Surat: A 28-year-old man was allegedly threatened and extorted of Rs 50,000 by a journalist in Utran after the accused demanded Rs 2.5 lakh from him, police said. The accused journalist Kaushik Patel allegedly threatened to have the trader jailed after he refused to pay the remaining Rs 2 lakh.Utran police have booked Patel for…
Aizawl: A college under Mizoram’s Higher and Technical Education department made irregular salary payments totalling Rs 2.02 crore to an associate professor during his unauthorised absence, a Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) report tabled in the state legislature on Aug 27 said.A test check at Govt Kolasib College found that the professor’s salary…
Smriti Irani in BJP workshop in Lucknow Lucknow: BJP national general secretary Smriti Irani on Monday said the defining feature of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 25-year public life has been a politics guided not by power, but by service, determination and delivery of results.“When resolve is rooted in public service, leadership is measured not by…
Eight people in the rickshaw were also injured Rajkot: Three people were killed and eight others injured after a speeding car jumped a road divider and collided head-on with an autorickshaw on Lalpur-Dared Road in Jamnagar district in the wee hours of Monday.The accident occurred around 1.30am when a family was returning home after visiting…
Jaipur: Hanumangarh police Monday arrested six men, including history-sheeter Irfan Khan alias Faan, in connection with an attempt-to-murder case involving firing near Lakhuvali village. Police seized six firearms and 10 live cartridges from the accused.Superintendent of Police B Adhitya said the haul included a .32-bore pistol, five country-made firearms and 10 live cartridges. Irfan carried…
NEW DELHI: Congress hit the streets nationwide in protest Monday, with the party dubbing the FIR against Rahul Gandhi for demanding action for “purification” of Haldwani rally venue of party chief Mallikarjun Kharge as reflective of BJP’s “abhorrently casteist behaviour”.AICC general secretary KC Venugopal said, “They are willing to put the entire might of the…
Fewer than 800 Aleutian cackling geese remained in 1975, with the birds restricted to a single rocky island in Alaska after introduced Arctic foxes destroyed nesting colonies across the Aleutian Islands. Fifty years later, predator removal, the creation of protected wetlands in California and coordinated management along the Pacific Flyway have helped the population recover…
Rapper Badshah and Punjabi actor Isha Rikhi have confirmed that they are going their separate ways, bringing weeks of speculation surrounding their relationship to an end. The couple announced their divorce through matching statements shared on their respective Instagram Stories on Monday night.In his statement, Badshah said the decision was mutual and asked fans and…
There is a full feeling in the air today, Aries, as if a field you planted weeks ago has finally turned green. The Moon supports steady effort, and Jupiter’s kind aspect helps things fall into place without too much pushing. You won’t need to prove yourself at every turn. People can already see what you’re…
New Delhi: A three-year-old boy was rescued after he was allegedly kidnapped in west Delhi’s Khyala by a woman for raising him as her son after having six daughters.The child had gone missing on Aug 27 while playing at GGS Hospital, where his mother had gone to get medicines, police said. After a PCR call…
