On Elephanta Island, archaeologists race to unearth ancient waterworks before the onset of the rains. “The water must be sweet, right?” a man in a pink jersey calls out from the stone steps. “It is,” replies the young man in a Dragon Ball Z T-shirt below, without looking up from his pickaxe.On a rocky island…
Noida: Police have busted two call centres in sectors 2 and 6 being run by two separate gangs — one providing fake jobs at Indigo Airlines and the other offering loans at low interest rates but never disbursing the money. In total, the two gangs may have cheated more than 300 people over the past…
The controversy around Kala Hiran has intensified after reports claimed Salman Khan’s legal team issued a notice over alleged similarities to the blackbuck poaching case. Director Bharat S. Shrinate said he is used to legal pressure, citing Udaipur Files. Producer Amit Jani alleged intimidation, while Salman’s team has not responded. The film is reportedly based…
Lucknow: In a swift, tech-enabled response, the Agra police arrested four men for allegedly harassing an 18-year-old girl and another woman inside a moving bus, within just eight minutes of receiving a distress alert on social media.Police said the incident occurred around 12.27am on April 28, when an SOS was posted on X reporting that…
Puducherry: Union home minister Amit Shah said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was keen on strengthening Union territories and the union govt was committed to development of Puducherry.Conferring the President’s Colours upon the Puducherry police on Sunday, Shah said successive Union govts had provided only ₹3,500 crore to Puducherry for developmental works from 1950 to 2014….
Priyanka KakodkarMumbai: The state cabinet sub-committee for OBCs, which met on Monday, has recommended raising the non-creamy layer limit from Rs 8 lakh to Rs 15 lakh and directed that a meeting be held with chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on the issue.Incidentally, in Oct 2024, when assembly polls were due in Maharashtra, the state cabinet…
Gurdaspur/Amritsar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent appeal urging people to avoid purchasing gold for a year may have triggered a debate in Punjab’s bullion markets, but jewellers say there is no panic among families purchasing jewellery for marriages and traditional functions.A visit to Sarafa Bazaar in Gurdaspur and Guru Bazaar in Amritsar showed that while…
Varanasi: The magisterial probe into the case of killing of a BSc second-year student, Surya Pratap Singh, by his classmate on the college campus on March 20, was started by the Additional District Magistrate (Administration) on Tuesday.District Magistrate Satyendra Kumar ordered a magisterial inquiry into the case by designation ADM (Administration) as magistrate to conduct…
Hyderabad: Telangana witnessed a 49% rise in cybercrime cases in 2024 compared to the previous year. Overall crime also increased by 18% in the state and 17% in Hyderabad, according to the latest data released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) on Wednesday night.The NCRB data shows that cybercrimes in the state were largely…
Cops were pelted with stones during the violent protest on Monday Noida:Police commissioner Laxmi Singh said technical inputs received from X showed that at least two of the handles were being operated continuously from Pakistan. “Their internet connectivity, IP addresses and activity patterns indicate a foreign origin. VPNs were also used to mask identity,” she…
