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India, June 27 -- Nearly 188 years ago, 2.4 lakh indentured Indians boarded ships for British Guiana, to labour on sugar plantations. No airport fits, no matching luggage, no custom passport covers. B... Read More


Nature forgotten and found

India, June 27 -- Were one to search for a genre that could be labelled "the literature of attention", one wouldn't have to venture much beyond what has loosely come to be known as "nature writing." W... Read More


Get off the waitlist

India, June 27 -- In the West (and especially in America) a restaurant reservation can be the social equivalent of a gold brick. To be able to get a table at a top restaurant is a mark of status. Peop... Read More


Robotics funding doubles in H1

NEW DELHI, June 27 -- Funding for India's robotics start-ups almost doubled to $42.1 million in the first six months of 2026 from $22.7 million in the comparable span last year, with the average chequ... Read More


Revamp reflects focus on regional equations, caste balance, east UP

Lucknow, June 27 -- The Uttar Pradesh unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday declared its long-pending organisational team ahead of the assembly elections, showing a sharper social outre... Read More


Leopard safari launch in Pilibhit district soon: Forest min

LUCKNOW, June 27 -- Considering the increasing number of leopards in the Pilibhit district, a state-of-the-art leopard safari will soon be developed there. Forest, environment and climate change minis... Read More


B'shahr: 3-yr-old assaulted at knifepoint

Meerut, June 27 -- A 13-year-old minor was allegedly sexually assaulted at knifepoint inside her home in a village under the Jahangirabad police station jurisdiction in Bulandshahr district. The incid... Read More


Double-decker bus catches fire, passengers escape unhurt

Meerut, June 27 -- Twenty-six passengers had a narrow escape after a Rajasthan Roadways double-decker air-conditioned bus travelling from Jaipur to Haridwar caught fire on the Delhi-Dehradun Highway i... Read More


82-yr-old man killed by grandsons over land dispute

MEERUT, June 27 -- An 82-year-old man was allegedly shot dead and stabbed by his two grandsons while he was sitting at a chaupal in Karnawal town, under the Sarurpur police station limits in Meerut di... Read More


Annual rhino census begins in Dudhwa Tiger Reserve

Lakhimpur Kheri, June 27 -- The annual exercise to estimate the population of one-horned rhinos in the rhino rehabilitation areas of Dudhwa Tiger Reserve (DTR) began on Thursday and is expected to con... Read More