The latest flare-up in West Asia has once again pushed Brent crude prices close to the $97-per-barrel mark. (AI image) Stock market crash today: Indian equity benchmarks, Nifty50 and BSE Sensex, tanked in trade on Wednesday as fresh tensions between US and Iran weighed on sentiment and led to crude oil prices rising.Both the Sensex…
Lucknow: A special POCSO court in Lucknow sentenced two men to rigorous life imprisonment for kidnapping and gang-raping an 11-year-old girl, in a conviction officials said was secured under the Operation Conviction campaign.The convicts, Rameshwar Rawat, 28, and Anuj Rawat, 21, residents of Khandedev village in Banthra, were found guilty under IPC Sections 363, 366A…
Priyanka Chopra may be bagging some of the biggest films and web series in Hollywood right now, but the actress, in her latest chat, opened up about her ambitions.During a conversation at the Cannes Lions conference on Wednesday, Priyanka got candid about her evolving careers in India and Hollywood. Reflecting on the current entertainment landscape,…
IIM Calcutta receives scholarship support and bicycle donation under Pranav Adani student initiative As part of the MBA 63rd Batch Orientation Programme, the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta welcomed Mr Pranav Adani, Managing Director, Adani Enterprises, as Guest of Honour. The session was held on campus with participation from students, faculty members and institutional representatives.He…
Amritsar: A 28-year-old painter who had been missing for two days was found dead on July 15 in a motor room near GT Road in Mallian village. Locals spotted the body of Gurpreet Singh, a resident of Thothia, bearing head injuries.According to his mother, Sukhwinder Kaur, a local panchayat member, Gurpreet was last seen leaving…
Ahmedabad: National security advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval on Tuesday described national security as a “complex and multifaceted phenomenon” and stressed that the biggest mistake in assessing a nation’s strength is ignoring the willpower of its people.While factors such as military strength are critical, inherent strength of people often proves decisive in security matters, he said,…
Kangkan Kalita/Joken EteGuwahati/Itanagar: Over 90,000 people have been affected by relentless monsoon rains that have triggered floods and landslides across Arunachal Pradesh, claiming four lives and leaving two missing. Amid the widespread devastation, Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan arrived in the state on Tuesday to review the situation and assess ongoing relief and rehabilitation…
Patan Cyber Crime Police have dismantled a significant cyber fraud network, arresting 14 individuals under ‘Operation Mule Hunt 2.0’. PATAN: Patan Cyber Crime Police have busted a cyber fraud racket involving illegal transactions worth Rs 398.43 crore routed through 13 mule accounts on Monday. The mule accounts have been linked to 228 inter-state cyber fraud…
Iran on Wednesday hanged a man convicted of links to Mossad, the judiciary said, the latest in a string of executions against the backdrop of the war with Israel and the United States, AFP reported.The judiciary’s Mizan Online identified the man as Mehdi Farid and said he was executed after being found guilty of “intelligence…
Work stops after Taratala collapse Kolkata: Construction activity came to a standstill at nearly 700 sites across the city on Thursday after the govt issued a stop-work notice following the warehouse collapse and deaths near Taratala.The real estate industry spent an anxious day, hoping the govt would review its decision within the next few days…
