Gurgaon: Three students of a govt school in Faridabad have been booked after a Class 8 student alleged that he was repeatedly sexually assaulted by them inside the school washroom over the course of four days. The case has drawn serious concern given the survivor’s age, medical history, and the apparent failure of the school’s…
Kolkata: Thousands across Kolkata rushed to liquor shops on Saturday, forming long queues as they tried to buy alcohol before the 6 pm election shutdown.Anxiety and urgency marked the city’s liquor outlets as long queues formed outside off-shops, with buyers queueing up before the shops opened. Bars, too, stopped serving after a brief ‘window’ that…
Noida: A 26-year-old man died after a speeding truck crushed him on Dadri-Bisahda Road in the Jarcha area on Saturday. The victim, Dharmendra, was returning to his village after delivering lunch to his father at a workshop when the accident occurred.The truck involved in the accident was seized, but the driver fled the spot, an…
Panaji: Former chief town planner of India, Edgar Ribeiro, who was also instrumental in setting up Goa’s own town and country planning (TCP) department, passed away in Porvorim on Friday. He was 95.Ribeiro was a member of the task force that prepared the Regional Plan (RP) of Goa, 2021, and had made a strong case…
Varanasi: The secretary of Jal Shakti Ministry, VL Kantha Rao, visited the IIT-BHU here on Friday to review ongoing initiatives related to river rejuvenation and water management.During the visit, he inspected the Smart Laboratory on Clean Rivers, where advanced research and technological interventions aimed at improving river water quality and monitoring systems were showcased. The…
Shashank Nimkar’s venture recycles ceramic rejects Things end up in landfills for a reason — no one has figured out how to make money from them. Metals rarely reach a dump. They have resale value, so an entire economy exists to recover every last kilo. What gets left behind is the material with no price…
Chandigarh: Led by Punjab BJP working president Ashwani Sharma, a large number of women from across Punjab marched towards the residence of chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday. They demanded an explanation from the Aam Aadmi Party for opposing the passage of the 131st Constitutional Amendment Bill that could have paved the way for early…
Agartala: In response to the recent surge in post-poll violence following the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (ADC) elections, the state govt has decided to implement the Tripura Recovery of Damages to Public and Private Property Act, 2021.This move aims to hold perpetrators accountable and ensure compensation for the damages caused, director general of…
TNNJaipur: The Rajasthan govt Saturday confirmed that the deaths of seven children this month in Ghata, Lalpura and Kunda villages of Lasadiya block in the tribal areas of Salumber district were linked to an “unknown” illness.While opposition parties claim 15 children died of an unconfirmed illness across the area in April, the govt dismissed the…
Baramulla MP Engineer Rashid (File photo) SRINAGAR: J&K parties rallied Saturday behind Engineer Rashid and urged authorities to release him temporarily on humanitarian grounds, a day after a Delhi NIA court rejected the jailed Baramulla MP’s bail plea to meet his critically ill father.“I may have a million disagreements with Engineer Rashid. We fight each…
