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NEW DELHI: Heavy rain lashed parts of Delhi and the surrounding National Capital Region on Saturday morning, disrupting air travel and leaving several areas waterlogged. Data from flight tracking website Flightradar showed about 90 flights were delayed and four cancelled due to the weather. Intense showers were reported in areas including Shastri Bhawan, R.K. Puram,…

Ravichandran Ashwin and Sanju Samson (Video grabs) NEW DELHI: India’s spin great Ravichandran Ashwin has served up a hilarious twist to the swirling IPL trade rumours, turning speculation into prime entertainment. In a teaser of the upcoming episode of Kutti Stories with Ash, the 38-year-old is seen in conversation with Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson…

Raksha Bandhan, one of the most cherished festivals in India, is a celebration of the deep and unconditional bond between brothers and sisters. Observed on the full moon day of the Hindu month of Shravan, Raksha Bandhan symbolizes the eternal love, trust, and protection between siblings. In 2025, Raksha Bandhan falls on Saturday, August 9,…

NEW DELHI: India has once again resumed the hunt to replace its old single-engine Cheetah and Chetak helicopters, which lack modern avionics, in-built safety mechanisms and have been dogged by a high crash rate just like the MiG-21 fighters, causing the death of scores of pilots over the years.The Army on Friday issued a request…

Rekha Gupta (PTI file photo) NEW DELHI: The Delhi Assembly on Friday passed the Delhi School Education (Transparency in Fixation and Regulation of Fees) Bill, 2025, marking the BJP-led Delhi government’s first legislation to regulate fee hikes by recognised private unaided schools.The bill was passed after a four-hour debate during the Monsoon session of the…

In a stunning breakthrough, astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have found strong evidence of a new exoplanet orbiting Alpha Centauri A, the closest sun-like star to Earth, just 4.37 light-years away. Using its Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) and a coronagraph to block stellar glare, JWST captured a faint object believed to be a…

Nishikant Dubey (left) and Manoj Tiwari NEW DELHI: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Friday slammed the Jharkhand Police after he and five others, including Delhi BJP MP Manoj Tiwari, were booked for allegedly “forcibly” entering the sanctum sanctorum of the Baba Baidyanath temple in Deoghar, thereby “hurting religious sentiments.”Also Read: Deoghar’s Shravani mela deserves national…

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Friday claimed that the EPIC showed by RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav to the media during press conference was “fake”. The poll body has asked him to submit it to the office by August 16.“It seems that the EPIC displayed by you during a press conference is fake. Making and…