SURAT: A large crowd gathered outside Althan Police Station in Surat and attempted to storm the premises after a minor girl student was allegedly molested by a man. Speaking to ANI, Surat DCP Nidhi Thakur said the minor girl was returning home from coaching classes when a man on a two-wheeler allegedly harassed her. The…
Mumbai: In the wake of increasing silt in the reservoirs of dams, decreasing water storage capacity and uncontrolled sand extraction, the state on Thursday approved the removal of silt and silt-mixed sand from the reservoirs of six major projects on an experimental basis and issued a revised policy. “This policy will increase the water storage…
Kolkata: Calcutta University syndicate, the highest decision-making body, has approved a new postgraduate academic calendar—July to June—aligning it with the national academic schedule. The new schedule will be implemented from the upcoming session.CU has never had an academic calendar for PG courses, as a result of which there has been no structured beginning of an…
Gurgaon: A three-year-old girl died during treatment on Tuesday, two days after she was allegedly struck by a speeding car while walking towards a temple in Jhajharola Khera village.According to a complaint filed by her father Narbir (28) at Farrukhnagar police station on June 2, the incident occurred around 7.30pm on May 31. Narbir, a…
Kalyan: The decomposed bodies of an elderly couple, who went missing 10 days ago from Kalyan taluka, were found in a secluded area nearly 20km away in Murbad taluka.Police said they are yet to determine the exact cause of death due to the advanced stage of decomposition, but suspect that the couple may have died…
Varanasi: At least seven girls, including six minors, were rescued from a spa centre near Malgodaam Crossing in Ballia on Friday evening by a joint team of Delhi and Ballia police. Delhi Police had come to trace a girl who allegedly helped in trafficking a girl from Delhi to a spa in Gujarat.Ballia CO (City)…
Bengaluru: Do not dump more flyovers on Bengaluru without public consultations and without putting the detailed project reports (DPRs) in the public domain, Bangalore South MP Tejasvi Surya told the state govt and Bengaluru Smart Infrastructure Limited (B-SMILE).His statement comes in the backdrop of B-SMILE’s move to float tenders for nine short and medium-length elevated…
More than five decades ago, Apollo 14 carried an unusual payload into deep space when hundreds of tree seeds accompanied the mission on its journey around the Moon. While astronauts Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell explored the lunar surface in February 1971, command module pilot Stuart Roosa remained in lunar orbit with the seeds packed…
Dibrugarh: With monsoon season barely six weeks away and the spectre of waterlogging looming large over the city, the Dibrugarh Municipal Corporation (DMC), in collaboration with a local non-governmental organisation, launched a citywide awareness drive on Wednesday against single-use plastic. Held on the occasion of World Earth Day, the initiative — themed “No to Single-Use…
Agartala: More than 1,000 BJP leaders and supporters have reportedly fled their homes in parts of Khowai and West Tripura following violence after the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (ADC) election results, with many taking shelter in safer locations since Friday evening.The unrest has been linked to alleged attacks by TIPRA Motha activists celebrating…
