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Chandeliers, caviar and carpeting used to spell luxury, now it is time. If your resolution this year was on living better, and learning to slow down, these holidays are for you. Responding to a growing thirst for the simple life and fresh air, farmstays across India are offering guests a space to harvest their own meals, hike, bake bread, forage, or enjoy the novel joy of doing nothing. From Rajasthan to Tamil Nadu, we have found you farms that will teach you how to breathe easy again. Harvest produce @ Sangam Farms, Bhilwara, Rajasthan The seed for Sangam Farms was sown…
Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Eritrea on Monday (February 9, 2026) rejected accusations by Ethiopia that it was responsible for military aggression and was backing armed groups inside Ethiopian territory as “false and fabricated”, calling the claims part of a hostile campaign by Addis Ababa.Ethiopia’s Foreign Minister had accused neighbouring Eritrea over the weekend of military aggression and of supporting armed groups inside Ethiopian territory, where recent clashes between Tigrayan forces and Ethiopian troops have raised fears of a return to war.“The patently false and fabricated accusations against Eritrea issued by Ethiopia’s Foreign Minister yesterday is…
A new species of dragonfly discovered in Kerala has been named Lyriothemis keralensis in appreciation of the State’s rich biodiversity. Researchers have discovered a new species of dragonfly from Kerala and named it Lyriothemis keralensis, recognising the State’s exceptional biodiversity. The species was recorded from Varapetty near Kothamangalam in Ernakulam district, where it inhabits vegetated pools and irrigation canals within well shaded pineapple and rubber plantations.The study was conducted by Dattaprasad Sawant of the Indian Foundation for Butterflies, Bengaluru, A. Vivek Chandran of the Department of Wildlife Science College of Forestry, Kerala Agricultural University, Renjith Jacob Mathews of the Society…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court said Monday it would under no circumstance allow stalling of special intensive revision (SIR) of voter rolls in 12 states but said it was open to suggestions to ensure genuine voters are not left out, reports Dhananjay Mahapatra. The CJI-led bench extended by a week the Feb 7 deadline for submission of documents by voters issued notice by EC, including 1.36 crore voters categorised under ‘logical discrepancy’. It also sought a personal affidavit from the Bengal DGP on EC’s charge of TMC functionaries making attempts to derail SIR. “We hope the state remembers the laws of…
(File photo) Vembu said that a company that has $1 billion cash, which is about 1.5 times its annual revenue, and is actually still growing at a decent 20 per cent rate and making a cash profit, laying off 12-13 per cent of its workforce should not expect any loyalty from its employees ever. Sridhar Vembu, Founder of the Chennai/US-based Zoho, was critical on the layoff of 660 employees announcement by Freshworks, which was also started in Chennai with major customers in the US. “This behaviour, sadly, has become all too common in the US corporate world and we are…
Last Updated:February 09, 2026, 21:10 ISTFollow this page for Dharashiv result of the 2026 Maharashtra zilla Parishad election and which party will gain how many seats from this district.Map location of Dharashiv in the 2026 Maharashtra zilla parishad election. (Image: News18 Elections)In the Dharashiv Maharashtra Zilla Parishad Election 2026, BJP wins on 18, SS wins on 15, INC wins on 8, NCP wins on 6, SSUBT wins on 3, NCPSP wins on 0 MNS wins on 0 at 09:10 PM according to the latest data from News18 Live Results Hub.Follow this page for the live election result of Dharashiv in…
Mumbai: Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) busted a gold smuggling racket and arrested two ‘couriers’ with 5kg of gold worth nearly Rs 10 crore in Kalbadevi on Sunday.Based on a tipoff, DRI’s Mumbai unit laid a trap at Kalbadevi’s Dhanji Street and caught Swapnil Jadhav and Shreyas Salunkhe, who had 13 pieces of melted gold bars wrapped in newspapers. Experts confirmed they were gold. The two failed to produce any legal document for it. Officials conducted searches of an office, where they found equipment used for melting, cutting and polishing gold. They also recovered Indian currency notes, which they suspect…
New Delhi: Cautioning lawyers against AI generating fake case citations in courts, Supreme Court Justice Rajesh Bindal urged them to curb frivolous litigation and reinforce the public’s trust in the justice delivery system.Supreme Court Justices Bindal and Pankaj Mithal, addressed students at Bennett University’s 3-day III CTIL–Bennett International Moot Court Competition (BIMCC) 2026. Justice Bindal was the chief guest at the formal commencement of the competition. He also spoke about how international trade law was increasingly becoming central to global economic stability and dispute resolution. BIMCC 2026 was held at Bennett University’s Greater Noida campus from Feb 6 to 8…
Bengaluru: The suspense over whether the Royal Challengers Bengaluru will play their Indian Premier League (IPL) home games at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium is set to end on Wednesday, with the state home minister calling for a meeting with the state-appointed committee to take a final call on resumption of matches at the venue.The Bengaluru-based franchise indicated it’s ready to blink by holding its first-ever meeting — since the June 4 stampede that left 11 fans dead — with Karnataka home minister G Parameshwara on Monday. COO Rajesh Menon, KSCA president Venkatesh Prasad and other representatives also attended the meeting…
Hyderabad: BJP has fielded a Muslim candidate in Karimnagar municipal corporation for the Feb 11 municipal elections—a first for the saffron party in the town in 50 years, and a rare experiment in a civic division dominated by the AIMIM.The nomination of Inayath Ali, a 50-year-old flower shop owner, underscores the BJP’s attempt to breach the AIMIM vote bank and widen its social outreach under the leadership of Karimnagar MP and Union minister of state for home Bandi Sanjay.Ali is contesting from ward 32, a Muslim majority pocket long considered an AIMIM bastion, outside Hyderabad. Of the 5,030 voters in…