Varanasi: A dispute broke out between two groups during a Tazia procession being taken out on the Nai Sadak-Aurangabad route on the 10th day of Muharram, on Friday. Within moments, scores of people gathered at the spot, creating an atmosphere of chaos for some time. According to reports, as the dispute escalated, those taking out…
When Farah Khan brought together 31 of Bollywood’s biggest stars for the “Deewangi Deewangi” song in ‘Om Shanti Om’, she created one of the most memorable ensemble sequences in Hindi cinema. The grand track featured Shah Rukh Khan alongside Dharmendra, Rekha, Jeetendra, Mithun Chakraborty, Shabana Azmi, Salman Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Rani Mukerji, Priyanka Chopra,…
Pune: The state education department’s govt resolution on Monday added a special fifth round for the first time ever exclusively for girls’ admission to first year junior college (FYJC) for academic year 2026-27.The round would be held after the open-to-all phase. It is to ensure that girls have ample opportunity to secure seats in their…
Hyderabad: Union minister Kishan Reddy on Sunday accused the Telangana govt of failure in monsoon preparedness, alleging that even light showers are inundating roads in Hyderabad because of poor civic maintenance and administrative neglect.After visiting several colonies in Nampally Assembly constituency, the Secunderabad MP said key pre-monsoon works such as desilting of stormwater drains and…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat High Court has quashed charges under the IT Act against two brothers accused of leaking a question paper after one of them took pictures of the paper inside the exam hall and sent them to the other. The latter was sitting outside the hall. The events occurred during the 2018 GPSC exam.Police invoked…
Bengaluru: An elderly woman was allegedly beaten to death by her daughter and grandson inside their Kengeri apartment after a drunken quarrel, with the crime coming to light only when the grandson called his paternal uncle seeking money.The deceased has been identified as Jayamma, 70. The accused are her daughter, Bhagyalakshmi, 49, and grandson, Kushal,…
A viral video showed a priest performing rituals inside a moving train coach NEW DELHI: Days after a video of a train coach decorated as a “honeymoon suite” triggered outrage and led to a ticket examiner’s suspension, another clip from Indian Railways has gone viral — this time showing a priest performing religious rituals inside…
Guwahati: Assam Police destroyed large quantities of seized narcotics across multiple districts on Friday as part of the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.The substances destroyed were seized over the past few years during Assam Police’s anti-drug operations and were disposed of through coordinated district-level exercises.In Udalguri district, police burnt 13,028.762 kg of…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Friday announced that elections for 24 Rajya Sabha seats across 10 states will be held on June 18. According to the poll body, the vacancies are arising due to the retirement of sitting members between June 21 and July 19.The elections will cover four seats each in Andhra Pradesh,…
Varanasi: BJP president Nitin Nabin on Wednesday voiced confidence that his party will form the govt in West Bengal with a “massive majority”.Speaking to reporters after offering prayers at the Vindhyachal temple in Mirzapur, Nabin said: “Wednesday was a special day for Bengal as people turned out in record numbers to ensure a BJP-led govt…
