Hyderabad: A city-based medical college owner and former information commissioner of undivided Andhra Pradesh, has lodged a complaint of dowry harassment against a pharmaceutical company executive and his family. She has alleged that the accused abruptly called off the marriage with her daughter after collecting costly gifts. A case has been registered under the Dowry…
The incident once again exposed chronic fire vulnerability and weak preparedness in one of the region’s most ecologically fragile stretches Gurgaon: Around five acres of forest land in Mangar village in the Aravalis caught fire on Monday, with flames spreading rapidly through dense lantana undergrowth — the same patch ravaged by a major blaze last…
Kolkata: Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee finished his election campaign at Nadia’s Haringhata on Saturday attacking BJP and claiming how the saffron party had “humiliated and deprived” Matuas by promising them citizenship and jobs.Hitting out at BJP netas for shedding “crocodile tears” for the community in North 24 Parganas and Nadia, both Matua strongholds,…
The Noida Expressway stretch from Chilla border to Mahamaya flyover sees long snarls during rush hours daily Noida: The long-delayed Chilla elevated road, one of the city’s most crucial traffic relief projects, is finally moving with urgency. Built to unclog the daily bottleneck at Noida entry gate and take pressure off Noida Expressway, the 5.5km,…
Mapusa: A gatecrasher at a wedding at the Ganeshotsav Mandal auditorium in Arambol on Sunday fled with a bag containing gold jewellery and a mobile phone worth Rs 20 lakh, belonging to the groom’s family, while members of both families were busy with a photo session.Police suspect the intruder struck around 3pm when the Palyekar…
Varanasi: A 36-year-old man was lynched by a mob after his car hit a woman washing utensils along the road in Ghamhapur village under Phulpur police station late on Sunday night.In view of tension prevailing in Ghamhapur village, heavy police force conducted a foot march but it could not stop the family of the deceased…
Ahmedabad: Construction of all eight piers for a bridge across the Sabarmati as part of the Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project is finally over. With the foundational piers in place, the National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) has shifted focus to the construction of the overhead spans.NHSRCL said that the 36-metre-high and 480-metre-long bridge is being…
Amritsar: The BJP on Monday censured Simranjit Singh Mann, president of the Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar), for suggesting that Pakistan should be considered for the Nobel Peace Prize for its purported role in facilitating a truce between the United States and Iran.Punjab BJP spokesperson Sarchand Singh termed Mann’s statement as “deeply irresponsible and anti-national”. He…
Surat: The AAP MLA from Dediapada, Chaitar Vasava, allegedly slapped a man for ‘misbehaving with him’ outside the Metropolitan Eximchem factory in the Jhagadia GIDC industrial estate. Vasava had ostensibly gone to the factory to agitate for compensation for two workers who died of burns suffered during a fire in the factory on Thursday. Vasava…
Agartala: Tripura law secretary Shankari Das administered the oath of office to all 24 elected members of district council (MDCs) of the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (ADC) under Tipra Motha in a ceremony held in Khumulwng on Monday.However, the event was marked by controversy, as opposition parties BJP, CPM and Congress boycotted the…
