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Divya Deshmukh (Photo by Yoav Nis) NEW DELHI: If R Praggnanandhaa’s opening-round victory over Dutch No. 1 Anish Giri at the Candidates was a manifesto of his aggressive DNA, Round 3 was a flashy reminder of the game’s flattering nature.On a day that began with high hopes for the Indian contingent at the Cap St…
Updates coming from Atal Tunnel, one of the country’s engineering marvels, suggest that nearly 1,000 vehicles were stranded on the evening of March 15 after the region suffered a sudden spell of snowfall in the higher reaches of Himachal Pradesh. The vehicles are close to the south of Manali and authorities have launched rescue operations….
NEW DELHI: An India-bound Thai cargo vessel with 23 crew members was among four ships that came under attack in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday. The projectile attack left the ship heading for Gujarat’s Kandla port ablaze. While 20 crew members have been rescued by the Omani Navy, the fate of three sailors is…
NEW DELHI: A Pawan Hans helicopter carrying seven people, including two pilots, crashed into the sea near Mayabunder in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Tuesday morning.The helicopter had taken off from Sri Vijaya Puram around 8.45 am and went down in the sea near Mayabunder at about 9.30 am. “A preliminary inquiry revealed that…
HYDERABAD: A 16-year-old schoolgirl missing from her home in Narsingi since Monday was found confined to a flat in Chengicherla and raped by three, including two juveniles. Police rescued her on Wednesday.The 24-year-old accused, who has a suspect sheet against him, has been sent to jail and one of the minors has been remanded in…
Guwahati: Security forces evacuated 51 Kuki students from Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) Ramva in Manipur’s Ukhrul district to JNV Kangpokpi on Sunday night amid safety concerns following a recent flare-up of Kuki-Naga tensions in the district.Manipur Police said on Monday that Ukhrul District Police moved the students and handed them over to the Saikul Police…
PATNA: A 22-year-old student was allegedly kidnapped and forced into marriage in Samastipur district, police said on Wednesday.The student, Nitish Kumar, alleged that his friends offered him a cold drink laced with sedatives while he was returning from a library on Feb 7. He claimed he was rendered unconscious, abducted, and later forced to marry…
On O.P. Nayyar’s 19th death anniversary, we take a look at his legendary defiance of industry norms. By making Asha Bhosle the voice of the heroine in hits like ‘Naya Daur’, he rescued her from the fringes. Despite his “invincible” success, his ego famously prevented him from ever recording with Lata Mangeshkar. Today, January 28,…
GURGAON: A food vendor abducted a 23-year-old woman from Leopard Trail, a popular picnic spot in the Aravalis, shoved her into a borrowed Scorpio and drove around the city with police in pursuit in the early hours of Sunday.The food seller, Gaurav Bhati (25), abandoned the Scorpio and fled when one of its tyres got…
MEERUT: A stray dog in Bijnor that became a sensation attracting believers after villagers found it doing circumambulation (parikrama) of a Hanuman idol was rescued last week in an urgent but quiet operation by vets who said neurological disorder caused it to move in circles. On Friday, vets at a Delhi hospital told TOI ,…
