LUCKNOW: The state capital Lucknow has witnessed yet another increase in petrol and diesel prices, marking the third hike within the last ten days. According to the latest revision on Saturday morning, the price of petrol in the city has climbed to Rs 99.28 per litre, moving closer to the Rs 100 mark. Diesel has…
Gorakhpur: Gorakhpur is all set to establish a Centre of Excellence of the Sports Authority of India (SAI) for rowing near Ramgarh Tal on the directives of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.The proposed facility,to come up at the world-class Water Sports Complex, aims at providing international-standard training to rowing athletes.The move gained momentum after Ramgarh Tal…
Hyderabad: A 65-year-old farmer was hacked to death by a butcher at Rebbena in Kumuram Bheem Asifabad district on Friday. After killing the victim, the accused allegedly severed his head before fleeing the scene. Police arrested the accused later that day, and he was remanded in judicial custody on Saturday.The victim, M Somaiah, was a…
A video from a Central Railway local shows a man in shabby attire threatening a fellow passenger MUMBAI: A week after a horrific murder of a passenger in a local train between Goregaon and Malad stations, a viral video captured on a Central Railway local has captured a shabbily dressed man threatening a co-passenger following…
Kota: A major fire broke out in a plastic goods store on the second floor of City Mall on Jhalawar Road in Kota district Wednesday, destroying the outlet but causing no casualties. The blaze erupted around 10.30am at the store that was yet to be formally inaugurated. Business activity in the mall had not started…
Kolkata: Bengal govt on Friday started disbursing pending dearness allowance (DA) dues to retired state govt employees, sources in the finance department said. The payments currently cover arrears accumulated between April 2008 and Dec 2015.Serving govt employees, however, have not yet started receiving the dues. Officials said the payments are presently being credited only to…
Kolkata: Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) officers of Kolkata Customs intercepted an Indian passenger at Kolkata airport on Wednesday and seized 707 live red-eared slider turtles. The passenger had arrived via an IndiGo flight and was stopped after crossing the Green Channel. A detailed search of his checked baggage led to the discovery of the live…
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Chandigarh has held that the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) cannot cite software glitches or technical issues to justify a nearly 10-year delay in transferring provident fund (PF) accumulations from an employee’s old account to a new one.The commission partly allowed a complaint filed by employee Rajesh Garg and…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday sharpened his attack on the Trinamool Congress (TMC) over the women’s reservation bill, alleging that the party opposed greater political representation for women and worked against the passage of the 33 per cent quota bill.Addressing a rally in Bengal’s Bankura, PM Modi said, “The women of Bengal…
Mumbai: Security protocols were swung into action after the Azad Maidan police server room received an email warning of a bomb planted on Esplanade Court premises on Thursday. “The threat email was sent from a fake VPN address. We later found that it was a hoax. No court proceedings were halted,” said a police officer,…
