Lucknow: Prompt action by Barabanki Police following an alert from Meta helped save the life of a 20-year-old man who had posted a suicide-related video on Instagram amid emotional distress following a family dispute.The incident took place on Aug 10 when the man posted a video from near a canal saying that he was going…
Heavy rain causes urban flooding in Barak Valley Guwahati: The Kamrup (Metro) district commissioner has directed all departments, including PWD, transport and soil conservation, Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) and Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA), not to permit any earth cutting and earth filling activity in the hilly terrains, water bodies and low lying areas of…
Kolkata: US secretary of state Marco Rubio began his maiden India visit with a brief but symbolic stop in Kolkata on Saturday, spending nearly three hours in the city. Rubio, accompanied by his wife Jeanette Dousdebes Rubio and US ambassador to India Sergio Gor, later flew to Delhi aboard a US Air Force Boeing C-32A…
Pune: Over 300 vice chancellors of universities from across India called for a shift to AI-driven learning, stronger school outreach for disadvantaged students and a redesign of universities beyond classroom teaching at a national meet in Pune on Tuesday.The three-day conference of the Association of Indian Universities at Dr DY Patil Vidyapeeth focuses on how…
Jaipur: A political war of words has erupted between PCC president Govind Singh Dotasra and agriculture minister Kirori Lal Meena over the recent assault on agriculture department employees in Sikar, with both leaders trading allegations over the controversial incident.Dotasra questioned the credibility of the Agriculture Department’s enforcement actions, alleging that officials involved in raids were…
Ludhiana: In yet another security lapse, an undertrial, accused in a murder case, escaped from police custody while undergoing treatment at Ludhiana civil hospital. The incident, which took place on Feb 6, is part of a pattern of several accused fleeing police custody in the city over the past few months.The Samrala police had brought…
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Chennai: Higher education minister P Viswanathan on Saturday asked the BA, BSc, BCom graduates to learn foreign languages such as Japanese and German to get jobs with higher salaries.“An undergraduate with N4 or N5 certification in Japanese language will get ₹3lakh a month salary in Japan for BA, BSc, BCom graduates. The world is willing…
Diljit Dosanjh’s film, once titled ‘Punjab 95’, released as Satluj on Zee5 after a 3-year CBFC battle, uncut. Diljit and director Honey Trehan confirmed no scenes were removed despite 127 demanded changes. Based on activist Jaswant Singh Khalra’s life, the film also faced a TIFF withdrawal before finally releasing. Diljit Dosanjh‘s film spent nearly three…
The hantavirus outbreak aboard the Dutch expedition cruise ship MV Hondius, which was sailing from Ushuaia, Argentina, to Spain’s Canary Islands, has drawn global attention due to the serious nature of the virus. Prof Sunit K Singh, a renowned molecular virologist from BHU and currently the Director of the B R Ambedkar Centre for Biomedical…
