Ludhiana: Rural police have intercepted an alleged gangland hit in the making, arresting two men purportedly acting on orders from a Canada-based gangster to carry out a high-profile crime in exchange for cash.The suspects, identified as Kulwinder Singh and Harshdeep Singh, were apprehended at a high-tech checkpoint near Gurusar Kaunke. Officers recovered two .32-bore country-made…
Bengaluru: Children across all schools will now be required to spend 10 minutes each morning reading newspapers during the assembly, following a directive issued by the department of school education and literacy.In Dec, Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights had written to the school education department proposing the initiative. The additional chief secretary…
Chandigarh: Hitting back at the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) over its protests against Rajya Sabha MPs who switched to the BJP, Punjab BJP working president Ashwani Sharma on Tuesday defended the leaders, saying those being labelled as “traitors” were known for their hard work and achievements and had brought global recognition to Punjab and Punjabis.Addressing…
PUNE: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said that banks should continue to have a human interface while serving the customers despite the massive continuing thrust on digitisation.“Digitisation should happen. It brings in greater inclusivity. But as this digitisation is happening we should ask ourselves whether we are getting distant from our customer base,”…
Kolkata: Kolkata, which traditionally registers a low turnout, voted almost on a par with the rest of Bengal on Wednesday. The EC data shows that till 9 pm, Kolkata recorded over 88.4 polling percentage, while the figure was 60.2%, the lowest in Bengal, in the 2021 Assembly elections. Kolkata South, with four Assembly constituencies of…
CHANDIGARH: Nine residents of Punjab were deported from Australia on a chartered flight on Thursday over a string of criminal charges and immigration violations.The use of a private Nauru Airlines aircraft was necessitated after seven of them displayed “non-compliant and disruptive behavior” during previous attempts to remove them via commercial flights, according to documents accessed…
Private company employee, Puja Dutta, was found dead in her Adugodi rented house under disturbing circumstances. BENGALURU: A chilling incident has surfaced in Adugodi, where a 34-year-old private company employee, identified as Puja Dutta, was found dead in a disturbing condition inside her rented house on Monday night.Puja, originally from Hirapur in Dhanbad, Jharkhand, had…
Mumbai: Several Shiv Sena (UBT) netas have criticised the BMC’s moves to change the name of KEM Hospital in the city based on a proposal put forth by suburban guardian minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha.Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut questioned the need to change the hospital’s name. Raut suggested that minister Lodha should name the Trump…
New Delhi: Geopolitical tensions in West Asia pose risks to India’s trade and macroeconomic stability by widening the current account deficit (CAD), exerting pressure on the exchange rate, Niti Aayog said on Monday.The Aayog in its quarterly ‘Trade Watch Oct-Dec (Q3) FY 2025-26’ report further said that geopolitical instability in West Asia has slowed the…
Bicholim: ‘Dhonds’ of Shree Devi Lairai are set to conclude their annual ritual at the jatra that begins on Tuesday. These special devotees of the goddess, not just from the state but also from Maharashtra and Karnataka, have already begun their fast on Friday.President of the Lairai temple Dinanath Gaonkar said the prime attraction of…
