Guwahati:Three persons, including a couple who were engaged, drowned in the Pagladia River in Assam’s Baksa district near the Bhutan border on Sunday evening while bathing, officials said. The bodies were recovered later the same evening and the deaths were confirmed.Two of the victims were identified as Pinki Das, 25, and her fiancé Dibojyoti Darjee,…
Concerns are growing inside the FBI over Director Kash Patel’s conduct, with colleagues alleging that the Indian-origin agency head has engaged in heavy drinking and unexplained absences that they say have affected his leadership.According to multiple current and former officials in FBI, Patel’s behaviour has raised alarm within the bureau and across parts of the…
Villagers block Cholapur road against tearing of Ambedkar flag, poster Varanasi: Angered over tearing of a flag and poster on the entrance gate of Nehia village under Cholapur police station, scores of villagers blocked the road and staged a massive protest on Thursday morning. Heavy police force was deployed to pacify the situation.Camping at the…
Mumbai: Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) chairman Pratap Sarnaik said a proposal for a fare hike was under consideration due to rising diesel costs.Sources said there is an additional fuel cost burden of Rs 124 crore on MSRTC due to the recent Rs 3-per-litre hike in diesel prices. The state bus corporation requires an…
Authorities have uncovered a dual operation in Gurgaon where a man manufactured fake Mounjaro injections. GURGAON: The man accused of manufacturing fake Mounjaro injections from a Sector 62 flat was running two parallel operations, police have found – producing counterfeit vials designed to pass off as the weight-loss drug, while also developing and selling an…
Rupee fell almost 5% in 2025, and has continued to weaken since then, even touching a new record low this year. However, the currency is falling not only in terms of comparision against the greenback but also against other currencies.Rupee has dropped to its weakest level in more than a decade, as compared to its…
Inspections were carried out by HSPCB to check if STPs in rapidly expanding housing societies along Dwarka Expressway were operating according to prescribed environmental norms Gurgaon: Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) found two group housing projects along Dwarka Expressway bypassing untreated effluents as part of its review of sewage treatment plants in highrises. The…
Hyderabad: Telangana high court on Thursday directed that all existing media accreditation cards will remain valid till June 16, 2026, pending adjudication of writ petitions challenging the state’s new accreditation rules.A division bench comprising Justices P Sam Koshy and Narsing Rao Nandikonda passed the interim order while hearing petitions filed by four media associations.During the…
BJP leader Ramchander Rao Hyderabad: BJP Telangana chief N Ramchander Rao slammed the Revanth Reddy-led Congress govt for its “non-serious attitude” toward irrigation projects in the Godavari basin. In a letter to the chief minister, he stated that delays in execution are hindering Telangana from utilising its allocated share of water, estimated at 968 tmcft.Rao…
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday called for aligning standards, customs procedures and business practices between India and African nations to accelerate bilateral trade and deepen economic partnerships, PTI reported.Addressing a curtain raiser event for the upcoming India-Africa Business Dialogue (IABD) and Exhibition, Goyal said the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), valued…
