New Delhi: Delhi Police has busted a prostitution racket being operated as a spa in central Delhi’s Panchkuian Road and arrested a 39-year-old owner-cum-manager of the establishment. Four women have been rescued from the premises, police said.According to the cops, a tip-off was received at Paharganj police station regarding trafficking activities Tuesday. Police claimed that…
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday accused the BJP govt of targeting education institution out of political vendetta. Backing the campaign launched by students and parents to save Mohammad Ali Jauhar University in Rampur, the former CM urged the govt to safeguard the future of thousands of students.In a statement, Akhilesh said…
Chennai: Citing procedural irregularities involving selective and delayed grant of sanction, Madras high court on Wednesday transferred to CBI the probe into the alleged 397-crore transformer procurement scam, involving former minister V Senthilbalaji. “…the procedures adopted by both the state and the DVAC are so heavily marked by unfairness that they fail to inspire any…
Indian techie says though his company applied for his Green Card in 2017, he sees himself eventually returning to India. (Photo: Seattle Times) When President Donald Trump announced the $100,000 fee for H-1Bs last September, Indian techie Abhishek Abhyankar was in India for his wedding. At that time, it was not immediately clear who will…
PowerJaipur: Power cuts across the state have intensified public discomfort in the peak of summer, even as the state maintains surplus generation capacity. The paradox has reignited criticism of the govt’s planning, with stakeholders urging a shift from new projects to strengthening distribution networks.The debate sharpened after the Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission (RERC) declined direct…
Meghan Markle has shared a rare glimpse into her family life to mark Prince Archie’s seventh birthday. Archie, the eldest child of Meghan and Prince Harry, was born in May 2019, with the couple later welcoming their daughter, Princess Lilibet, now 4, in June 2021. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have largely kept their…
Ahmedabad: If you live in Thaltej, Bodakdev, Sarkhej, Lambha, or Baherampura, the ground beneath your feet is slowly sinking because of a human-induced phenomenon called land subsidence. You don’t feel subsidence because it happens slowly; it steadily creates conditions for a disaster.Land subsidence is the gradual settling of the earth’s surface. In cities built on…
Legendary singer Asha Bhosle passed away on April 12 in Mumbai and left the nation grieving, with tributes continuing to pour in from across the country. Honouring her final wish, her son Anand Bhosle and granddaughter Zanai Bhosle travelled to Varanasi, where her ashes were immersed in the Ganga River on April 20. The iconic…
Falta: A controversy erupted in Debipur under Falta block of South 24 Parganas over the return of alleged kickback money linked to a housing scheme.According to allegations, two close aides of the local Debipur Trinamool functionaries — Sumit Haldar and Sumanta Mondal — are returning money previously collected from beneficiaries of the housing scheme.The development…
Chandigarh: If all goes well, the Sector 26 grain market will have a much saner monsoon in the times to come. The UT administration has initiated work on upgrade of the storm water drainage system in the Sector 26 grain market. The work, for which tenders have been floated, will be done at a cost…
