Actor Sam Neill is being remembered by Hollywood greats and prominent figures as a “legend” and a “deeply soulful and beautiful man”, as tributes flow following the news of his sudden death yesterday at the age of 78. Neill, who is best known for his roles in hit blockbusters such as Jurassic Park and The…
Jaipur: Thousands of families living in 86 colonies across Sanganer and Bagru have warned of boycotting the upcoming local body elections if their long-pending demand for land titles is not addressed, at a meeting held Monday under the banner of the Niyaman Hetu Sangharsh SamitThe committee said the colonies were established 40 to 50 years…
It feels like an ordinary, legitimate online shopping experience. A typical e-commerce layout, health warnings and a wide variety of tobacco products are for sale, but the price and the form of payment reveal this website is a black-market business. Australia’s illicit tobacco market is now proliferating online, with dozens of websites promoting cheap tobacco…
JAMMU: A court in Jammu remanded Monday three arrested publishers to 10 days’ police custody in a case linked to two books allegedly carrying separatist and anti-national content that were supplied to govt school libraries in J&K.Inderpaul of Jammu-based Oberoi Book Service and Amardeep Singh and Girish Arora of Noida-based Dominant Publishers were taken into…
Gurgaon: A day after a 25-year-old software engineer was found dead with multiple stab wounds inside a paying guest accommodation in Sector 55, a postmortem conducted on Monday found she suffered six injuries, to the neck — one of which penetrated deeply — and upper left side of her chest, face and back.Insharah Ayyubi, originally…
Melinda Kee thought her financial ordeal was almost over. But more than 12 months since she lodged a financial complaint to try to recover nearly $400,000 of her retirement savings, she’s still fighting for compensation. In November 2023, Ms Kee was advised by a financial adviser to switch her super from a retail fund into…
File photo: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah SRINAGAR: J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah’s remarks referring to US President Donald Trump in his speech on Sunday while seeking restoration of statehood to J&K and his response on Monday to a tweet falsely attributed to Trump hasn’t gone down well with BJP, which accused him…
Researchers cautioned that continued exposure could increase the burden of chronic respiratory diseases Jaipur: Rajasthan’s marble capital, Kishangarh, is grappling with mounting environmental and public health challenges linked to its thriving marble industry, according to a study by researchers from the Central University of Rajasthan. The study found that marble processing and slurry dumping have…
A University of Melbourne professor says an “antisemitic” campus protest that saw participants invade his office left him intimidated and subject to tough new security measures. In 2024, protesters, some masked and wearing keffiyehs, entered physics professor Steven Prawer’s office as part of a demonstration against the war, refusing to leave until police were called….
Mehbooba Mufti offers rose petals in tribute to martyrs at her party office (Picture credit: AP) SRINAGAR: The lieutenant governor’s administration on Monday imposed restrictions in parts of Srinagar to prevent political figures from assembling at the Martyrs’ Graveyard in old Srinagar.CM Omar Abdullah and National Conference functionaries, including his father Farooq Abdullah, paid homage…