Bikaner youth held for ties with Pak terror suspect Jaipur: Bikaner police Tuesday arrested an 18-year-old man for allegedly providing an Indian SIM card to an associate of a Pakistani terrorist.The accused, Anil Kumar Bishnoi, a resident of Gaudu village under Bajju police station limits, was in contact with operatives linked to Pakistani terrorist Shahzad…
Chennai: As part of the ongoing appointments of law officers to represent the new TVK govt in courts, Sekar Durai, joint director of prosecution, has been named as the director-in-charge.He succeeds the director of prosecution, G Krishnaraja. A GO from home (courts VI) department dated May 29 terminated the services of Krishnaraja as the director…
The chief minister added that discussions with the Congress leadership would continue before a decision is taken. NEW DELHI: Karnataka chief minister D K Shivakumar on Monday said that any decision on cabinet expansion rests with the Congress high command, and that his responsibility is to implement the decisions taken by the party leadership.According to…
Hyderabad: What began as a routine journey home turned into a frightening ordeal for a young man in Uppal, who spent nearly two hours trapped inside a malfunctioning lift at the Uppal skywalk near the Uppal metro station late on Thursday night before rescue teams brought him to safety.The youth, identified as K Rahul, a…
“The city is facing a severe blood drought, and there are no immediate camps scheduled,” said a doctor from BYL Nair Hospital Mumbai: Govt and private hospitals in Mumbai reported a severe blood shortage, with many saying their remaining stock would last for just another week.Blood transfusion officers said summers were usually difficult for blood…
NEW DELHI: Refusing to entertain a plea against expansion of Pipavav port in Gujarat faulting the environmental clearance, the Supreme Court on Monday bluntly asked – “Show us a single project where these environmentalists have said we welcome this”, while also emphasising that country cannot develop without infrastructure.Senior advocate Anitha Shenoy, for environmentalist Chetan Kumar…
Jalpaiguri: Ten Bangladeshi nationals turned up voluntarily at a holding centre at Changrabandha in Cooch Behar’s Mekhliganj on Saturday, requesting the authorities to deport them to their homeland.Sources said these individuals had entered India illegally almost a decade ago and lived in different states, working as daily wage labourers and domestic helps. All of them…
Nadia Mascarenhas, a Class X student Margao: A casual dinner table question to her father — why has India never made it to the FIFA World Cup? — has led 14-year-old Nadia Mascarenhas to pen and release her debut song, ‘Oh My India’, a tribute to the game she loves and a rallying cry for…
Margao: The Goa State Wetland Authority (GSWA) has issued a public notice informing residents and landowners that officials will be visiting notified wetland areas across the state to carry out physical delineation and ground verification.The exercise has been mandated by the Supreme Court, which has directed that all notified wetlands in the country undergo digital…
The episode has intensified calls for companies to re-examine the safety standards governing workplace childcare centres. BENGALURU: Alleged abuse of toddlers at a daycare centre operating from Capgemini’s campus in Bengaluru has shocked the working-parent community and citizens. While pointing to a shocking absence of standards of oversight at these centres, the parents’ key demands…
