Rahul Gandhi to visit Dehradun (X) NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, ahead of the Dehradun leg of the Congress’ ‘Chhatron Ki Goonj’ campaign on July 17, said Uttarakhand has become the “epicentre of paper leaks” and accused the BJP government of failing to curb examination irregularities despite introducing anti-cheating laws.In a…
NEW DELHI: Two women corporators of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), one each from the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), were disqualified on Friday after separate district verification committees declared their caste validity certificates invalid.The action, announced by Mumbai mayor Ritu Tawde during the civic body’s general meeting, takes…
Jaipur: City police Sunday arrested three members of an alleged vehicle theft gang, including its kingpin, and recovered 10 stolen two-wheelers.Police said the accused were involved in multiple vehicle thefts across different police station areas of Jaipur and allegedly committed the crimes to finance drug addiction and personal expenses.Deputy commissioner of police (Jaipur North) Karan…
Omar Artan and FIFA chief Gianni Infantino During a press conference on Wednesday before the opening match of the expanded 48-team World Cup, FIFA President Gianni Infantino addressed the case of Somali referee Omar Artan. Artan was set to become the first Somali official to work at a World Cup. However, he was denied entry…
Surat: The Surat Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (CDRC) has directed a private hospital and its doctor to refund Rs 1.64 lakh to a patient after ruling that he was wrongly billed under a Covid-19 treatment package despite testing Covid-negative. The commission also ordered them to pay Rs 10,000 as compensation for mental harassment and litigation…
Kalyan: The purported kidnapping of a six-month-old infant from outside Kalyan railway station turned out to be a fabricated story after a police investigation revealed that the child’s mother had left the baby with her parents in Varanasi before arriving in Kalyan.The woman, identified as Roshani Suraj Sahoo, a resident of Vapi in Gujarat, had…
In a quiet field in northern Luxembourg, something glinted beneath the soil that did not belong to the present. At first, it looked like just another odd fragment of metal, easily overlooked in a landscape already layered with history. But what lay beneath the ground near Holzthum village soon began to suggest a far older…
Chandigarh: The story goes that during Guru Nanak Dev’s visit to Leh in 1517, a Miswak twig he used took root and grew into a tree. Over time, it came to be known as ‘Lha Chang’ (Tree of God), revered across communities. More than five centuries later, a part of that enduring Sikh legacy has…
It’s 1.15pm on Wednesday at the Mundka toll plaza in Delhi on the newly opened greenfield Urban Extension Road-II. To the surprise of many drivers, the boom barriers across 16 toll lanes are raised. Vehicles slow down, expecting the barriers to fall for FASTag-based toll deduction. Instead, toll attendants wave them through without stopping. Within…
File photo of the Nasir Nagar demolition site Surat: Twenty-six residents affected by the demolition in Nasir Nagar have filed a special civil application in Gujarat High Court challenging the razing of more than 100 houses by the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC).The petitioners alleged that the demolition was carried out without following due process. They…
