Panaji: Tribal welfare group Mission Political Reservation for Scheduled Tribes of Goa has temporarily called off the peaceful protest for 10 days following assurance from tribal welfare minister Ramesh Tawadkar.“Tawadkar informed us that he has discussed the issue with chief minister Pramod Sawant and he is scheduled to visit Delhi on May 23 and 24….
Lucknow: Lucknow Police on Tuesday registered FIR against an unidentified Facebook account holder on charges of circulating objectionable, misleading and communal content using name and photograph of prominent Shia cleric Maulana Mirza Mohammad Yasoob Abbas.According to police officials, the case was registered at Chowk Police Station after the cleric submitted written complaint alleging misuse of…
Varanasi: A 10-year-old boy died after suffering a bullet injury during celebratory firing at a wedding ceremony in Pandey Dera of Ganga Shivpur Diyar in Ballia district on Friday night.Ballia ASP (South) Sanjay Verma said the victim was attending the wedding of his cousin sister when someone opened celebratory fire. The boy was hit and…
JAISALMER: Lieutenant General Sandeep Jain, AVSM, SM, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Southern Command, visited the Konark Corps area to review the formation’s operational preparedness and ongoing modernization efforts aimed at transforming it into a future-ready force.During the visit, Lt Gen Jain was briefed by senior officers on the current operational environment, readiness levels, and key…
On May 21, India’s power grid hit a number it had never seen before. Demand crossed 270 gigawatts, peaking at 270.73 GW. To put that in context, the entire installed power capacity of the United Kingdom is roughly 80 GW. India was drawing more than three times that in a single afternoon.The reason was heat….
Chandigarh: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday strongly opposed the Centre’s amendment to rules governing appointments in the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB), calling it a “forceful” move and an “attack on federal structure” aimed at undermining Punjab’s rights.Punjab cabinet minister Harjot Singh Bains alleged the BJP-led Centre was trying to tighten control over…
Yousafe Kunhammu, a Kerala man, died on board an Abu Dhabi-Bangalore flight. A 51-year-old Indian man from Kerala, Yousafe Kunhammu, died after suffering a medical emergency on a flight from Abu Dhabi to Bangalore before take-off on Monday.A nephew of the deceased, who lives in Abu Dhabi, told Gulf News that Yousafe was travelling on…
Mohamed Mahudhee who was searching for the divers who drowned in the Maldives also died. The toll of the Maldives scuba tragedy increased after the authorities informed that a Maldivian diver who was searching for the bodies of the five Italian tourists killed earlier this week in the underwater lake also died. Sergeant Major Mohamed…
Image Used For Representational Purpose Only GURGAON: A 33-year-old man allegedly strangled his wife to death following a domestic dispute before dying by suicide by hanging himself in their rented residence in Sector 9.The incident occurred around 6.00pm on Sunday. The tragedy came to light when the couple’s 6-year-old son, who was playing in another…
CJI Surya Kant and Meghalaya HC CJ Revati Mohite Dere hand over assistive devices to Persons with Disabilities at legal awareness camp in Ri-Bhoi on Saturday Shillong: Chief Justice of India (CJI) and patron-in-chief of National Legal Services Authority (NALSA), Justice Surya Kant, inaugurated the mega camp-cum-awareness programme on NALSA schemes and govt welfare schemes…
