Hyderabad: A local court convicted the gymnastics coach of a school in Miyapur under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (Pocso) for raping a three-year-old girl on the school premises in 2019. The court also convicted the principal of the school for failing to take action in the case after coming to know…
The Union Cabinet has approved a Rs 37,500 crore scheme to promote coal and lignite gasification projects, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday said, positioning the initiative as a major step towards cleaner coal utilisation, energy security and import substitution.The scheme aims to accelerate the conversion of coal and lignite into synthesis gas, or syngas,…
SRINAGAR/JAMMU: Search teams fanned out across a mountain stream in J&K’s Ramban district Tuesday, the third day of operations for a 25-year-old man feared dead after he jumped into the water while fleeing attackers who chased him over transporting cattle.CM Omar Abdullah condemned the assault, calling it “wrong” and accusing the attackers of “murdering an…
Lucknow: Lucknow University (LU) on Monday expelled three students with immediate effect on charges of disrupting the movement of the vice-chancellor (VC) and attempt to damage his vehicle.The students are Prem Prakash Yadav (MA I Hindi), Shashi Prakash alias Prince Prakash (MA I public administration) and Harshit Shukla (LLB III-year sem II). Prem Yadav is…
Alwar: Dholpur police Wednesday arrested Robin Singh (40), a most-wanted criminal carrying a Rs 35,000 reward and the main shooter in the 2012 murder of student leader Naresh Kushwah, after he remained absconding for 14 years. Acting under the direction of SP Vikas Sangwan, the cyber cell team nabbed the accused from a toll plaza…
Panaji: Union ministry of information & broadcasting has appointed filmmaker Ashutosh Gowariker as the festival director for the 57th edition of the International Film Festival of India (Iffi), to be held in Goa in Nov.“I feel privileged to have witnessed the evolution of this festival. From attending it in 1984 to continuing my association over…
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New Delhi: A case of dowry death has been registered two days after a 25-year-old woman died after allegedly falling from a building in west Delhi’s Dasghara village.The woman was married to Raju Singh, who works in customer verification for a private real estate company. The couple, married in 2022, and had a six-month-old child….
Pune: A Pune Municipal Corporation letter to the National Highways Authority of India has flagged that excavation work on a service road in Bavdhan damaged a sewer line, causing sewage leakage and raising concerns about possible contamination of Pashan lake, where water quality has recently deteriorated.In the March 17 letter, issued by the Kothrud-Bavdhan ward…
Jaipur: The Jaipur Zila Dugdh Utpadak Sahakari Sangh Ltd Wednesday announced a Rs 2-per-litre hike in Saras milk prices in Jaipur and Dausa districts, effective from the evening of May 21, citing rising production and operational costs.According to an official release, the revised rates will apply to all milk variants distributed by the cooperative. Prices…
