The accused, identified as Abrar, sustained bullet injuries to both legs during the exchange of fire. He has been admitted to the district hospital for treatment, SSP Ankita Sharma (R) said. BUDAUN: A 60-year-old man accused of kidnapping and raping a four-year-old girl was injured in a police encounter in Uttar Pradesh’s Budaun district on…
Panaji: The operation of Goa police’s Calangute traffic cell has come to a standstill after the village panchayat switched off the main power switch over the non-payment of an electricity bill amounting to Rs 8 lakh.The cell has been operating at the Poriat football ground at Tivai Vaddo since 2012. The traffic cells were shifted…
Pune: A beautician (29) was found dead in Mundhwa on Wednesday.The police have identified the deceased woman as Afrin Pathan of Wadgaon Sheri. Her younger sister has lodged a complaint with the police.An officer from the Mundhwa police said the victim was living separately from her husband, along with her daughter and a son. The…
Chandigarh: Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi on Sunday held one-on-one meetings with five top Punjab Congress functionaries in what party leaders described as the final round of consultations before the party finalises its strategy for the 2027 assembly elections.The meetings in Delhi came a day after Rahul discussed the political situation in Punjab…
File Pic: Vijay Kumar (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: About the time when Vijay Kumar was becoming a familiar name in the sports newsrooms in the second half of the 1990s, though few knew of him, a colleague, with roots in Lucknow would mention how the golfer’s father, a batman of sorts with the Railways assigned…
Chaudhary Charan Singh international airport (CCSIA), Lucknow LUCKNOW: Customs air intelligence unit (AIU) sleuths at Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport (CCSIA) in Lucknow have seized 13 kg hydroponic marijuana worth about Rs 13 crore from a passenger arriving from Muscat and arrested him under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.According to an AIU…
Chandigarh/Bathinda: The rejection of 713 nomination papers for Punjab’s urban civic body elections triggered protests by Congress, BJP and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) in several districts on Tuesday, with opposition parties alleging political interference by the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).However, AAP MP Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer, who is spearheading the party campaign in Barnala,…
At a time when many technology companies are cutting jobs, slowing recruitment and reducing sponsorship of foreign workers, Nvidia appears to be moving in the opposite direction. The artificial intelligence chip giant has continued to aggressively hire overseas talent through the H-1B visa programme.Federal filings show Nvidia secured certification for around 1,200 H-1B positions during…
Panaji: The cybercrime cell of the Goa police arrested six people on Thursday for allegedly accepting bets on an Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket match.Cybercrime superintendent of police (SP) Raju Raut Dessai said they conducted a raid at Sangolda on Wednesday and caught six people running IPL betting online.Dessai said that during the raid, police…
The CAG report also pointed to an overestimation of the scheme’s coverage. It said the state’s reported achievement of 85.1% Functional Household Tap Connections by March 2024 was misleading as it included 27.7 lakh households with private or own-source tap connections that were yet to be covered under the mission Mumbai: A performance audit by…
