Thane: A court in Thane district has acquitted a man accused of forcibly establishing a sexual relationship with his sister-in-law and impregnating her, citing that the prosecution had failed to prove the charges as the key witnesses had turned hostile.Additional sessions judge Premal S Vithalani held the 34-year-old accused, a resident of Kalwa, not guilty…
Bengaluru: Anand P Naidu, a district Congress committee member, was arrested on charges of molesting a 16-year-old girl at her house in west Bengaluru.Booked under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act, Naidu was remanded in judicial custody and sent to Bengaluru Central Prison.Based on the complaint filed by the girl’s father, a 40-year-old…
Hyderabad: A massive fire broke out at a furniture manufacturing unit in Kishanbagh on Tuesday afternoon, and firefighters extinguished the flames within 45 minutes. No casualties were reported.According to Chandulal Biradari station fire officer (SFO) B Surender Reddy, they received a distress call from locals at around 2.28 pm regarding the incident. Five fire engines…
Preliminary investigation suggests that the auto caught fire suddenly, possibly due to a cylinder explosion, and the driver may not have been able to escape in time Preliminary investigation suggests that the auto caught fire suddenly, possibly due to a cylinder explosion, and the driver may not have been able to escape in time Preliminary…
This is an image for representation Noida: Over 800 power consumers of a private discom in Greater Noida have got the supply virtually free in at least one billing cycle because of solar power.Eight hundred and eight consumers of Noida Power Company Ltd (NPCL) have achieved this zero power charge under PM Surya Ghar: Muft…
Panaji: The operation of Goa police’s Calangute traffic cell has come to a standstill after the village panchayat switched off the main power switch over the non-payment of an electricity bill amounting to Rs 8 lakh.The cell has been operating at the Poriat football ground at Tivai Vaddo since 2012. The traffic cells were shifted…
Varanasi: The proposed state of the art eco-friendly building of Nagar Nigam will be designed like a temple, in keeping with the holy city tag of Kashi and foundation stone of the Mini Sadan was laid during Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s two-day visit to the city on Tuesday. Municipal commissioner Himanshu Nagpal said the new…
Kurukshetra: The Haryana State Commission for Women has taken serious note of recent suicides at National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra, with chairperson Renu Bhatia confirming that the panel has received ‘confidential inputs’ from students and initiated a review of the campus environment and safety conditions. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday in Kurukshetra, Bhatia said the…
Guwahati: From 2027, the Assam State School Education Board (ASSEB) will set 33 as the pass mark in every subject for the Class 12 state board examination, aligning it with CBSE.“Earlier there was an ambiguity over pass marks. In some subjects it was 36, in some subjects it was 30. But now it has been…
Jaipur: Water levels in Rajasthan’s major reservoirs have dropped sharply, falling to 52.24% as of April 1, 2026, from 90.51% at the end of the monsoon last Sept, official data shows.According to data, nearly half the water stored after the monsoon was already used up in six months. Out of a total capacity of 13,029.091…
