Technician tied (Instagram) In a recent update, a mobile network complaint in Uttar Pradesh’s Fatehpur took an unusual turn when villagers in Hardauli allegedly detained a telecom technician and tied him to a mobile tower. Local police described the incident as a dispute over poor network connectivity. The incident came to police attention after a…
Ganesha’s single tusk is in his prayers before it is in his idols. The Ganapati Atharvashirsha, a short Upanishadic text recited in temples every day, carries the Ganesha Gayatri, which begins “ekadantaya vidmahe”, roughly, “let us know the one-tusked one.” Ekadanta, the one with a single tusk, is how devotees address him.So the missing tusk…
Celine Dion returns to the stage after two years for her Paris residency. (Instagram) Celine Dion has officially returned to the stage after two years! The singer recently sang for the first time in almost two years during the first show of her Paris residency. The singer last performed during the Olympic Opening Ceremony on…
MUD TO METAL: 1962 Asiad gold winner Maruti Mane (L-R), the legendary ‘Master’ Chandgi Ram and Hangzhou bronze medallist Antim Panghal Ever since wrestling made its Asian Games debut at the 1954 Manila Games, the continental arena has served as the battleground where India’s ancient combat tradition found its voice.For centuries, the sport had lived…
Osama bin Laden (File photo) Three years before the 9/11 attacks shocked the United States, then-President Bill Clinton was warned by the CIA that Osama bin Laden intended to carry out attacks in India, Pakistan, Uganda and possibly Nigeria.A newly declassified CIA warning dated August 28, 1998, said Bin Laden had survived US missile strikes…
Piyush Goyal hails New Delhi Declaration, says it reflects collective resolve for a more resilient, innovative and equitable partnership Union commerce minister Piyush Goyal welcomed the unanimous adoption of the New Delhi Declaration at the 18th Brics Summit, saying that it reflects the collective resolve of member countries to build a more resilient, innovative, development-focused…
Pakistan’s Babar Azam, center, with teammates following his side’s defeat to England on day four of the third Test at Edgbaston, in Birmingham, England, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026. (AP) England completed a 3-0 clean sweep of Pakistan with an eight-wicket win in the third Test at Edgbaston, finishing a one-sided series in style. The hosts…
The Danube does not arrive at the Black Sea as it once did. For thousands of years, the river carried enormous quantities of sediment towards its delta, steadily building and reshaping the low-lying landscape where river channels meet lagoons and the sea. That process changed after large-scale engineering works altered the river upstream. Following the…
Photo: kimkardashian/ Instagram Kim Kardashian’s minimal home has been a talking point recently for its minimalism and a space that feels more like a showroom than a house. Her abode initially went viral for her invisible sinks with no basins, all-white walls and a breezy walkway courtyard with arched corridors that speak only of artsy…
If you’re bringing Bappa home this year, put the alarm away. Most households rush to install the idol at sunrise, the way they would for any other puja, but Ganapati sthapana does not work that way. The idol goes in at midday, not dawn, and getting that one detail right sets up everything else correctly.In…
