Rajkot: Thirteen days after a 20-year-old rape survivor died by suicide in Morbi district, her mother has filed a police complaint naming the rape accused’s wife, her brother and his wife for relentlessly threatening and mentally torturing her daughter to force her to withdraw the rape case, ultimately driving her to take the extreme step.The…
Vijay has received 107 seats so far Tamil Nadu, which saw its 16th assembly formally dissolved on Wednesday, may have just strayed into one of the gaps, grey zones and silences that dot the pages of the Constitution of India, the world’s most voluminous written constitution.In the 234-member assembly, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) of Vijay…
India’s postgraduate medical education system is set for a major transition as the National Medical Commission phases out PG diploma courses nationwide. Medical colleges will be allowed to convert diploma seats into MD/MS seats, while fresh admissions to diploma programmes will end after 2026-27, paving the way for a more uniform specialist training framework. The…
Ahmedabad: In a major accident at Sangani village near Chotila in Surendranagar district on Thursday, four persons were charred to death, and 10 others were injured when a private bus collided with a tanker on the Ahmedabad-Rajkot highway in the early hours. The bus caught fire immediately after the collision, leaving the victims’ bodies burnt…
IPU announces July 7 offline counselling for BMS programme admissions at Dwarka campus with document verification NEW DELHI: Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University will conduct the first offline counselling for admission to its Bachelor of Management Studies (BMS) programme on July 7 at the university’s Dwarka campus. The counselling process is meant for candidates who…
Pune: A steep rise in fishing pressure, coupled with climate-related changes, could seriously affect the sardine count along the country’s southwest coast.Researchers from the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) and National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) warned thousands of coastal households dependent on India’s sardine catch about this after studying over five decades…
Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh state department of prisons and correctional services has launched a reform initiative titled “Akshar Se Atmabodh” (remission by reading), aimed at encouraging positive behavioural change among prisoners through reading. The programme was first introduced at Model Central Jail, Kanda, on April 28 by director general of prisons and correctional services Abhishek…
A Telangana farmer, G Mahesh, has been arrested for allegedly murdering a tenant farmer, P Mogili. HYDERABAD: Jammikunta police in Telangana’s Karimnagar district have solved the murder of a 51-year-old tenant farmer, arresting a 40-year-old farmer from a neighbouring village who allegedly planned the killing after watching YouTube videos on “how to commit a murder”,…
Police have impounded the Ertiga allegedly involved in the crime. Gurgaon: Returning home after a night shift, a 21-year-old was allegedly robbed at knifepoint, strangled with a towel and forced to reveal his bank details by three men in an Ertiga cab early Friday.Abhinav Mishra, a Concentrix adviser from Faridabad’s Dabua Colony, was waiting for…
Beas: Hundreds of farmers assembled at Beas on Monday before setting off in a convoy towards Delhi to participate in a mega rally scheduled at Kisan Ghat on July 21. Called by the Desh Bachao Morcha, the rally will protest the proposed India–US bilateral trade agreement, which farmers claim could adversely affect the country’s agriculture…
