Between shooting schedules in Hyderabad and international commitments across the globe, Priyanka Chopra Jonas knows how to reclaim a Sunday. The global star stepped away from the sets of SS Rajamouli’s highly anticipated film ‘Varanasi’ this weekend and treated her followers to a joyful, unhurried snapshot of her day off, complete with a refreshing swim,…
Ghaziabad: Twenty-eight private schools in the city came under the district administration’s scanner on Monday for failing to complete admissions under the Right to Education (RTE) Act. District magistrate Ravindra Kumar Mander warned that strict action, including sealing of school premises, will be taken against institutions that continue to deny admission to eligible children.At a…
Chennai: A 31-year-old man was arrested for secretly filming a woman inside a restroom with his mobile phone at a house in Guindy on Wednesday.The victim, a 23-year-old woman from Coimbatore, was working at a private firm in Chennai, and staying with friends in Guindy.On Wednesday morning the woman entered the bathroom and saw the…
Ahmedabad: A 22-year-old woman sought the Abhayam helpline’s intervention over her elder sister’s behaviour. The helpline received a call from the woman complaining that her elder sister was posting her pictures on social media without her consent. An Abhayam counsellor said, the woman had taken up the issue with her sibling, but there was no…
Houses in New Hindon Vihar encroach on the floodplain zone Ghaziabad: Days after the UP govt informed the National Green Tribunal that 258 unauthorised colonies in Ghaziabad were discharging untreated sewage daily into the Hindon, district magistrate Ravindra Kumar Mandar on Friday directed officials to launch a coordinated drive to identify and remove encroachments along…
New Zealand’s Tom Latham, right, celebrates reaching a century during day one of the third Test against England. (AP Photo) Tom Latham and Devon Conway produced one of the greatest opening partnerships in New Zealand’s Test history, rewriting the record books with a monumental 317-run stand against England on Day 1 of the series-deciding third…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed grave apprehension over allowing individuals to challenge religious practices and said it would break every religion and constitutional court as thousands would clog courts with PILs, based on self-assessments of these customs, to seek quashing the customs and norms. The remark came from a bench of CJI…
Rajkot: The Surendranagar forest department apprehended a man identified as Dalsukh Mathasuriya from the Chorvira forest while he was allegedly poaching a spiny-tailed lizard, locally known as “sandha”.According to forest officials, the spiny-tailed lizard is protected under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act, making its hunting and trade illegal. Despite the ban, traffickers target…
New Delhi: A probe into a recent two-week-long digital arrest, during which a 76-year-old woman from Alaknanda in south Delhi lost Rs 1.4 crore, has revealed that the fraudsters made her transfer the money to eight bank accounts before it was routed to more than 100 mule accounts to make tracing difficult.Police have so far…
Ujjwal Nikam (right) said that CM Fadnavis described the matter as a challenge for Maharashtra and requested him to take up the responsibility. MUMBAI: Senior advocate and Rajya Sabha MP Ujjwal Nikam on Friday said he has accepted the responsibility of handling the Ketan Agarwal murder case in Maharashtra after a request from chief minister…
