Lucknow: The CBI suspects the involvement of an organised interstate gang, allegedly linked to South India, in a sophisticated bank fraud racket targeting banks in Uttar Pradesh after two accused were arrested for posing as officials of the Uttar Pradesh Forest Corporation and opening a bank account using forged documents.The arrests were made in connection…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday departed for the UAE as part of his five-nation tour from May 15 to May 20. After the UAE, the Prime Minister will also visit the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway and Italy.The visit is expected to reinforce India’s growing engagement with Europe and the Gulf region amid evolving geopolitical and…
Asian markets mostly declined on Friday as investor optimism around artificial intelligence stocks faded amid rising concerns over inflation, elevated oil prices and uncertainty surrounding the Iran war.Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell 1.2% to 61,880.04, while South Korea’s Kospi dropped 3.2% to 7,727.34 after briefly crossing the 8,000 mark for the first time.The sharp reversal came…
‘Karuppu’ finally reached theatres on May 15 after facing major release delays and cancelled morning shows a day earlier. The much-awaited action drama starring Suriya and Trisha Krishnan was originally scheduled to release on May 14 with special early morning screenings. However, money and distribution problems delayed the release, disappointing many fans who had bought…
Fighting a rare form of cancer for nearly three years did not stop Adrija Gan from performing brilliantly in academics. The teenager from Nimta in West Bengal emerged as one of the top performers in the Higher Secondary examination results announced on Thursday.A student of Ramakrishna Sarada Mission Sister Nivedita Girls’ School in Bagbazar, Adrija…
AIADMK faction leaders with chief minister C Joseph Vijay CHENNAI: Four days after C Joseph Vijay was sworn in as the Tamil Nadu chief minister and 10 TVK MLAs were sworn in as ministers, the govt is yet to allocate portfolios or put in place a full cabinet of ministers.Lobbying by Congress MLAs aspiring for…
Hyderabad: Chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Thursday said repeated paper leaks had demonetised the future of students, expressing concern over the cancellation of the NEET-UG 2026 examination and the distress caused to lakhs of aspirants and their families.Reacting to the controversy, the CM said the credibility of national examinations must be protected at all…
Howrah: Aakash Singh, a key aide of the ex-Howrah North MLA Goutam Choudhary, who was feared in the area, was arrested by the Howrah City Police detective department on Thursday. An aide of his was also arrested. The arrested persons were apprehended with foreign-made firearms, police said. They were arrested from Kolaghat and have been…
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB), Gandhinagar, has extended the last date for online application and fee submission for the Class 12 supplementary examination 2026. The deadline, earlier set as May 14, has now been pushed by two days to May 16.The supplementary exams are open to students from General, Vocational,…
Kabaddi player Sonu Nolta Panchkula: Gopal Sukhomajri, who had unsuccessfully contested the last assembly election from Kalka as an independent, has been arrested in the murder case of kabaddi player Sonu Nolta.According to Panchkula Police, Gopal — alleged to be the mastermind — had been absconding since the killing in the Amravati area last year….
