Surat: A 70-year-old man from Surat was allegedly cheated of Rs 3.51 crore over nearly two decades by a man who claimed that Rs 2,200 crore belonging to him was stuck in a purported Forest Reserve Fund (FRF) and promised him a handsome portion of the fund.Singanpor police have registered an FIR against the accused,…
Guwahati: A Rapid Action Force (RAF) head constable sustained minor injuries after an unidentified person hurled a grenade at an outpost of the force in Imphal on Thursday night.Head constable Dhananjay Rai, who is from Uttar Pradesh, was taken to JNIMS hospital and later discharged, a source said.The explosion took place around 10pm at the…
Lucknow: Congress neta Ajay Rai on Friday questioned the move to name Jewar airport after Prime Minister Narendra Modi.“Govt should focus on unemployment, inflation and farmers’ concerns instead of naming public institutions after political leaders,” he told reporters.Referring to Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium, Rai asked: “What would ordinary citizens gain from naming another major public…
Rajkot: A special Pocso court in Jamnagar has sentenced a 40-year-old man to death for the rape and brutal murder of his eight-year-old distant niece in 2025, categorising the crime as “rarest of the rare.”Additional district judge V P Agrawal handed the sentence of life imprisonment for rape alongside the capital punishment for murder to…
Jaipur: Rajasthan High Court has dismissed an appeal filed by a widow of a govt employee from Bharatpur, who sought a compassionate appointment for her younger son. The court held that the claim failed under the service rules and suffered from procedural lapses. A division bench of Justices Mahendar Kumar Goyal and Bhuwan Goyal passed…
In a message on Friday evening on his social media, Wangchuk said he and his team were preparing for winter by conducting scientific experiments to create artificial glaciers to secure water supplies and developing measures to protect communities from glacial lake outburst floods. SRINAGAR: Hours before CJP’s protest in Delhi on Saturday, climate activist Sonam…
According to reporting from the Fort Worth Business Journal, CoStar News and DTN, the historic Turkey Track Ranch in the Texas Panhandle has returned to the market for $180 million after being pulled from sale following the devastating 2024 Smokehouse Creek Fire. The 77,721-acre property has since undergone extensive restoration, including the rebuilding of roughly…
BENGALURU/HUDERABAD: Even as the US govt suspended processing under the Permanent Labour Certification (PERM) programme for some Indian IT firms, potentially jeopardising eligible employees’ pathways to permanent residency, the sector’s stocks rallied on Friday, suggesting limited market concern amid declining dependence on H-1B visas.However, the suspension could create talent retention and hiring challenges. H-1B employees…
Krystle D’Souza has spent close to two decades in the entertainment industry. Although she found success on television, her move to films was not without hurdles. Even with projects like ‘Chehre’ and ‘Visfot’ to her name, she went through a tough stretch professionally before the song ‘Shararat’ from ‘Dhurandhar’ arrived. Its success proved to be…
Indian women’s Kabaddi player Ritu Negi. (ANI Photo) Former India captain Ritu Negi has represented the country at three consecutive Asian Games, won two gold medals and a silver, and led the women’s kabaddi team to the top of the podium at the 2023 edition in Hangzhou. Yet, after being part of India’s gold-medal-winning squad…
