Six people died and several others were injured in a bus accident. VIJAYAWADA: Six people were killed and several others seriously injured after a private travel bus rammed into a moving truck near Durgapuram stage in the early hours of Wednesday.The accident occurred around 5.20 am when the bus, carrying 43 passengers travelling from Hyderabad…
The state has so far reported no confirmed dengue deaths this year Gurgaon: The city is among Haryana’s biggest dengue hotspots this season.Jhajjar and the city have accounted for more than a third of the 147 cases reported across the state so far. Across Haryana, 87 of the 147 cumulative cases have been reported by…
Kolkata: In the six days since the fire, the team carrying out a fire and safety audit of hotels, guest houses and lodges in Kolkata have been able to examine less than 10% of the 4,000-odd hotels that are under the scanner. Closure notices have been served to over 200 hotels for non-compliance with fire…
Ahmedabad: A 50-year-old trader from Kudasan has accused a visa consultant of cheating him and his relative out of Rs 97.5 lakh by promising Canadian PR visas for their children but allegedly providing closed work permits instead.According to the complaint filed with Infocity police, the trader was looking to send his 26-year-old son to Canada…
PAU’s new wheat variety, PBW 887 Ludhiana: Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) has developed and released a new wheat variety, PBW 887, for timely sown and irrigated conditions in Punjab, reporting higher yield potential, good grain quality and moderate resistance to major diseases.PBW 887 recorded 1.4% higher yield than PBW 872, released by PAU last year,…
The financial crisis has its roots in an Oct 2024 decision by state govt to halt tax recovery in the 32 merged areas Pune: A political tug-of-war over property taxes in Pune’s newly merged areas has left Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) staring at a Rs 2,500-crore revenue hole, raising questions over who will ultimately pay…
Guwahati: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday slammed Rahul Gandhi for his criticism of the Manusmriti, accusing him of using women’s rights as a “smokescreen” to target and discredit Hinduism. He challenged Gandhi to unequivocally support a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) if he genuinely believed in gender equality.In a post on X, Sarma said…
Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Monday expressed displeasure over the state govt’s approach towards rehabilitation and relocation of the family of Hathras incident victim and directed it to relocate the family in Ghaziabad or Noida within three months.The bench of Justice Rajan Roy and Justice Jaspreet Singh observed that the…
Rajasthan Agriculture Minister Kirori Lal Meena is in MICU after testing positive for swine flu JAIPUR: Rajasthan agriculture minister Dr Kirori Lal Meena has been admitted to the Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) at Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Hospital in Jaipur after testing positive for swine flu (H1N1), doctors said.Meena was admitted to the hospital…
His remarks come amid an intensifying political confrontation between the BJP and Congress over the Manusmriti and its place in India’s social and constitutional discourse. NEW DELHI: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi has launched a sharp attack on the RSS and BJP over the Manusmriti, questioning their commitment to the Indian Constitution. He accused them of…
