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For July 16, 2026, traditional Panchang guidance suggests a day that begins quietly and thoughtfully before gradually becoming more confident. It is a good day for careful planning, meaningful conversations, and making one well-considered decision instead of rushing into many.Read your Daily Panchang TodayHow to use it: Prefer this period for important work, a submission or a considered decision. Avoid new beginnings during Rahu Kaal. This window is clear of the principal caution periods, although secondary indicators are mixed.Festival and Vrat TodayJagannath RathyatraBasis: Ashadha Shukla Dwitiya; Region: OdiaKarka SankrantiBasis: Mithuna to Karka transit of SunWhat Today’s Panchang MeansAccording to traditional…

NEW DELHI: Electors in the national capital have got an extra 10 days to submit their enumeration forms for the ongoing SIR, with Election Commission on Wednesday releasing a revised schedule for Delhi. SIR timelines were also revised for Punjab, Telangana and Karnataka.House-to-house visits by BLOs in Delhi, which started on June 30, will now continue till August 8, instead of July 29 as originally scheduled. The date of publication of the draft electoral roll has been extended to August 17 from August 5.Claims and objections against the draft roll may be filed between August 17 and September 16, and…

Argentina’s Lionel Messi celebrates with his teammates at the end of the World Cup semifinal soccer match between England and Argentina in Atlanta, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) Lionel Messi once again proved why football’s biggest moments continue to belong to him. The Argentina captain inspired the reigning champions to a dramatic 2-1 comeback victory over England in the 2026 FIFA World Cup semi-final, producing two decisive assists in the closing minutes to send La Albiceleste into a second consecutive World Cup final. In doing so, the 39-year-old shattered another long-standing World Cup record, becoming the outright leader…

Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party (SP) working president Supriya Sule said on Wednesday that her party would “consider” supporting the proposed delimitation bill only if the Centre explicitly guaranteed a uniform 50% increase in the number of seats in all states.The other condition for the NCP(SP) to consider the bill is the methodology to determine the drawing up of parliamentary constituencies, she said at a press conference in Mumbai. “No state should face injustice; there should be a 50% cap for the increase. If it is in people’s interest, then we are ready to discuss it in the INDIA bloc,” said…

At least 7,000 people across 34 states in the US are infected by Cyclosporiasis, a parasitic infection that causes frequent, watery diarrhea, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It typically spreads through contaminated water or food, often during the summer.Cyclosporiasis leads to extreme diarrhea. However, it is not a fatal condition. (Magnific)The ​US Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday it was investigating multiple produce items, including lettuce, in an effort to identify the ‌source of this unusually large cyclosporiasis outbreak, reported Reuters. So far, no deaths have been reported due to the infection. However,…

Gurugram: Security personnel with bomb disposal squad personnel conduct a search operation after a school received a bomb threat mail, in Sector 15 area, Gurugram. (PTI Photo) (PTI07_13_2026_000323B)Gurgaon: Bomb threat emails triggered a massive security response on Monday after multiple schools and Mini Secretariat received messages claiming explosive devices had been planted on their premises.Sources said the email also referred to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s proposed rally in Jind on July 17 and threatened to target the event, prompting authorities to heighten security in both Gurgaon and Jind. Police said security arrangements at sensitive locations have been strengthened while the…

Sam Neill’s ex Laura Tingle says the Jurassic Park star was ‘pretty sick’ before his death despite being cancer-free: ‘His poor body got exhausted’ Veteran actor Sam Neill’s former partner, Australian political journalist Laura Tingle, has opened up about his final days, revealing that the actor had become “pretty sick” in the weeks before his death despite being declared cancer-free earlier this year.Neill died on Monday at the age of 78. He had announced in April that he was free of cancer after battling angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, a rare form of blood cancer.Laura Tingle recalls Sam Neill’s final daysSpeaking on…

Before the last-four tie, Argentina manager Lionel Scaloni had said he was “not going to mix” football and politics.”The reality is that this is a football match. I can’t mix things up, especially out of respect for what happened so many years ago,” Scaloni had said.”It was a very sad period in our history, and there isn’t much we can do about it, that’s the reality.”Things are happening elsewhere in the world, and we criticise the existence of war. We certainly remember those people, of course. But it is a football match – we shouldn’t confuse the two.”Argentina vice-president Victoria…

Supreme Court on CBSE (File photo) NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Wednesday asked CBSE to detail the steps it has taken so far to curb alleged irregularities relating to digital evaluation (onscreen marking, or OSM) system even as solicitor general Tushar Mehta informed the court that a one-member commission has been appointed to inquire into the issues.A bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana said urgent action was needed to comprehensively address students’ concerns. Enlisting the SG’s assistance in the PIL raising a host of issues relating to OSM, the CJI said, “Look at the…

Based on the RTI findings, Kirit Somaiya has alleged that the corrections in the birth certificates were carried out illegally and has demanded that the BMC register an police complaint to investigate the matter and identify those responsible Mumbai: The M-East ward office in Govandi accounted for 3,132 birth certificate corrections that were made without supporting documents or applications, according to an RTI reply from the BMC received by former BJP MP Kirit Somaiya.The RTI response has also revealed that across the city, 19,753 birth certificates were issued without any supporting documents, while a total 86,020 birth record corrections were…