Colva: Several villages along the Salcete coastal belt received heavy pre-monsoon showers accompanied by intense thunder, lightning, and gusty winds for nearly half an hour on Saturday evening, leading to power outages.Villages such as Cavelossim, Carmona, Orlim, and Varca experienced power failures, leaving residents without electricity for over two hours after trees collapsed onto 33KV…
Kolkata: The city police have flagged multiple fake posts on its social media between Wednesday and Thursday amid a surge of politically charged misinformation, and issued a series of warnings against such posts, urging citizens to rely only on official communication channels.Among the flagged posts was a WhatsApp “advisory” claiming prohibitory orders being imposed in…
Ludhiana: A major investigation into an international syndicate of betting on IPL (Indian Premier League) cricket matches has taken a dramatic turn after two suspects tested positive for narcotics, prompting police to add drug charges to the mounting case. Were the arrested racketeers using illicit betting wins to fund their own drug dependencies? The Khanna…
Aries You may be operating with a strong sense of mental urgency this week, but your body could struggle to maintain the same pace continuously. Headaches, disturbed sleep, acidity, irritation, eye strain or sudden exhaustion may increase if rest continues to be ignored. Your body is asking for slower rhythms and recovery, not more stimulation…
Chandigarh: Police have arrested two men in separate anti-crime patrols, recovering a Chinese-made pistol and a knife.Tactical officers in Sector 8 intercepted Jatin Kumar Chauhan, 25, after he attempted to evade a midnight checkpoint.A search revealed an unlicensed Norinco CAC-30 pistol loaded with five live rounds.Separately, Industrial Area police detained Rahul “Chamunda” 33, a habitual…
Manoj Jha (File photo/ANI) NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Manoj Jha on Thursday confirmed that he assisted the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) in holding a presser at the Constitution Club, but added that he was informed only that they wanted to hold a press conference and that he was not told “anything else.”A…
Kolkata: Several senior IAS officer were given new postings on Thursday.Ravi Agarwal was posted as commissioner of Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation while Rajat Nanda was posted as senior special secretary of PAR department. Nitin Singhania was posted as senior special secretary of home and hill affairs department and Sujay Sarkar is now MD of Tantuja &…
Air India Ahmedabad plane crash NEW DELHI: As the first anniversary of the Air India Boeing 787 crash in Ahmedabad approaches, key questions over what caused the disaster that killed 260 people remain unanswered, as investigators are set to miss the formal one-year deadline for a final report.According to Bloomberg, India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau…
Navi Mumbai:A massive fire broke out at the chemical warehouse of JWR Logistics Pvt Ltd, a hazardous cargo company, near Padeghar in Panvel on Saturday afternoon. The roar of the fire and the sound of the explosion spread panic in the area, and traffic was disrupted for some time. No casualties were reported. The company,…
Najma Rizwan Sheikh (27) died while undergoing what the doctors of Sheetla Hospital in Chembur said was a “routine” gynaecological procedure Mumbai: An expert committee of JJ Hospital has concluded that six doctors from a Govandi hospital grossly deviated from routine practice by not informing police to conduct an inquest or facilitate a postmortem examination…
