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Inderjit Sidhu retired as the DIG of Punjab Police in 1996. Three decades later, he’s cleans up his neighbourhood in Chandigarh’s Sector 49. Ex-IPS officer Inderjit Singh Sidhu continues with public service years after retirement, and in a way that many may judge as an odd choice. He has picked up the broom to keep the streets of Chandigarh, protecting its tag of ‘City Beautiful’. At 88 years of age, he has been chosen as one of the 45 Padma Shri awardees in the “unsung heroes” category ahead of the 2026 Republic Day. Sidhu retired as a deputy inspector general…

The deceased, identified as Alok Kumar Singh, worked as a mathematics professor at Narsee Monjee College of Commerce & Economics in Vile Parle. A 33-year-old professor at a private college in Mumbai was stabbed to death on a local train at Malad railway station on Saturday. According to the police statement on Sunday, the accused man has been arrested within 12 hours. The deceased, identified as Alok Kumar Singh, was a resident of Kandivali. He worked as a mathematics professor at Narsee Monjee College of Commerce & Economics in Vile Parle. According to the police, he began his role at…

For decades, his calm and distinctive voice was familiar to audiences in Britain and across the world; born in Kolkata, he was fluent in Hindi, local culture. The renowned broadcaster and journalist Mark Tully, known as the BBC’s “voice of India”, died at the age of 90 on Sunday. For decades, his calm and distinctive voice was familiar to audiences in Britain, India, and across the world. He was widely respected for his deep reporting and thoughtful commentary on India. During a long career with the BBC, Tully reported on some of India’s most turbulent moments. He covered wars, famine,…

Bangladesh’s foreign ministry said Sheikh’s allowing Hasina to make the speech set “a dangerous precedent” that could “seriously impair bilateral relations”. Bangladesh said on Sunday it was “surprised” and “shocked” that India had allowed former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to make a public address in New Delhi. 78-year-old Sheikh Hasina has been in India since August 2024, following a student-led protest that ended her 15-year rule. She made her first public speech since then in an audio address to a packed press club in Delhi on Friday. She was found guilty in absentia by a Dhaka court in November of…

Kerala got eight total awards; three Padma Vibhushan awardees from the state are ex-judge KT Thomas, RSS veteran P Narayanan, and the late ex-CM Achuthanandhan. The list of Padma awardees on the eve of Republic Day 2026 had, in terms of regions, robust representation from the southern states, particularly Tamil Nadu and Kerala. An analysis of the lists reveals the state-wise pattern in the distribution of the 131 Padma awards for 2026. Which state got the most Padma awards? Maharashtra leads the nation in total awards, with 15 recipients across levels: one Padma Vibhushan (actor Dharmendra Singh Deol), three Padma…

A well-disguised slower delivery from Harshit Rana did the trick as Devon Conway went for another big hit but mistimed his shot. Harshit Rana continued his impressive run with the ball against New Zealand and made the most of his opportunity in the playing XI for the second T20I. He struck early by removing the dangerous Devon Conway, underlining the strides he has made in international cricket over the past year. Rana has shown clear improvement in recent months, quietening critics with his all-round growth. He was spot on in his opening over at Raipur and provided India with the…

Raj Thackeray also read out his X post, saying sometimes one has to be flexible in politics. Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray on Friday remarked that the politics in the state had become a “marketplace of slaves” amid the tussle for various posts after the recent civic body polls. Addressing a program to mark the beginning of Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray’s birth centenary, Raj also read out his X post, saying sometimes one has to be flexible in politics “Politics in Maharashtra has become a marketplace of slaves. What happened in Kalyan-Dombivli was disgusting. Where is it going?”…

This comes as PM Sharif faces criticism at home too, over apparent eagerness to sign charter that many in Pakistan see as being against Palestinian interests. Pakistan’s Shehbaz Sharif was among leaders of barely 20 countries that signed the ‘Board of Peace’ charter under US President Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza and beyond, at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday. Another was Israel, which has now said it won’t allow Pakistan to play a role in Gaza’s transition or peacekeeping forces. Israel’s economy minister Nir Barkat listed Pakistan among backers of terrorism. “Any country that supported terror is…

As temperatures plummet and precipitation patterns shift, the India Meteorological Department predicts a cold wave and rainfall across northwest India. A fresh cold wave is set to grip large parts of north India as a very cold and dry air mass moves into the plains from late Thursday night, according to a weather update shared on social media by an independent weather observer. The post said cold northwesterly winds ranging between 15 and 35 kmph are expected, leading to a sharp fall in night temperatures across several northern states. Minimum temperatures are likely to drop by 0 to 5 degrees…

Sheikh Hasina, who has been living in exile in New Delhi since August 2024, said that Bangladesh has become “a vast prison, an execution ground”. Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said that her country was “bleeding” and “on edge of abyss”, saying that the homeland won under her father Sheikh Mujibur Rehman was “now ravaged by the monstrous onslaught of extremist communal forces and foreign perpetrators”. Addressing an event in New Delhi in an online audio message, Hasina, who has been living in exile in the Indian capital since fleeing Dhaka in August 2024, said that Bangladesh…