Image used for representational purpose. New Delhi: Taking suo moto cognisance of a media report in 2024 highlighting the emergence of new waste mountains in Singhola and Bawana, NGT has directed MCD to disclose the quantity of waste accumulated at the Singhola site.During the Aug 5 hearing, MCD told NGT that an integrated municipal solid…
Bhayandar: A case of a minor girl being raped after being threatened with the viral circulation of an obscene video has come to light in Vasai. The Navghar police in Bhayandar have registered a case against three persons under rape charges and Pocso Act, and have arrested the main accused in the case.The 17-year-old survivor,…
Deceased – Agrojith Mallik Bengaluru: An 18-year-old food-delivery boy was found murdered adjacent to Bellandur Lake Friday morning, with police suspecting he was fatally attacked with a stone. The victim is Agrojith Mallik from West Bengal.Hoysala staff received a call at 6.50am and found Mallik lying near the lake with head injuries. Preliminary probe suggests…
CHENNAI: The Union govt on Friday notified the appointment of 15 judges to Madras high court, which at present is working with just 51 judges, as against the sanctioned strength of 75.While a total of 24 names were recommended by the collegium of the Madras high court, initially 19 were cleared for notification. Now, only…
Hyderabad: A 14-year-old student of Jagtial Rural mandal, who went missing after leaving her school on Wednesday afternoon, was traced at Gwalior Railway Station in Madhya Pradesh on Thursday night following a coordinated search by Telangana and Railway Police.According to police, the girl, whose family hails from Madhya Pradesh and has been living in Jagtial…
Kolkata: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed its primary charge sheet against 11 individuals — including two BJP workers who joined the party in 2020 — in connection with the fatal shooting of Chandranath Rath, a personal assistant and close aide of chief minister Suvendu Adhikari, on May 6.The incident took place less…
Walmik Karad (File Photo) BEED: Vigilance teams of the Maharashtra Prison Department have launched separate inquiries into allegations that Walmik Karad, a key accused in the murder of sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh, received preferential treatment inside Beed District Jail, officials said on Friday.Teams from the department’s Pune and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar units inspected CCTV cameras installed near…
Guwahati: The discovery of a new begonia species in Arunachal Pradesh has raised the northeast’s recorded tally to 54.Researchers named Begonia neelamorum after the Neelam clan of the Nyishi tribe, whose members helped them navigate rugged terrain and locate the plant during a difficult expedition.The study by Dipankar Borah, Madhusudhan Khanal, Momang Taram and Neelam…
NEW DELHI: Air India on Friday hiked pilot salaries by 8% to 15%, with commanders getting the biggest hikes and then the same tapering with rank. Going ahead, first officers or co-pilots will primarily get command upgrade (become captains) in AI Express (which has only single aisles) and then move to AI (which has wide…
Bangladesh cricket star Shakib Al Hasan, an exiled ally of ousted PM Sheikh Hasina, says he is ready to return home and face trial on murder charges if the government guarantees his security. Bangladesh cricket Shakib Al Hasan has said he is willing to return home and face criminal proceedings against him if the government…
