Jammu-Srinagar Vande Bharat Express JAMMU: Union railways minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday flagged off a 20-coach Vande Bharat Express between Jammu and Srinagar, marking the first direct rail link between the two cities. PM Narendra Modi had inaugurated the broader Katra–Kashmir service last year. Regular operations will begin May 2, with two pairs of trains…
Representative image (AI-generated) US President Donald Trump on Thursday announced that he would remove tariffs and restrictions on whiskey linked to trade between Scotland and the US state of Kentucky.In a post on Truth Social he wrote, “In Honor of the King and Queen of the United Kingdom, who have just left the White House,…
The case involving Celeste Rivas Hernandez has taken a new turn after an update to her death certificate. The new document now says that it is “unknown” if she was pregnant in the year before her death. Earlier, the report clearly said she was not pregnant. This change has raised many questions, as people are…
Agartala: The Tripura Board of Secondary Education (TBSE) is expected to announce the results for the HS (+2) and Madhyamik exams for 2026 by May 10, stated its president, Prof Dhananjay Ganchoudhuri. This year, a total of 26,502 students, including 14,145 female candidates, participated in the higher secondary exams conducted from February 25 to March…
McDonald’s iconic golden arches weren’t a grand design but an everyday observation. Facing chaos and high costs, brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald radically simplified their drive-in menu from 25 items to just nine in 1948. Image Credits: Cogart Strangehill, via Wikimedia Commons It may be easy to forget that the golden arches did not come…
‘The Burning Train’ boasted of an impressive ensemble starring Dharmendra, Jeetendra, Vinod Khanna, Hema Malini, Parveen Babi among others, and while the film is remembered over the years, it did not make an impact at the box office. Now, decades later, actor and comedian Gaurav Gera has revisited one of its most memorable scenes, with…
You wake up with a steady kind of happiness, like a clear sky after sticky weather. The Moon supports your practical side, and Jupiter blesses effort with visible results. This is why the day feels better, even when the traffic isn’t as nice and the phone is constantly going off.You’ll feel a sense of joy…
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata party on Thursday hit out at the All India Trinamool Comgress (TMC), dismissing the latter allegations on postal ballot box tampering. On the accusations that the BJP “in active collusion” with the Election Commission “is opening ballot boxes without the presence of any relevant party stakeholders”, BJP leader Tapas Roy…
NEW DELHI: Monthly domestic urea production has rebounded to last year’s levels, fertiliser ministry said on Thursday, noting that output of the most widely used soil nutrient reached 21 lakh tonnes in April, which was the same as the level recorded a year earlier.In March, domestic urea output had tumbled to around 16 lakh tonnes…
KOCHI: Amay Khurasiya, former India international, who guided Kerala to their maiden Ranji Trophy final, has stepped down as head coach after the completion of his two-year tenure. He will now take over as the head coach of the Chhattisgarh team in the upcoming Ranji Trophy season, opting for what he describes as a “fresh…
