New Delhi: Educator and climate activist Sonam Wangchuk on Friday asserted that he would “stay alive till July 20 at any cost”, even as his indefinite hunger strike entered its 20th day amid a warning from doctors that his prolonged fast has reached a critical stage. The Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) protest at Jantar Mantar…
Jind (Haryana): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday flagged off India’s first hydrogen-powered train connecting Jind to Sonipat in Haryana from the railway station here. With this, India has joined a select group of countries that have operational hydrogen-powered trains and marks an important step towards the adoption of clean and sustainable mobility in the…
Puri: The chariots of Lord Jagannath and his siblings resumed their journey to the Gundicha Temple in Odisha’s Puri on Friday as part of the annual Rath Yatra festival that commenced a day ago, officials said. None of the three chariots had reached the temple, around 2.6 km away from the 12th-century Shree Jagannath Temple,…
Palghar: A 17-year-old boy drowned, and his friend is missing at sea off the popular Arnala beach in Maharashtra’s Palghar district, officials said on Friday. The incident occurred in Virar, on the outskirts of Mumbai, on Thursday afternoon, they said. According to local authorities, four minors ventured into the sea for a swim, but got…
New Delhi: The launch of India’s first hydrogen-powered train on Friday will mark a shift from dependence on fossil fuels for an energy-intensive railway sector, but is likely to play a niche role rather than becoming the mainstream solution as most of the country’s broad-gauge network is already electrified, according to experts. Hydrogen’s long-term contribution…
New Delhi: Punjab’s Aryan Gupta and Haryana’s Panshul Bansal topped the NEET-UG for medical admissions as 11.21 lakh candidates qualified the entrance exam this year, the National Testing Agency announced on Thursday. Gupta and Bansal scored 715 each out of 720. Their score was 29 marks higher than the 686 secured by the 2025 topper,…
Mehsana: Five persons were arrested by the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) on Thursday in connection with its probe into a terror module of the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) outfit, officials said. The arrested persons were identified as Bilal Abidbhai Shera, Mohammad Ayub Kadiwala, Mohammad Palanpuri alias Khali Ayub Sunsara, Shafia Rais Mukhti and Mohammad Hasan Kardia….
Puri: Devotees of Lord Jagannath and his siblings will get another opportunity to pull the chariots on Friday as none of the three chariots reached the Shree Gundicha Temple due to a delay in the ‘Pahandi’ rituals, an official said. Lord Balabhadra’s Taladhwaja chariot, which began moving at 5.10 pm against its scheduled time of…
Lucknow: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram temple in Ayodhya is expected to submit its final report to the Uttar Pradesh government shortly, sources said on Thursday. The SIT’s findings are likely to pave the way for sweeping changes in the temple’s administration and donation-counting system. The…
New Delhi: Even as advanced weapons and platforms are being inducted into the armed forces to tackle the evolving nature of warfare, critical infrastructure such as ports, roads and tunnels will continue to play an indispensable role in the future, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday. In his address at the Strategic Infrastructure Conclave…
