illegal alien from Bangladesh who re-entered the US after being deported to kill sister-in-law Monica Islam. Illegal Bangladeshi migrant Shahidul Islam was deported from the US but he re-entered and allegedly killed a Florida woman, his sister-in-law, over a property dispute in Bangladesh, and then…
The disclosure follows a post by data security firm S2W on X BENGALURU: TCS informed the stock exchanges on Monday that it received threat-intelligence alerts alleging possible exposure to certain employee information but said its investigation found no credible evidence of a breach of its systems or customer environments.The disclosure follows a post by data…
TS Police Notification 2026: Applications begin for 7,437 vacancies; check eligibility and selection process TS Police Recruitment 2026: The Telangana State Level Police Recruitment Board (TSLPRB) has opened the online application process for TS Police Recruitment 2026, offering 7,437 vacancies across the Police, Special Protection Force (SPF), Fire Services and Prisons departments. The application window…
With a few days left for its theatrical release, the buzz around Vijay’s ‘Jana Nayagan’ is growing with a fresh update. Vijay’s final film has been re-censored after going through several rounds of scrutiny by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC). This latest development has grabbed the attention of fans because the movie not…
In 1851, New York released house sparrows to eat caterpillars damaging city trees; within 50 years, the birds had colonised nearly the entire continental US. Image credits: Wikimedia Commons. In 1851, a small group of birds was released in Brooklyn to eat insect pests and protect the city’s trees. The house sparrow, a familiar bird…
Image: Left/The Telegraph/Right/The Guardian In December 2011, a 44-year-old Swedish man named Peter Skyllberg disappeared while driving through the country’s frozen north. Weeks passed with no sign of him as winter temperatures plunged well below freezing. Then, in February 2012, a group of snowmobilers spotted what looked like the roof of a car protruding from…
