HYDERABAD: A day after Hyderabad police arrested 66 persons for allegedly facilitating SIM cards illegally to cyber fraudsters, Union minister of state for rural development and communications Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani on Thursday held a review meeting with Hyderabad police commissioner VC Sajjanar.“Chaired a meeting with officers from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and Hyderabad police…
Kolkata: Former TMC MLA Aditi Munshi and her husband Debraj Chakraborty moved the Calcutta High Court on Thursday seeking anticipatory bail over apprehensions of arrest in a disproportionate assets case. The application is likely to be heard on Friday by a bench headed by Justice Jay Sengupta. The couple’s move comes after Chakraborty was recently…
Ahmedabad: The maximum temperature on Thursday moved down a bit on the heat-o-meter, albeit the difference wasn’t that noticeable for those outdoors. According to India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) forecast, it was 41.7 degrees celsius, 0.2 degrees lower than normal and 2 degrees less than the 43.7 degrees recorded for the three days straight. The met…
Yamunanagar: An exclusive district court in Jagadhri, dedicated to heinous crimes against women, has sentenced a 36-year-old woman to rigorous life imprisonment for murdering her three-year-old daughter at a hotel in Amritsar in 2022.The convict, Maninder Kaur alias Simmy, a resident of Yamunanagar, had allegedly conspired with her lover to eliminate her children, whom they…
Ambil Odha PMC colony will soon go up for redevelopment Pune: The civic body has planned the redevelopment of dilapidated municipal colonies built several decades ago. The administration has sent notices to the occupants of seven housing complexes located across civic areas to vacate the premises to facilitate rebuilding.Pune Municipal Corporation officials said around 1,900…
Guwahati: The Uniform Civil Code (UCC) is set to dominate the opening session of the 16th Assam assembly, with opposition MLAs saying on the first day that they will strongly oppose the Bill.The Bill is scheduled to be tabled during the ongoing session that began on Thursday.The state govt is preparing to table the UCC…
Lucknow: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi calling PM Narendra Modi and Amit Shah as “traitors” for “attacking the Constitution every day”, has prompted the saffron party to counter opposition’s “Constitution under threat” narrative more aggressively.It was a campaign, BJP believes, dented it in Uttar Pradesh during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.A BJP functionary from UP admitted…
Jaipur: The mining sector in the state is facing a major challenge, with more than 6,110 mines lying non-operational across Rajasthan, according to a departmental review conducted by the mines department.Jaipur reported 1,011 closed mines, while Ajmer recorded the highest number at 1,049, followed by Jodhpur with 1,018. Rajsamand reported 709 shut mines, Bhilwara 882,…
Photographed: Constable Kouser Fatima (Ladakh), Constable Munmun Ghosh (West Bengal), Constable Rabeka Singh (Uttarakhand), and Constable Tsering Chorol (Kargil) NEW DELHI: An all-women Border Security Force (BSF) mountaineering team on Thursday created a record by scaling Mount Everest, marking the feat by singing “Vande Mataram” from the world’s highest peak, a spokesperson of the border-guarding…
Mumbai : LIC reported a 19.3% rise in standalone profit after tax to Rs 57,419 crore for FY26, with a 41.6% surge in value of new business, reflecting improved product mix and steady premium growth. The insurer’s total premium income rose 9.8% to Rs 5,35,984 crore in FY26 from Rs 4,88,148 crore a year earlier….
