Varanasi: Two minor boys were killed in a fire that broke out at a house in Devdi village under the Jamania police station area of Ghazipur district on Monday morning after an LPG stove was carelessly ignited and the flames spread to a motorcycle parked inside the house, causing its petrol tank to explode. The…
FILE PHOTO:container terminal at Mundra Port Ahmedabad: Around 5,000 containers a day are being held up at Mundra port amid a strike by empty-container yard operators, disrupting import and export movement, according to estimates by Mundra Customs Brokers’ Association (MCBA).The Mundra Empty Container Yards & Allied Services Provider Association (MECYASA) suspended operations from Friday last…
Mohali/Chandigarh: People travelling between Mohali and Chandigarh, especially those heading to the airport, could face a harrowing week starting Tuesday as the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) launches a seven-day agitation from Sept 1, with a proposed blockade at the Jagatpura-Chandigarh border to press the Punjab govt to accept its demands.The protest is expected to put…
Pune: The Vishrambaug police on Monday detained 10 Congress workers marching towards the old city area as a precautionary measure amid political rallies and released them later in the evening.“The 10 workers were detained to maintain law and order in the city. They were released late in the evening,” deputy commissioner of police (Zone I)…
Guwahati: Gauhati High Court directed Assam govt to compensate victims’ families of the 2018 Maibang railway station firing.The court directed the govt to pay Rs 3 lakh each to the families of deceased protesters Praben Hakmus and Mithun Dibragede, and Rs 2 lakh each to seriously injured victims Alpana Langthasa, Thaisring Hojai and Sunujit Sengyung….
Lucknow: Issuing a stern warning to criminals operating from outside Uttar Pradesh or from abroad, DGP Rajeev Krishna on Monday said such offenders should not assume they can evade the law by masterminding crimes from beyond the state’s borders.“Criminals cannot think that they will commit a crime and then hide. Those involved in planning or…
Alwar: Collectorate office in Alwar, Monday saw a huge crowd with candidates filing nominations for civic polls on the last day. Ajay Agrawal, former chairperson of municipal council, who had contested from Congress last time, got his wife Sumanlata nominated from BJP. Rebels from both BJP and Congress, unhappy over not getting tickets, also filed…
NEET counselling pushes MBBS session by a week NEW DELHI: The MBBS academic session for the 2026-27 batch, scheduled to begin on Sept 8, is likely to be delayed by around a week as the NEET-UG counselling schedule has been extended amid court cases and requests from students for additional time to join colleges.Round 2…
Indian man’s appeal to Indian students not to come to the US right now goes viral. Anushk Sharma who coaches students for studying abroad made a video appealing to Indian students not to come to the US in the present scenario. It was not only a warning, but Sharma said it’s his earnest request that…
Singer D4vd lost his high-profile private lawyers Monday at a hearing where he entered a new not guilty plea to charges that he killed, sexually abused and dismembered 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez.It’s not clear why Blair Berk and her colleagues Marilyn Bednarski and Regina Peter parted ways with the indie-pop singer whose legal name is…
