Dibrugarh: Two active cadres of the banned United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (Ulfa-I) surrendered before security forces at Pangsau Pass in Arunachal Pradesh’s Changlang district on Tuesday night, in what officials have described as a significant development in ongoing counter-insurgency efforts in the northeast.The two individuals who laid down arms have been identified as Ashok…
Hyderabad: Telangana high court has directed district and gram panchayat authorities to implement a GO naming the Timmapur gram panchayat building in Siddipet district as ‘Raji Reddy Bhavan’ and to display the name on the building.A vacation bench of Justice Nagesh Bheemapaka issued the order on May 29 while disposing of a writ petition filed…
Two months into office, Nepal’s Gen Z icon and Prime Minister Balendra Shah, popularly known as Balen, is already facing questions over whether his ambitious reform agenda is slipping behind schedule, with a government tracker showing multiple key promises marked “overdue” and early signs of political and administrative strain emerging inside his administration.The pressure has…
Hyderabad: Fraudsters extorted Rs 2.51 lakh from a 25-year-old software engineer from Kothapet after recording his nude video during a WhatsApp call with a woman he met on a dating app. Following the victim’s complaint, the Malkajgiri cybercrime police registered a case on Monday.The victim received a request on a dating app on April 18…
Kolkata/Kalyani/Kharagpur: Police on Saturday arrested 12 persons associated with the Trinamool, including an Amdanga panchayat chief and three municipal councillors, in cases linked to post-poll violence, extortion, intimidation and alleged corruption, as the administration widened its crackdown on criminal complaints that surfaced after the elections.Among those held were Amdanga panchayat chief Anisur Rehman, Titagarh councillor…
UAE schools to resume in-person learning from April 20. Classrooms across the UAE are set to reopen, with authorities confirming that all students and staff will return to in-person learning from April 20, while private schools retain the option to adopt a hybrid model where needed. The Ministry of Education announced that in-person learning will…
New Delhi: The city experienced its hottest day of the year on Thursday. The Ridge logged 43 degrees Celsius, which was the highest maximum temperature this season. The Met department has predicted heatwaves on Friday and Saturday as the temperature could rise more.India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a heatwave alert across north-west India for…
Denmark rail accident: Two trains collide head-on near Copenhagen, several injured Two trains collided head-on in Denmark on Thursday, injuring several passengers and triggering a major emergency response.The accident occurred about 40 km north of Copenhagen on a railway line connecting the towns of Hillerod and Kagerup, police said in a statement.Emergency services confirmed that…
NEW DELHI: Amid continuing tensions in West Asia, Iran and the UAE are expected to join fellow Brics members at the bloc’s second Cultural Working Group meeting in Varanasi from June 4-5. The conference will dwell on the theme “building resilience, innovation, cooperation and sustainability” with Artificial Intelligence and repatriation of cultural property among priority…
New Delhi: A spouse being in an extramarital relationship cannot be a ground to prosecute the partner if he/she commits suicide due to strain in the relationship, SC Thursday said, adding that abetment to suicide requires a positive act of instigation.A bench of Justices K V Viswanathan and Atul Chandurkar said that to sustain a…
