TRICHY: Two members of a Tamil Nadu family were among those who drowned after a cruise boat capsized in Bargi dam near Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh on Thursday. Three members of the family were among those missing.The two deceased from the Tamil Nadu family have been identified as Kamaraj, 38, of Navalpattu near Thiruverumbur in…
Shimla: A road caved in near Jogindernagar due to heavy rainfall over the past three days, blocking the Mandi-Pathankot highway, even as the weather department on Friday issued an orange alert for May 3 and 4.A stretch of the highway caved in at Maigal near Mandi in the Padhar sub-division on Friday morning. The administration…
Surat: Chief minister Bhupendra Patel on Friday announced eight new Smart GIDC estates across five South Gujarat districts as the marquee takeaway from the inaugural day of the two-day Vibrant Gujarat Regional Conference (VGRC) in Surat.The eight Smart GIDCs will cover nearly 5,380 acres across Bharuch, Navsari, Surat, Tapi, and Valsad, and will be equipped…
Agartala: The Tripura assembly, in a special session, passed a resolution addressed to Parliament in support of the proposed 131st Constitutional Amendment Bill related to the women’s reservation bill.Introducing the motion, govt chief whip Kalayani Roy said the proposed legislation seeks to safeguard women’s constitutional rights and advance their development, empowerment and equitable participation in…
Rajkot: A 61-year-old retired man has lodged a cybercrime complaint after fraudsters siphoned over Rs 9.93 lakh from his bank account by tricking him into installing a fake mobile application posing as an official traffic challan app.Haresh Vora told Cyber Crime police that he had paid a genuine traffic fine of Rs 2,000 online on…
The court directed the Jaipur Municipal Corporation commissioner, deputy commissioner, and contractor to appear before the court on May 6 and submit an explanation Jaipur: The Rajasthan High Court has sought an explanation from the Jaipur Municipal Corporation commissioner, the deputy commissioner of Jhotwara Zone, and the contractor concerned in connection with the death of…
Senior Congress leader Tariq Anwar on Friday said that any decision on making KC Venugopal the chief minister of Kerala, if the United Democratic Front (UDF) wins the Assembly elections, will depend on the party’s internal process and final approval by the high command.In an interview, Anwar, who is the MP from Bihar’s Katihar and…
Texas has opened a sweeping probe into alleged abuse of the H-1B visa system, with nearly 30 firms accused of running “ghost offices” to secure foreign workers.Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday announced that his office has issued Civil Investigative Demands to multiple North Texas-based companies suspected of misusing the visa programme.According to the Attorney…
The US dollar was set for a second straight day of losses against the Japanese yen on Friday after Japan was reported to have intervened in currency markets to support its weakening currency, Reuters reported.The greenback was on course for its sharpest weekly fall versus the yen since early February, down about 1.7 per cent…
Supriya Karnik, who has worked extensively across Hindi, Marathi, and South cinema as well as television, has opened up about her decision to remain unmarried. At 51, the actress says there isn’t a single, definitive reason behind it. ‘There is no right or wrong person’ Speaking to Siddharth Kannan, Supriya said, “There is no fixed…
