Prayagraj: The Allahabad high court has stayed proceedings in a criminal case against some of the accused in the Sambhal violence linked to the court-ordered survey of Shahi Jama Masjid.The case stems from violence that erupted on Nov 24, 2024, during the survey. An FIR was lodged the same day at Kotwali police station by…
Dhubri: Students in Ward No. 9 of Bilasipara town in Assam’s Dhubri district are forced to wade through knee-deep water in the Gaurang river area to reach schools after two bamboo bridges and surrounding stretches get submerged during the rainy season.Residents said the disruption lasts for about four months every year, affecting farmers, students and…
Man died by suicide at Huskur Road Metro station Monday Bengaluru: The tragic incident at Huksur Road Metro station has again revived the long-standing demand for installation of platform screen doors (PSDs) at Metro stations. However, Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL), the operator of Namma Metro, has no immediate plans to install PSDs across…
BENGALURU: A police sub-inspector from city was arrested on Monday evening on alleged charges of sexually harassing and thrashing up a few minor boys in the pretext of murder-related inquiry. The arrested PSI is Praveen, attached with Amruthahalli police station in the north-east part of the city.According to a senior police officer, Praveen had detained…
New Delhi: Chief minister Rekha Gupta Monday launched Dust Portal 2.0 and asked all construction and demolition projects with a plot area of 500 square metres or more to carry out self-assessments.Through GIS mapping, 360-degree cameras and AI-enabled sensors that will generate automatic pollution alerts, the portal will enable real-time, site-specific action against dust-control and…
CHENNAI: A bird strike grounded a British Airways flight that was supposed to fly from Chennai to London in the wee hours of Monday. The bird hit took place around 3.30 am seconds before the flight landed in Chennai with 226 passengers on board from London. However, the flight landed safely and the passenger were…
Former Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan from Congress Pune: Senior functionaries in the Congress and NCP (SP) in Maharashtra, who expressed fears that the BJP may attempt to split their parties, said none of their MPs or MLAs would defect.The opposition has claimed that the BJP and the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena are executing ‘Operation Tiger’…
MUMBAI: You probably do not care much about your inactive accounts on online platforms such as Amazon or Flipkart. But do you know that your dormant e-commerce accounts are being targeted by fraudsters?Unlike financial transactions which usually leave a trail and are notified to users through mobile alerts or messages, suspicious transactions made through e-commerce…
NASA has just found that Mexico City is slowly sinking every month. Image credit – Gemini Mexico City is slowly moving downwards. While the issue of subsidence has been known for over a century, recent satellite measurements have provided a better understanding of the problem.Scientists working with NASA’s NISAR radar satellite have managed to determine…
Chennai: Jewellery retailers Joyalukkas and Kalyan Jewellers have been awarded the contract to supply gold rings under the ‘Thaaimaman Thanga Mothiram’ scheme, under which every child born in a govt hospital will receive a 1g gold ring, a release from the state’s health department on Friday said.On July 14, Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation (TNMSC)…
