Mysuru/Madikeri: Two weeks after a Kutta homestay owner was booked in connection with the alleged rape of a US tourist, who was a guest at the facility, the II Additional District and Sessions Court in Kodagu granted bail to P A Ponnappa aka Vishal on Saturday.Vishal, charged with attempting to suppress the incident, was arrested…
Chennai: Almost two weeks after the commencement of admissions under the Right to Education (RTE) Act to private matriculation schools this year, school education department has received only 18,000 applications—20% of the 80,000 seats available across the state.Some officials officials said the slow progress is due to last year’s disruption — already admitted students were…
Hyderabad: BJP is planning to make Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s public meeting at Parade Ground in Secunderabad on May 10 a launchpad for its campaign in GHMC and two other civic bodies within Outer Ring Road (ORR), the elections to which are expected to be held later this year.Even BJP central leadership has directed its…
Gurgaon: Two people, including a woman, died in separate hit-and-run road accidents in the city within 24 hours from Friday evening.In the first incident, Ankit, a resident of Dhani Shankarwali village, died after an unidentified vehicle hit his motorcycle near Binola flyover on the Delhi-Jaipur Expressway in the early hours of Saturday. The accused driver…
Kolkata/Falta: On Monday, Bengal’s electoral fate will be decided on the basis of 293 seats as the Election Commission on Saturday countermanded the elections held in Falta assembly constituency citing “electoral offences and subversion of the democratic process during polling in a large number of polling stations”. A repoll has been ordered on May 21,…
Margao: With the monsoon season approaching, the Margao Municipal Council (MMC) has nearly completed its pre-monsoon preparatory works, chairperson Damodar Shirodkar said, adding that the council will also constitute two emergency response teams to handle distress situations during the rains.Pre-monsoon works undertaken by the MMC include cleaning of drains and gutters, desilting of nullahs, pruning…
Varanasi: Ballia police arrested three men on Friday night for killing a youth during a wedding function three days ago over the direction of a cooler. A fourth accused was already held after an encounter around Wednesday midnight.Jiyanpur police station in-charge Vinay Kumar Singh said Mahesh Nishad, 24, Pawan Nishad, 18, and Bheem Nishad, 22,…
Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) intensified its crackdown on civic violations on Saturday, sealing two commercial units in the West Zone. The solid waste management department took action against Madhav Chavana Mart and Space and Shades, both located in the Naranpura area, after officials found them guilty of persistent public littering. These two specific…
Chandigarh: The municipal corporation has constituted a water management cell for the city to work on short-term and long-term water sustainability. The cell will focus on detecting non-revenue water — treated water lost before reaching consumers — identifying and resolving low-pressure areas, checking illegal borewells, ensuring the effective functioning of tubewells, and addressing machinery and…
Pune: A three-year-old boy was found sodomised and murdered in Chakan on Friday. The minor accused, who was attempting to flee to Bihar after committing the crime, was apprehended by police from Pune railway station.According to police, the victim’s mother, a daily wage labourer residing in the Chakan area, filed a complaint with the Mahalunge…
