NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India on Sunday announced a revised schedule for the second phase of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise of voter rolls for 12 states/UTs.The enumeration deadline has been extended to December 11, pushing it back from the earlier date of December 4. The final roll will now be published on…
The closed-door meeting at the CM’s residence, which featured a traditional idli-vada-sambar spread BENGALURU: “Being the party president, I know my limits. Nowhere have I made any comments or expressed a difference of opinion with the CM,” said Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar after a much-discussed breakfast meeting with chief minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday.Speaking…
Four people were killed and 10 wounded in a shooting during a family gathering at a banquet hall in Stockton, sheriff’s officials said Saturday.Heather Brent, a spokesperson for the San Joaquin County sheriff’s office, said the victims included both children and adults. Early indications “suggest this may have been a targeted incident,” Brent said during…
Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan (ANI file photo) Former Pakistan prime minister and World Cup–winning captain Imran Khan has been in jail for over two years. In recent days, rumours about his health, and even claims that he may have died, have spread widely on social media. His family says they are worried because they…
Red Spider Nebula (Image credits: Nasa) Nasa has released a new image of the Red Spider Nebula, revealing never-before-seen details of NGC 6537. Captured with the James Webb Space Telescope’s Near-InfraRed Camera (NIRCam), the image shows the nebula with remarkable clarity, its full structure stretched across a dense backdrop of thousands of stars. The European…
BATHINDA: A woman who returned from Canada was arrested on the accusation of killing her husband with the help of her paramour at Sukhanwala village in Faridkot late on Friday night. Her paramour is on the run. It is being investigated whether the woman, Rupinder Kaur, was deported from Canada and whether her paramour, Harkanwalpreet…
Fakhar Zaman and Shaheen Afridi react after the latter took the wicket of Dasun Shanaka. (Screengrabs) Shaheen Shah Afridi delivered a decisive and controversial spell as Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka to clinch the tri-series title on Friday. The turning point came in the 19th over when a third-umpire call triggered visible frustration in the Pakistan…
S Jaishankar at a felicitation ceremony at IIM Calcutta KOLKATA: External affairs minister (EAM) S Jaishankar said on Saturday that the world was looking beyond the US and China to other countries and blocs for trade and energy as they try to hedge against contingencies.Calling the US the “long-time underwriter of the contemporary system”, Jaishankar…
NEW DELHI: Four people, including a man and his sister, died after a massive fire engulfed a four-storey residential building in south Delhi’s Sangam Vihar on Saturday evening. The blaze spread rapidly through the structure, leaving residents trapped inside with little chance to escape. In a desperate attempt to save herself, one woman jumped from…
British playwright and screenwriter Tom Stoppard died at the age of 88 on Saturday. He passed away at his home in Dorset, England, surrounded by his family, reports the BBC. Stoppard was regarded as one of the greatest dramatists of his generation. His career spanned over six decades, producing a string of acclaimed plays and…