NEW DELHI: Virat Kohli was not included in Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s starting XI against Lucknow Super Giants in Bengaluru, but he was named among the Impact Players, meaning he could still come in to bat if needed. His absence at the start comes after he picked up an ankle injury in RCB’s previous match against…
Kota: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), Jhalawar Wednesday arrested a village development officer (VDO) for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 10,400.The accused, Rajni Meena, posted as VDO at Mau Borda gram panchayat under Khanpur panchayat samiti in Jhalawar district, was caught red-handed while taking the bribe from a complainant.According to ACB additional superintendent of police…
Kota: A 50-year-old assistant engineer with the Rajasthan State Electricity Board (RSEB) was found hanging at his residence in the Dadwada area of Kota under Bhemganjmandi police station limits Tuesday evening, police said.The deceased was identified as Gopalkrishan, who was posted in the metre testing cell of RSEB in Bundi. Police said a suicide note…
Rajkot: Gir Somnath police arrested two men for several cheating cases across the state where citizens at ATMs were defrauded using fudged UPI transaction screenshots.An FIR was registered on Wednesday by a fruit vendor, Ajaj Shekh, 30, stating that on March 23 at an ATM near Una bus station, he and his friend Rahim had…
Rahul Gandhi (File photo) NEW DELHI: Sharpening his anti-government tirade over the India-US trade deal, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a “deshdrohi” (traitor), doubling down on his claim that “PM Modi sold off India”.Addressing a poll rally in Bengal, the Lok Sabha leader of opposition accused the Modi government…
Elon Musk’s X platform banned over 5 lakh Indian accounts for violating policies, including promoting terrorism and child sexual exploitation. Users should avoid violating policies to prevent account suspension. Elon Musk’s social media platform, X (formerly Twitter), has banned over 5 lakh accounts in India. Reuters has reported that these accounts were banned for violating…
Pune: Water tanker operators in several areas including Undri, Mohammadwadi and NIBM Road have threatened to go on strike from Wednesday, alleging harassment by the police over fines imposed for not having cleaners (assistants) on their vehicles.The move has raised concerns of a severe water crisis because majority of housing societies in these localities depend…
Jalpaiguri: Falakata MLA Dipak Barman, also the constituency’s BJP candidate, was allegedly roughed up by locals on Tuesday evening at Kadambini tea estate, where he was on campaign.As Barman reached the garden and got down from his vehicle, a crowd stopped him from entering the garden. When he tried to force his way through, he…
Gorakhpur: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday will inaugurate eastern Uttar Pradesh’s first Centre of Excellence (CoE) at Maharana Pratap Institute of Technology (MPIT), developed in collaboration with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS).Chairman of Tata Sons, N Chandrasekaran, is also expected to be present at the event.Set up at a cost of around Rs50 crore, the…
Guwahati: A rare butterfly species has been discovered in the semi-evergreen forests of the Basar region in central Arunachal Pradesh’s Lepa Rada district and named after Assamese cultural icon Zubeen Garg by its discoverers.The butterfly, scientifically christened Euthalia (Limbusa) zubeengargi and given the common name ‘Basar Duke’, is distinguished by olive-brown wings with white markings…
