NEW DELHI: At least 32,602 cases were lodged for crimes against senior citizens (aged above 60) in 2024, showing a rise of 16.9% in registration over 2023 (27,886 cases), according to the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data Overall, 27,049 cases of murder were registered during 2024 against 27,721 cases lodged in 2023. Personal…
Devotees visit the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple in Ayodhya on Thursday Lucknow: The alleged theft of donation money at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya took place not during the counting process but at a ‘vulnerable stage’ just before currency notes were fed into counting machines, a senior RSS functionary familiar with the system has said.According…
File Pic: UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin, left, talks to FIFA president Gianni Infantino. (AP Photo) Gianni Infantino’s ambitious plan to reshape FIFA’s commercial future has suffered a major setback, but the battle for control of global football politics may have only just begun.After FIFA was forced to abandon its proposal to create a $20 billion…
Bengaluru: For nearly a decade, a girl with sickle cell disease was taken to hospitals only during painful emergencies while her family avoided regular treatment for the inherited condition. By the time she consulted a specialist at the age of 10, delayed care left her with a massively enlarged spleen, severe pain and gallstones, eventually…
Delhi Capitals’ captain Axar Patel, right, and Ashutosh Sharma celebrates (AP Photo) New Delhi: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi was batting on 43 runs from 17 balls. A voice nearby said jokingly, “We’ve become so used to his explosive scoring that this doesn’t even feel an anomaly.” Come to think of it, it is true.So when he came…
Chennai: Madras high court directed Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) and the state health department to conduct a comprehensive survey throughout the state within four weeks to identify hotspots of water stagnation and mosquito breeding.The first bench of Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul Murugan directed GCC to ensure regular cleaning of drains,…
Krunal Pandya celebrates after taking the wicket of Jos Buttler. (Pic credit: IPL) NEW DELHI: Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s bowlers produced a clinical performance in the IPL 2026 final against Gujarat Titans, but one moment stood above the rest — Krunal Pandya‘s clever dismissal of Jos Buttler that even earned praise from batting legend Sachin Tendulkar.After…
Pune: A special CBI-ACB court in the city on Tuesday sentenced a businessman-borrower and a bank credit manager to three years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) in a case relating to illegal sanction and disbursement of a Rs50 lakh cash credit facility at the Central Bank of India’s Pimpri branch between 2010 and 2011.The court later…
Jaipur: The city is grappling with an acute water crisis as temperatures climb past 40°C, hitting last-mile localities the hardest. With municipal supply turning erratic in several pockets, dependence on private tankers has surged, and so have prices. Residents in some neighbourhoods say they are paying nearly double the usual rates to secure basic daily…
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has released the Class 12th result 2026 on the official website, cbse.gov.in. Approximately, 17,80,365 students registered for the Class 12 board examinations this year, while 17,68,968 appeared. Out of them, 15,07,109 students successfully cleared the examination.At the same time, 1,63,800 students were placed in the compartment category, accounting…
