AI Image used for representational purpose only BENGALURU: The Karnataka school education department has directed govt, aided and unaided schools to ban students from performing obscene songs during school programmes.In an April 16 directive, the department instructed deputy directors (administration) to enforce the ban strictly and take action against school managements if violations are found….
Chennai: A man hacked his wife to death after a quarrel at their home in Adambakkam, and then died by suicide on Tuesday, police said. The deceased were identified as Nagalakshmi, 42, and her husband Subramanian, 52, residents of Thillaiganga Nagar in Nanganallur. Police said Nagalakshmi ran silk saree outlets and was the sole breadwinner….
Hyderabad: At least ten passengers sustained minor injuries when the RTC bus they were travelling in rammed into a container lorry near Kulcharam in Medak district on Tuesday afternoon. According to Kulcharam sub-inspector Ahmed Moinuddin, the incident occurred at around 2:30 pm when the bus, carrying 18 passengers, was travelling from Hyderabad to Bodhan.The bus…
Kolkata: A 35-year-old woman, the wife of a senior advocate, was allegedly abducted and criminally intimidated by an app cabby on Sunday. The woman was reportedly driven off and her husband left behind at a central Kolkata bus stand, leading to a frantic rescue operation involving Kolkata Police. The driver has been arrested.The resident of…
Gujarat civic body election The sweeping electoral victory by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) across Gujarat’s municipal corporations has resulted in a striking democratic gap, with 10 of 15 municipal corporations failing to meet the mandatory 10% seat threshold required to appoint a leader of opposition (LoP).Two, Morbi and Porbandar — have no opposition presence…
CHANDIGARH: Two men out for a walk were shot dead while in Bhoma village under Batala police district on Monday night.Police suspect four assailants on motorbikes sprayed bullets on 40-year-old Kashmir Singh and 19-year-old Jugraj Singh, a local-level kabaddi player, between 9pm and 9.30 pm on the outskirts of the village. A third person, also…
Pune: The PMC plans to tackle at least 65 out of 120 flood-prone spots by implementing various measures before June, as part of pre-monsoon works to avoid waterlogging. For the remaining spots, the civic administration has said it will make temporary arrangements to avoid waterlogging during heavy spells of rain.Officials from Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC)…
Lucknow: Additional chief secretary (energy) and UPPCL chairman Ashish Kumar Goel took action against officials for negligence and delay in replacing damaged transformers. A junior engineer (JE) was suspended, while one superintendent engineer (SE), two executive engineers (EE), one assistant engineer (AE) and one JE were given adverse entries. The chief engineer (CE) was also…
An AI generated image used for representation purpose only NEW DELHI: The sixth round of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6), one of India’s largest and most comprehensive health surveys, is expected to be released in the first fortnight of May by the Union health minister, officials said.Conducted during 2023-24, the survey covered 6,79,238 households…
Archaeologists have identified a rare, 2,000-year-old Roman artefact known as the ‘Berlanga Cup,’ discovered in the soil of the La Cerrada de Arroyo site in Soria, Spain. This cup is made from bronze and is a very rare example of what are known as ‘Hadrian’s Wall Series’ vessels, and these normally come with decorative enamel…
