Rob and Lucy Davies’ dream home extension turns into “nightmare”, ends in arrest/Image: BBC What began as a routine home extension for a UK couple turned into what they later described as a “nightmare”, leaving their house damaged and both of them briefly in police custody.Rob and Lucy Davies, a couple from Basildon in Essex,…
Guwahati: On the first anniversary of the Pahalgam tragedy, the family of Indian Air Force Corporal Tage Hailyang in Arunachal Pradesh’s Lower Subansiri district says it has moved beyond mourning and is focused on seeing terrorism eliminated from the country.Hailyang’s elder brother Tage Laliang said the family wants the govt to set a deadline to…
Lucknow: To improve care for critically ill patients, particularly accident victims, KGMU is set to introduce bedside CT scan and X-ray services at its trauma centre. Portable CT and X-ray machines will be installed in the casualty wing by July. The project, costing around Rs 8 crore, is expected to benefit nearly 150 patients daily.At…
More than two decades after the magic of ‘Lagaan’ captured audiences across the globe, actor Aamir Khan and filmmaker Ashutosh Gowariker are reportedly joining hands once again for a grand period sports drama. The upcoming film is said to revolve around the life of legendary Indian cricketer Lala Amarnath and will be set during the…
Navi Mumbai: An over 60-year-old homeless man was lying in a weak, dehydrated state at the Uran Phata bus stop near Seawoods for days without proper food and water. He was almost on the brink of death when a social worker noticed and rescued him. The homeless man was then cleaned up, and provided with…
Parents protest outside Shiksha Sankul in Jaipur Thursday Jaipur: Parents of students selected under the Right to Education (RTE) protested at Shiksha Sankul in Jaipur Thursday, claiming that over 1 lakh children have yet to receive their admissions for the current academic year.They have issued a 10-day ultimatum to the education department to resolve the…
Aizawl: The state excise & narcotics department officials have confiscated over 10kg of methamphetamine tablets in Aizawl and arrested five persons, officials said on Thursday,.According to the spokesperson of the excise & narcotics department, Peter Zohmingthanga, the seizure was made in the Falkland locality at 11.40am on Wednesday, where the officials recovered 10.021kg of methamphetamine,…
Bengaluru: Holding that anticipatory bail cannot be rendered meaningless by the subsequent addition of offences, the Karnataka high court has quashed a police custody order passed against a city-based builder.Justice M Nagaprasanna said in his recent ruling that the 14-day custody order passed by the principal city civil and sessions judge on April 9 against…
According to S&P Global, fears regarding net foreign investment outflows have been “somewhat overstated”. (AI image) India is handling global financial headwinds more effectively than the headline figures indicate, and concerns surrounding foreign capital outflows may be exaggerated, according to S&P Global Ratings.The observations come at a time when the Iran conflict has triggered an…
Panaji: In a bid to draw the spotlight on the lesser-known but important biodiversity, 18 snakes, among some of the endemic and uncommon snake species of the north Western Ghats, have been featured in a poster released by Mhadei Research Centre (MRC).As a part of the awareness campaign, the poster will be distributed in educational…
