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Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) Lok Sabha MP Supriya Sule and Ambegaon MLA Dilip Walse Patil on Saturday said that 24 residents from Manchar in Pune are stranded in Uttarakhand following flash floods and have sought immediate assistance from chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami. View of the damage amid heavy rains in this image taken in Dharali, Uttarakhand.(via REUTERS) “Around 24 citizens from Manchar, Pune are stranded in Uttarakhand due to the recent cloudburst. Their families are extremely distressed as there has been no contact with them for the past 24 hours,” Sule posted on X, while also sharing their…

Chennai: A 57-year-old special sub-inspector (SSI) was hacked to death in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruppur district on Wednesday while trying to stop a family dispute, police said. The two policemen tried to escape, but Manikandan hacked the SSI to death with a sickle. (Representative photo) The deceased was identified as M Shanmugavel. Police formed six special teams to look out for the suspects — Moorthy and his sons Manikandan (elder) and Thangapandi (younger) — all residents of Moongilthozhuvu near Gudimangalam in Tiruppur. The trio lived and worked on farmland owned by All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) MLA C Mahendran.…

Harjot Singh Bains, the education minister of Punjab, was awarded ‘tankhah’ (religious punishment or penance) by the temporal Sikh institution, the Akal Takht, in Amritsar on Wednesday, over the violation of ‘maryada’ (religious code) at a function to commemorate the martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur last month. Punjab minister Harjot Singh Bains at the Golden Temple complex in Amritsar as he appeared before the Akal Takht on Wednesday. (HT Photo) He will clean shoes and sweep the roads, besides other acts of ‘seva’ (community service) — including at two gurdwaras in Delhi associated with Guru Tegh Bahadur’s martyrdom — as…

Congress leader Debabrata Sakia has written to Gauhati high court (HC) chief justice Ashutosh Kumar seeking suo motu cognisance of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government’s alleged violations of the Assam Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (AFRBM) Act, which has said has led to an escalating and unsustainable debt crisis. The Congress pointed to potential fraud and corruption. (X) He said the violations, admitted in the state’s financial statements, are compounded by systemic irregularities highlighted in Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) reports, pointing to potential fraud and corruption. Sakia pointed to a debt-to-Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) ratio of 25.2%.…

Conservative Karol Nawrocki will take office Wednesday as Poland’s new president, which could set the country on a more nationalist course — and cast doubt on the viability of the centrist government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk. Most day-to-day power in Poland rests with the prime minister, chosen by the parliament. However, the president holds the power to influence foreign policy and veto laws. Nawrocki, who was supported by US President Donald Trump ahead of a narrow victory in a runoff election in June, is a 42-year-old historian who had no political experience prior to campaigning. He was not even…

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the ‘Pariksha Pe Charcha 2025’ programme entered the Guinness World Records for the highest number of participant registrations in a month. Calling it a “matter of pride for the entire nation”, Pushkar Singh Dhami said the recognition highlights India’s pioneering efforts towards promoting stress-free education.(PTI file) Calling it a “matter of pride for the entire nation”, Dhami said the recognition highlights India’s pioneering efforts towards promoting stress-free education. “Heartiest congratulations to the esteemed Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi ji for the ‘Pariksha Pe Charcha 2025’ program securing a place…

SrinagarAug 6, 2025 13:51 IST First published on: Aug 6, 2025 at 13:51 IST Share When Satya Pal Malik was appointed the Jammu and Kashmir Governor in August 2018, he was the first politician to hold the post in the erstwhile state in over five decades. From 1967 till Malik’s appointment, the Centre-appointed Governors were either bureaucrats or armed forces and intelligence officers. Malik passed away in Delhi on Tuesday at the age of 79. Malik’s appointment as Governor — he succeeded the suave but astute bureaucrat N N Vohra — was seen in the Valley as the Centre’s “realisation”…

Skywatchers will be treated to a visual feast next week. The Perseid meteor shower, one of the most well-known celestial events, occurs annually around this time. It will be visible on August 12 and 13, best viewed around dawn on August 13. This year, however, there will be one significant exception: moonlight. Last year, there was no visible moon. The brightest meteors will be washed out by the 80 per cent lit waning gibbous moon, which will rise just before midnight on August 12 and stay high above the southern horizon until morning. Despite the moonlight, the Perseids could still…

After many years as a carry-on-only traveler, I’ve mastered a packing system that keeps things streamlined and efficient. For one, I have a list in my Notes app that’s simply titled “Packing List” and holds two different checklists: one for my go-to capsule wardrobe items and another for my personal item bag. These lists include everything from accessories to nonnegotiable clothing. Coming in at the very top of my travel capsule wardrobe list (quite literally): the Aritzia Effortless Pant.  Aritzia Effortless Pant Aritzia At this point, I think I’ve packed these pants for upwards of 30 trips since I bought…

The Iranian flag taken for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Iran executed two men in separate cases on Wednesday (August 6, 2025), accusing one of spying for Israel and another of being a member of the Islamic State group, State media reported.A report by the judiciary news website Mizanonline identified the alleged spy as Rouzbeh Vadi, who was accused of relaying classified information to Israel’s intelligence service, the Mossad.Authorities said Vadi provided information about an Iranian nuclear scientist who was killed during Israel’s June airstrikes on Iran, according to the report, which did not identify the scientist or…