Noida: District consumer commission has ordered ICICI Lombard General Insurance to pay Rs 2.4 lakh towards the repair costs of an insured vehicle to a private company. It awarded Rs 2,000 as compensation, holding the insurer’s refusal to settle the claim to be a deficiency in service.Interprofit Pvt Ltd had filed an application with the…
Congress alleged that BJYM protesters crossed barricades, entered the roadway and used loudspeakers while Kharge’s convoy was passing through the area Margao: Congress on Wednesday condemned the protest by BJP Yuva Morcha (BJYM) workers near Dabolim airport during the arrival of AICC president and Rajya Sabha leader of opposition Mallikarjun Kharge, alleging the demonstration breached…
Gandhinagar: Health minister Praful Pansheriya will inaugurate CIDSCON 2026 in Gandhinagar on Thursday. The conference will bring together leading experts on infectious diseases, an official statement said. The minister will also unveil a book on AMR (antimicrobial resistance) and AMS (antimicrobial stewardship). Over 950 delegates will attend the conference. AI is among the emerging themes…
Maharshi Dayanand University Rohtak: The death of Narendra Dhankhar, a retired former superintendent of Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU), in a tragic road accident near the university’s newly constructed gate No. 4 has sparked anger among members of the MDU Non-Teaching Employees’ Union.A delegation of the union met the MDU registrar and submitted a memorandum demanding…
Pune: A 25-year-old man from Junnar taluka was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly raping his neighbour’s nine-and-half-year-old daughter and strangling her to death on Tuesday.Pune Rural police made the arrest and said the accused dumped the girl’s body near a stream in a sugar cane field about one-and-half km from their area. Thereafter, he joined…
Aizawl: Mizoram’s secretary for personnel and administrative reforms (DP&AR), Udit Prakash Rai, was arrested by the Delhi anti-corruption branch on Tuesday in connection with an alleged corruption case involving the tendering of sewage treatment plant projects by the Delhi Jal Board (DJB), officials said.Rai, who was the DJB chief executive officer when the tenders were…
CM meets Japanese children in Delhi on Wednesday New Delhi/Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday said that Japan’s manufacturing experience, technological expertise and quality-driven industrial culture, combined with UP’s young workforce, large market and infrastructure, could create a new industrial ecosystem.Addressing the inaugural session of the UP-Japan Investment Meet in Delhi, Yogi pitched the…
Jaisalmer: Police arrested three brothers in connection with the alleged murder of a man who was run over by a jeep following a dispute over a cow entering an agricultural field in Bhaniyana area of Jaisalmer district.The accused were identified as Shravan Kumar (33), Jetha Ram (22) and Devi Lal Ram (45), all brothers and…
BJP said Congress is showing the same stubbornness against the full version of the national song that the Muslim League had then summoned. NEW DELHI: With Congress Working Committee (CWC) sticking to its 1937 resolution that only the first two stanzas of Vande Mataram will be sung, BJP national president Nitin Nabin Thursday said, “Congress…
Image Credit: Courtesy of Alex Webster Mangroves may not be the first thing that comes to mind when people think about a pet, but Florida teenager Alex Webster is turning that idea into a unique environmental mission. Through the ‘My Pet Mangrove programme’, Alex is encouraging people to form a personal connection with these important…
