Pune: An 81-year-old Nigdi resident’s timely intervention on Monday afternoon saved his son, a chemical engineer (35), from losing Rs12 lakh in digital arrest fraud, a few days after he participated in a police awareness session on cyberfraud at a senior citizens’ club.Cybercrooks impersonating the Mumbai police crime branch officials had called the elderly man’s…
After he cleaned the vehicle, police said Singh accepted a ride from Chakkarpur in Gurgaon and dropped the passenger in Nangloi (L); AI image used for representative purpose (R) NEW DELHI: Behind the wheel of a routine commercial cab sat a habitual offender who, after a heinous crime, allegedly operated with the precision of a…
Ludhiana: The city stays the sixth most dangerous in India for those on foot. The evidential figures are in the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report. Local safety experts and residents attribute the high fatality rate to urban planning that prioritises motor vehicles while offering almost no functional infrastructure for pedestrians or cyclits. Road…
Jaipur: Rajasthan Renewable Energy Corporation Ltd (RRECL) has invited bids for 201 MW of grid-connected solar projects to power public health engineering department (PHED) water-supply connections under the Virtual Net Metering (VNM) framework.Issued on June 12, the tender marks the first phase of a 500 MW programme aimed at reducing electricity costs for one of…
Sutapa Choudhary, British deputy high commissioner for Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Kerala, and K N Radhakrishnan, director and CEO, TVS Motor Company, at the Norton Atlas rollout in Hosur Chennai: TVS Motor Company has shifted the production of Norton Motorcycles’ Atlas adventure motorcycles to India, with the first unit rolling off its Hosur production line,…
Natalie Cassidy is training to become a carerFollowing the news that actress Natalie Cassidy’s father had passed away, the star has now taken a new route in her career. As per the latest reports, the actress has started her official training to become a carer. She will also be starring in a brand new feature…
‘Even a blind hen finds a grain sometimes’ Imagine watching a hen pecking endlessly across a farmyard. Now imagine that the hen cannot see. Logic says it should never find food. Yet, sooner or later, by persistence and chance alone, it stumbles upon a grain.That simple image has survived for centuries as one of Europe’s…
Chennai: A 70-year-old woman took the grinding stone her son-in-law was using to attack her daughter and fatally struck him on the head with it, at Gandhi Nagar First Street near Manimangalam in Kancheepuram district on Thursday night.Police said the deceased, Dinakaran, 45, a daily wage labourer, came home drunk frequently and picked fights with…
The Statue of Liberty stands as smoke from wildfires blankets the sky; US President Trump and FIFA president Infantino. (AP Photos) “We are holding Canada responsible.”With those words, US President Donald Trump thrust politics into the build-up to Sunday’s FIFA World Cup final, blaming Canada for the wildfire smoke that has blanketed parts of the…
Bengaluru: The country’s first Tele-MANAS centre at a prison was inaugurated at Bengaluru Central Prison in Parappana Agrahara Sunday, giving inmates access to counselling, psychological support, and mental health services.The Nimhans initiative was inaugurated by Justice Vikram Nath, a judge of the Supreme Court and executive chairman of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA), during…
