MUMBAI: A 33-year-old automobile dealer has been arrested by Goregaon Police after he poured petrol on the road and set it on fire to create a social media reel for a birthday.Police have booked him under the provisions of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita. The incident was brought to the notice of the police through a tweet…
BENGALURU: A 15-year-old girl from Bengaluru has survived a life-threatening vascular emergency after undergoing a rare and complex surgery for a rupturing aortic aneurysm caused by Behçet’s Disease. The teenager, who had been living with the chronic inflammatory condition since 2018, developed a rapidly expanding 5 cm aneurysm in the abdominal aorta—the main artery supplying…
HYDERABAD: A domestic quarrel over dinner turned fatal in Kamareddy on Saturday night when a 28-year-old scrap vendor was attacked by his wife with a sickle after he shouted at her for not cooking chicken curry.The incident took place at around 10 pm on April 25 in Kamareddy town. The victim was Kodandam Shivaji, from…
KOLKATA: A CISF jawan was injured in a firing incident outside BJP candidate Pawan Singh’s residence in Bhatpara, located in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, prompting the Election Commission to seek a report, officials said on Monday.The incident took place late Sunday night, ahead of the second phase of polling scheduled for April 29.The…
Panaji: The streets and pavements in Old Goa’s church complex — a UNESCO World Heritage Site — were cleared of obstructions after owners of carts, kiosks and gaddas removed impediments following directions issued by the local panchayat.Acting on an April 8 order of the Bombay high court to clear footpaths within the church complex and…
Voter turnout in elections to 15 municipal corporations across Gujarat touched 50% on Sunday, as citizens braved intense heatwave conditions with temperatures nearing 45°C. Polling was largely peaceful across the state, barring minor skirmishes, while repolling was ordered at one booth in Surendranagar following an EVM malfunction.The elections covered 15 municipal corporations, including Ahmedabad, Surat,…
CHANDIGARH: The Delhi High Court on Monday closed proceedings on a petition filed by gangster Lawrence Bishnoi against the release of ‘Lawrence of Punjab’ on an OTT platform, observing that nothing remained in the matter in view of the Centre’s advice to the OTT platform against releasing the docuseries.Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav observed that unless…
Pune: Shivajinagar police have detained three men, all residents of Senapati Bapat road, for stealing iron lids of the drainage chambers from the Shimla Office chowk on Ganeshkhind road at around 10am on Saturday.Police constable Sheshrao Bhalerao, who was on duty in the chowk, noticed them stealing the lids and immediately stopped the autorickshaw in…
Lucknow: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said the state police, once “in crisis” before 2017, has now emerged as one of the best forces in the country, asserting that “the rule of mafia no longer prevails” in the state. Addressing the passing-out parade of the 2025 batch of civil police constables at the Reserve…
Jaipur: The state govt Sunday directed officials to upload the final master plans under the Mukhyamantri Viksit Gram/Shahari Ward Abhiyan by May 15. It also called for faster execution aligned with local needs at the village and urban ward levels.In the directives issued by local self govt department secretary Ravi Jain and Joga Ram, secretary…
