Kathmandu: Nepal is planning to import up to 1,100 MW of electricity from India during the upcoming dry season to meet peak domestic demand, as recent flash floods, landslides and heavy monsoon rains have damaged hydropower projects and temporarily reduced the country's generation capacity. The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) is preparing a work plan for the dry...

Kathmandu: At least 27 people have been killed in rain-induced disasters across Nepal since September 24, officials said Tuesday. Four people remain missing, and eight have been injured in incidents linked to heavy rainfall, including floods and landslides, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA). Twenty people were killed in landslides, four in...

Mumbai: Actress Tanishaa Mukerji has raised the issue of inflated electricity bills in Lonavala. On Tuesday, the actress took to her X, formerly Twitter, and penned a long note, as she expressed her anger at the Maharashtra state electricity board, and called them a “mafia”. She wrote, “Maharashtra state electricity board in lonavala are behaving like mafia...

Mumbai: Actress Urvashi Rautela’s team has claimed that it is pursuing legal action against a Los Angeles-based artificial intelligence company over the alleged unauthorised use of her name, images, and videos. According to a statement issued by the actress’ team, the company allegedly used Urvashi’s identity and content without obtaining permission. The team said it is pursuing...

New Delhi: Worship of goddesses was a long standing tradition in India and many kings and princes since the seventh century continued to invoke goddesses such as Kali, Durga, Bhavani and other forms of Shakti as protectors in times of conflict, the new class IX social science textbook prepared by NCERT says. The book titled "Understanding Society...

New Delhi: Hindi film superstar Aishwarya Rai Bachchan walked the ramp at Paris Fashion Week in an ensemble from Syrian label Yara Shoemaker. The actor wore a black velvet V-shaped fishtail gown with a pearl-embellished statement cape. She added a tiara to complement the look and opted for a bold red lip colour, sharp winged eyeliner, and...

Bhubaneswar: BJP MP from Puri Dr Sambit Patra has strongly defended the amended Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, dismissing Opposition allegations that the legislation would undermine the federal structure and curtail States' powers to collect mineral-related revenue as "completely baseless and false". Patra asserted that the amended MMDR Act was in the interest of Odisha...

Puri: Food safety officials and the district administration have intensified inspections of khaja-making units in Puri ahead of the festive season Tuesday, sealing five units for alleged violations of food safety norms. During a raid in Dolamandap Sahi near the Shree Jagannath Temple, officials seized sugar syrup, eight domestic LPG cylinders and about four quintals of khaja....

Itanagar: An Assam Rifles havildar was killed, and four other personnel injured after heavily armed suspected militants ambushed a patrol party along the India-Myanmar border in Arunachal Pradesh’s Changlang district Tuesday, officials said. A police official in Itanagar said that the patrolling party of the 21 Assam Rifles came under attack by suspected militants in Changlang district,...

New Delhi: Pakistan cricketer Mohammad Rizwan has written a letter to the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA), seeking the return of his phone and specifying the nature of the inquiry against him in the fallout of Pakistan's defeat to England in the Lord's Test. Rizwan's phone was taken away from him August 31, a day after...