Surat: A month after Surat police warned gym owners over rising cases of harassment, the Special Operations Group (SOG) has arrested a 50-year-old gym trainer for allegedly trapping a married woman in a relationship and later attempting to extort money from her husband.The accused, Shabbir Trunkwala, allegedly demanded Rs 5 lakh from the woman’s husband,…
Pune: Incomplete work on a pipeline has prevented supply of water to around 15 overhead water storage tanks in the areas of Mohammadwadi, Undri and parts of Kondhwa. While PMC says it has completed laying of the pipeline in maximum stretches, the work is still pending along around 150m on Katraj-Kondhwa Road, for which officials…
Hyderabad: Telangana IT & industries minister D Sridhar Babu invited US companies to invest in the state’s fast-growing aerospace, defence and space sectors, pitching the state as a strategic manufacturing and technology hub during a meeting with a US National War College delegation in Hyderabad on Thursday.He sought collaboration with US companies, universities and research…
Kolkata: A real estate developer narrowly escaped an alleged kidnapping attempt linked to an extortion demand. According to a victim’s complaint, the incident occurred on the evening of April 19 near a petrol pump on Karl Marx Sarani. The developer said that he had been called to the spot under the pretext of a business…
Chandigarh: The Punjab cabinet on Friday approved changes to the reservation roster for electing chairpersons and vice-chairpersons of zila parishads and panchayat samitis and sarpanches in panchayats.Punjab finance minister Harpal Cheema said the decision follows the boundaries of the blocks in six districts being changed, which legally allows them to change the roster. “The changes…
Britons are increasingly choosing UK staycations as rising costs and travel concerns disrupt overseas holiday plans/Image: Getty Images More people in the UK are choosing to holiday within the country this year, as rising fuel prices and concerns over international travel disrupt plans for trips abroad, according to a report by the Financial Times.The shift…
The U.S. Department of Education has found that four school districts in Kansas violated federal laws on student privacy and sex-based protections, according to an official press release.The Department said its Student Privacy Policy Office and Office for Civil Rights concluded that Kansas City, Kansas Public School District, Olathe Public Schools, Shawnee Mission School District,…
New Delhi: Delhi Traffic Police has issued an advisory for expected restrictions on Monday in view of an inauguration programme at DDU Marg.The inauguration of the new Central Office of Sanskrit Bharati, scheduled for 7 am on Monday, is expected to see around 1,500 attendees, including dignitaries. Traffic congestion is likely on DDU Marg and…
Thorns in different plant species have always been an interesting subject for botanists. Be it rose plants or cactus, they use thorns to protect themselves from herbivorous animals. It was long unknown to researchers about the genetic development of thorns in plants. This has been clarified recently through the discovery of how genetic mutations can…
New Delhi: Ending the plight of a man booked under Pocso Act after the hospital where his underage wife delivered a child alerted police, Delhi High Court has quashed the criminal case.It allowed the joint plea of the accused husband and the now-adult wife to quash the case under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences…
