Bengaluru: A 25-year-old woman, Kavya, allegedly hanged herself at her husband’s residence in Thorenagasandra, north Bengaluru, after allegedly being subjected to repeated taunts over childlessness.Her family has alleged harassment by her husband and in-laws, prompting a police investigation. Her parents expressed suspicion over the circumstances of her death and alleged that her husband also played…
NEW DELHI: AAP supremo and former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal shifted to a Type-VII government bungalow at 95, Lodhi Estate, on Friday after the Centre allotted him the accommodation, the party said.In a post on X, Kejriwal said the Centre had recently allotted him the bungalow following court directions, taking into account his position…
The strange invention called “The Isolator” was conceived by Hugo Gernsback, a prolific inventor and science-fiction writer, in 1925. More than seven decades ago, before anyone talked about noise-cancellation, productivity tools, and deep work techniques, the inventor felt that humans require complete seclusion from everything else to concentrate and be productive. To achieve such an…
Lucknow: High drama unfolded near Gonda railway station on Friday when a woman climbed a railway tower with her three young children and refused to come down, insisting that she be allowed to live with her lover.The woman, identified as Geeta Devi, climbed the tower near the station escalator around 7.30am. Officials said she ascended…
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday refused to entertain TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee’s plea challenging a lower court’s direction of providing his voice sample in connection with the alleged ‘DJ remark’.Banerjee’s counsel had argued in court that the magistrate’s order was “perverse” and contrary to sections under BNSS. He argued that HC had already…
Bengaluru: The severely delayed Bengaluru Suburban Rail Project (BSRP) secured a boost with the govt issuing a notification to acquire nearly 31,000sqm of land near Devanahalli to set up a primary depot for the Majestic-Devanahalli corridor. The Sampige Line (Corridor-1) will connect Majestic and Devanahalli via Yelahanka, and officials plan a primary depot for this…
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Monday directed the State Legal Services Authority to ensure that a rape survivor receives compensation under the victim compensation scheme, even though the incident occurred in 1998 — before the scheme was introduced in 2017 — observing that she “must not be deprived of such opportunity”. The court also upheld…
Vietnam’s VinEnergo and Philippine developer SunAsia Energy have agreed to build 422 megawatts peak of solar power spread across three sites in the Philippines, using a design that lifts the panels on steel piles above active fish ponds rather than floating them directly on the water. The approach is intended to let fish farming continue…
Taylor Swift is officially collaborating with the hgihly anticipated animated film ‘Toy Story 5’.The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter will be returning to her country roots for a brand-new original song titled ‘I Knew It, I Knew You’, set to be released on Friday ahead of the film’s theatrical debut later this month. In a social media announcement,…
Chennai: In a jolt to AIADMK, supporters of former AIADMK minister C Ve Shanmugam from Villupuram district resigned from AIADMK en masse on Monday, signalling fresh trouble for the party. Shanmugam, however, has not resigned.There was tension at AIADMK headquarters when former Tindivanam MLA P Arjunan visited to submit the resignation letters of the protesting…
