BENGALURU: Cops have uncovered a chilling motive behind the brutal killing of a man by his lover: She was jealous and angry after she discovered that he was getting close to his ex-girlfriend.The accused, 27-year-old Prema, lured 29-year-old Kiran LN into an intimate BDSM activity involving role play before carrying out the murder — a…
Mumbai: Nearly eight years after its last tree census, BMC is set to begin a fresh enumeration of trees across the city from next week.The last census, conducted in 2018, recorded 29.75 lakh trees within Mumbai’s city limits, with the figure rising to around 33.7 lakh when Aarey was included. Civic officials now expect the…
MUMBAI: With Brent crude sliding below the $90/barrel mark and WTI close to $85 on the back of the likely second round of peace talks between US and Iran, sensex rallied 753 points (1%) on Tuesday to close over the 79K mark, a level not seen for over six weeks. Market players, however, are cautious…
Aizawl: Mizoram home minister K Sapdanga on Friday said the three new criminal laws were introduced in response to growing challenges from organised crime and technology-driven offences, with the aim of making India’s criminal justice system “more citizen-centric, efficient, responsive and accountable,” while strengthening infrastructure and capacity building, promoting the use of science and technology,…
US wants to impose a $100,000 fee on OPT. During the presidential campaign before the 2024 election, Donald Trump said he would staple a Green Card to the diplomas so that foreign students could stay in the US and work after finishing their education. It has been a long way since that time, and now…
Millions of graphene-based toothbrushes have already reached consumers, long before scientists fully understood how the material actually works. Now, new research from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has clarified the mechanism behind graphene oxide’s antibacterial properties. Led by Sang Ouk Kim and Hyun Jung Chung, the study shows that graphene oxide…
NEW DELHI: Former Director General of Health Services (DGHS), Dr Vatsala Agarwal was arrested on Saturday in a corruption case linked to alleged irregularities in the procurement of medicines, surgical items and medical equipment, according to news agency PTI. The arrest of Dr Vatsala Agarwal comes days after the ACB arrested Dr Vijay Kumar Ranga…
Lucknow: The forthcoming UP Assembly elections could see the Jayant Chaudhary-led Rashtriya Lok Dal, a key ally of the BJP, getting restricted to contesting less than half the number of seats it fought in its stronghold of western Uttar Pradesh during the 2022 Assembly polls, when the party was in alliance with the Samajwadi Party.The…
Kolkata: Vehicular traffic on Vidyasagar Setu will remain suspended on Sunday from 6 am to 2 pm to facilitate the replacement of stay cables and bearings, police said.A notification issued by the Kolkata Police commissioner Ajay Nand said the temporary closure was necessary to carry out maintenance work on the country’s longest cable-stayed bridge.The Hooghly…
Varanasi: An eight-year-old Class II student fell out of the window and was killed, while several others sustained minor injuries after a school bus carrying 45 children overturned when it rammed into an electric pole in the Devgaon area of Azamgarh on Thursday morning. Police have launched an investigation, while the Regional Transport Office (RTO)…
