Sanjay Thakkar, whose real name was Satish Ruparelia, beheaded a textile trader 31 years back Ahmedabad: For more than a decade, neighbours in New Ranip allegedly knew him as a soft-spoken spiritual speaker and worked as a financial consultant. Few suspected that the man living quietly under the name Sanjay Thakkar was actually Satish Ruparelia,…
Shimla: In a boost to India’s potato seed production system, the Revolving Fund Seed Management Committee (RFSMC) of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)-Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI) has approved the resumption of tissue culture-based multiplication of the widely cultivated potato variety ‘Kufri Bahar’.The decision is considered especially important for Uttar Pradesh, where ‘Kufri Bahar’…
Illustrated in a comic-book style, masked men assault a man with an iron rod in a crowded Indian market, depicting a violent street attack for editorial news coverage. Pune: The Hadapsar police have registered a case against an autorickshaw driver, a woman passenger and another male passenger, after they beat up a PMPML bus driver…
Dimapur: A three-day training programme for field trainers from Dimapur, Niuland, Chumoukedima, Peren and Mon districts to prepare them for Census 2027 was announced by Dimapur DC and principal census officer Tinojongshi Chang on Monday.The training will be held at Dimapur circuit house from May 27 to 29.The programme is being organised under directives from…
Lucknow: A 17-year-old boy who was allegedly assaulted during a clash over changing of songs on a DJ system at a wedding procession in Kasdeeh village of Siddharthnagar district succumbed to injuries late Sunday night, following which his family and villagers staged a protest on Monday demanding immediate arrest of the accused.Police said that the…
Car catches fire at Muhana police station area on Sunday. Two men trapped inside were taken out by a BJP functionary safely Jaipur: Tension gripped Jaipur’s Muhana area Sunday night after a moving petrol car suddenly caught fire, trapping two men inside when its doors locked automatically. A major tragedy was averted after BJP functionary…
NEW DELHI: SC on Monday accepted a fresh request from Reliance Industries Ltd, which questioned govt’s $2.81 billion demand for alleged pilferage of natural gas by RIL from ONGC block in KG Basin, to resolve the dispute bilaterally with the Centre.When the plea for conciliation was made by senior advocate Kapil Sibal, attorney general R…
President Donald Trump speaks during the Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Va. AP/PTI TOI correspondent from Washington: US President Donald Trump on Monday dramatically raised the stakes in already delicate peace efforts in the middle east by demanding that key Muslim allies – including Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Turkey, and Qatar –…
NEW DELHI: In a move to end the confusion of price to quantity printed on edible oil packets, govt is looking to bring uniformity. Against the current practice of manufacturers mentioning packet sizes such as 650, 700, 810, 850 and 870 grams, the new norm would be 200 ml, 500 ml, 1-5 litres, 15 litres…
Bollywood star, Ranveer Singh made his first public appearance in the early hours of Tuesday morning after the Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) announced a Non-Cooperation Directive (NCD) against him over his reported exit from ‘Don 3’. Ranveer Singh spotted at Mumbai airport The actor was spotted making a solo appearance at the…
