Itanagar: A special Pocso court in Arunachal Pradesh has awarded death penalty to a man for repeatedly raping his minor niece in 2019 while escorting the girl to her sister’s home in Doimukh, describing the crime as ‘rarest of rare’.Special judge (Pocso) Dr Hirendra Kashyap convicted the 44-year-old man under Sections 376(2)(f) and 506 of…
Commuters on the Tiruttani–Arakkonam route will experience disruptions for several weeks due to engineering works. (Representative image) CHENNAI: Commuters on the Tiruttani–Arakkonam stretch are set to face disruptions over the next few weeks as Southern Railway has announced cancellations and partial curbs on EMU services due to ongoing engineering works.As part of the exercise, EMU…
On the terrace, generator sets as well as the fuel were kept, due to which the fire quickly surrounded the area Ghaziabad: A fire broke out at a shoe showroom in Ghantaghar on Tuesday evening. The cause of the fire, which took place at the Wings Shoes showroom around 5pm, is not known. No injury…
Madikeri/Bengaluru: A US national alleged she was raped at a homestay in Kodagu district’s Kutta last week, in an incident that has cast a shadow over the popular hill station. The survivor said she was served a drink spiked with intoxicants and then assaulted, adding that she could not seek help immediately as the property’s…
Kolkata: State schools would have a revised syllabus from primary to higher secondary levels, aligned with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, state education minister Dipak Barman announced on Thursday.The school education department recently formed a new syllabus-cum-curriculum committee to review the curriculum at primary, secondary, and higher secondary levels at state schools. “The committee…
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has sparked a wave of excitement among Swifties, after he seemed to confirm buzz about Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s highly anticipated wedding.Amid buzz that the singer will wed in New York City, Mamdani, speaking at a press briefing, spoke about New York City’s role in hosting matches during…
Guwahati: Assam health minister Ashok Singhal told the assembly on Monday that doctors could not be “produced in factories” but only through medical colleges, amid concerns over a shortage of doctors in the state.Singhal said more than 4,000 doctors are currently serving in govt hospitals across the state and said expanding medical education is the…
File photo of a landslide in Bhandup Mumbai: The civic administration has appealed to slumdwellers living in the hilly areas of Vikhroli and Bhandup in S Ward to relocate to safer places as a precautionary measure ahead of the monsoon season.The administration has issued a warning to residents living on hill slopes in areas including…
Over the next several hundred million years, Earth could face numerous unexpected consequences, all due to the distance slowly yet steadily developing between the planet and its only moon. In what is coming to be defined as one of the most precisely known physical quantities in all of contemporary planetary science, the Moon is moving…
The dramaturgical perspective of society suggests that everyone is performing, constantly managing impressions depending on who is watching. If Only, written, directed and produced by Vidushi Mehra, explores this school of thought. Set in Mumbai’s Hindi film industry, it suggests that for those chasing success in showbiz, the performance never really ends. There is no…
