Hyderabad: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast widespread thunderstorms, hailstorms across Telangana over the next four days, bringing much-awaited relief from the intense summer heat. Districts including Jayashankar Bhupalpally, Mulugu, Mahabubabad and Nagarkurnool have been placed under orange alert for heavy thunderstorms between May 5 and 7.According to the IMD, Hyderabad is also likely…
Guwahati: District Child Labour Task Force (DCLTF) of Kamrup (Metropolitan) rescued eight minors from different locations in Guwahati during a special operation on World Day Against Child Labour on Friday.DCLTF officials said the children were rescued from the city’s Six Mile and Noonmati areas.“Four children, three girls and a boy, working as domestic help at…
Jalandhar: A blast took place in a scooter parked just outside the BSF Punjab Frontiers headquarters in Jalandhar around 8pm on Tuesday, injuring the vehicle’s owner.The nature of the blast was not yet clear and police were questioning the injured youth, Gurpreet Singh, who works with a courier firm. His father Kashmir Singh, who retired…
Hollywood is full of actors who will smile through a press tour and say nothing but kind things about a film they know, deep down, was a disaster. And then there are the rare few who will look you in the eye, take a breath, and tell you exactly what went wrong. Here are the…
New Delhi: In the wake of the Vivek Vihar fire tragedy last week, chief minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday said Delhi govt would take action against those responsible if lapses on the part of any agency or official are found, to ensure that such incidents are not repeated in future. She also directed the East…
NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday addressed the Lok Sabha on the women’s reservation bill, accusing the Congress-led opposition of backing the legislation but with “ifs and buts.”He also described the opposition’s objection to delimitation as opposing an increase in SC/ST seats.Here are Amit Shah’s top quotes: “No one has objected to…
Bengaluru: Azim Premji University (APU) has suspended a student for two years and issued written warnings to two others over a controversy surrounding a planned discussion this Feb on a contentious Kashmir issue that was cancelled after suspected ABVP activists stormed in and vandalised the venue.The suspended student is likely to seek a review. More…
US stock markets surged on Wednesday while oil prices plunged sharply as investors bet on a possible breakthrough in US-Iran negotiations that could reopen the Strait of Hormuz and restore global crude supplies, AP reported.The S&P 500 climbed 0.8 per cent and headed towards another record close. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 487 points,…
Keir Starmer and Gordon Brown Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has criticised Prime Minister Keir Starmer after the appointment of former PM Gordon Brown as a special envoy on global finance.Reacting on social media, Farage said: “An unpopular Prime Minister who lost a general election is now seen by Starmer as being the saviour. Labour…
Guwahati: The prompt action and minute investigation using human intelligence and technical intelligence of the SSB’s Sector Headquarters at Assam’s Mangaldai has resulted in the rescue of a 16-year-old from Nepal from a human trafficking racket in Gujarat. She was trafficked to Gujarat in April.Three accused associated with human trafficking were arrested. SSB Inspector Manoj…
