The deceased lived with his mother and younger brother in Jal Vihar Welfare Society Gurgaon: A 22-year-old BSc student shot himself dead at his residence in Sector 77 on Wednesday morning using a licensed revolver belonging to his uncle, police said.A note recovered from his residence read that he was distressed over losses in online…
An 82-year-old man, Purnachandra Dolui, died after he was allegedly pushed by a CAPF jawan at a booth in Udaynarayanpur in Howrah on Wednesday. The jawan was detained, voting was suspended and later, an FIR was registered. Udaynarayanpur TMC candidate Samir Panja alleged, “The man had poor eyesight and his glasses had broken. His family…
Noida: In a move aimed at accelerating electric mobility and reducing vehicular pollution, the Noida Authority will roll out 13 EV battery-swapping stations across the city in partnership with Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL). The stations, targeted initially at two- and three-wheelers, are expected to become operational within a month, while a similar facility for…
Panaji: The crime branch on Wednesday conducted two raids and arrested 18 people for running two fake call centres from Panaji, from where the fraudsters scammed US citizens by pretending to be loan company agents. Police have seized material worth over Rs 1 crore from the fake call centres.In the first case, crime branch PI…
Varanasi: BJP president Nitin Nabin on Wednesday voiced confidence that his party will form the govt in West Bengal with a “massive majority”.Speaking to reporters after offering prayers at the Vindhyachal temple in Mirzapur, Nabin said: “Wednesday was a special day for Bengal as people turned out in record numbers to ensure a BJP-led govt…
Ahmedabad: Wednesday was like any other workday for a Vejalpur couple, until their phone rang. Their teenaged daughter had called them in panic to say that a man was standing outside their door with a knife and banging on the door, demanding to speak with her. The girl had allegedly ended her relationship with the…
Chandigarh: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann informed on Wednesday that he is scheduled to meet President Draupadi Murmu on May 5 in connection with the merger of seven AAP MPs in Rajya Sabha with the BJP. Mann had earlier sought an appointment with the President for a meeting along with party MLAs to demand “recall”…
Surat: A visual arts student at Maharaja Sayajirao University (MSU), who is from Dang, turned personal experience into powerful artistic expression to highlight the poor condition of a govt-run hostel. Pratik Khurkutiya recently won the Tata Trusts’ Students’ Biennale National Award 2025-26 for his project, “The Quiet Beneath The Rubble”, showcased at The Students’ Biennale,…
Guwahati: Activists have opposed the felling of trees along the banks of the Deepor Beel, a Ramsar site near Guwahati, for an elevated railway corridor, even as they and the railways describe the project as necessary to prevent elephant deaths in train collisions.Environmentalists demanded that valuable trees along the four-kilometre foothill stretch be transplanted instead…
Lucknow: A blend of classical fusion music in ‘Lai Aur Sur Ka Safr’, an event organised by Taal Yatra enthralled the audience with a blend of tabla, folk and Western musical traditions at Rai Umanath Bali Auditorium on Wednesday.Dedicated to tabla maestros Ustad Allah Rakha and Zakir Hussain, the evening celebrated the enduring legacy of…
