Hyderabad: Six members of a family were on Friday killed when the car they were travelling in hit an illegally parked truck near exit-16 of the Outer Ring Road (ORR) at Thondapalli village in Shamshabad. The deceased, among them three children, were returning to Hyderabad after visiting the Yadagirigutta temple. A 35-year-old woman who survived…
Mother Critical; Driver, Helper Absconding A speeding trailer smashed into a road divider and ran over five members of a family on Ajmer-Jaipur National Highway near Kamla Nehru Nagar. Jaipur: A speeding multi-axle trailer truck smashed into a divider and ran over five members of a family waiting for a ride in Jaipur Tuesday morning,…
A region-specific anti-venom is expected to be available within a year, say officials Gandhinagar: The state has moved closer to developing a region-specific anti-venom for snake bites after the Snake Research Institute (SRI) in Dharampur handed over lyophilized (freeze-dried) venom of four snakes found in Gujarat to a licensed manufacturer last week. An official statement…
New Delhi: A Delhi court has allowed jailed activist Umar Khalid to resume two weekly video meetings (e-mulakats) with his family, accepting his plea that the facility had been reduced to one session a week from May 2026 despite there being no violation of prison rules on his part.Khalid had sought restoration of the earlier…
NEW DELHI: Delhi Police has arrested four men for allegedly obstructing a booth-level officer (BLO) and misbehaving with her while she was carrying out duties related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the Chandni Mahal area earlier this month. According to police, a case was registered at Chandni Mahal police station…
Actor and comedian Shekhar Suman has mocked the government’s decision to use the Indian Air Force to transport question papers for the upcoming re-examination in June 21, following the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak controversy.In a video shared online, Shekhar says, “When the country has to call the Air Force to save the exam paper, then…
Healthy pupil-teacher ratio at state schools Kolkata: The state school education department is set to launch a drive to rationalise the pupil-teacher ratio (PTR) at state-run schools to ensure balanced classroom teaching and learning. The department has prepared an SOP for the transfer of teaching and non-teaching staff from zero-enrolment schools as well as teachers…
The death toll in the Kolkata warehouse collapse has climbed to 10, with rescue efforts intensifying using advanced Army technology KOLKATA: The death toll in the Kolkata warehouse collapse rose to 10 on Thursday as rescue teams, aided by the Army’s advanced ground-penetrating radar (GPR) system, continued intensive search operations nearly 21 hours after the…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi playing football with youngsters in Sikkim NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, currently on a two-day visit to Sikkim, on Tuesday shared a video of himself playing football with youngsters in Gangtok.In the video posted by the Prime Minister on Instagram, PM Modi is seen in a blue sports jacket, taking…
NEW DELHI: Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Saturday announced that Rahul Gandhi, leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha, should be the next Prime Minister, urging the people of Telangana to support his efforts to promote Gandhi as the country’s future leader.“The people of Telangana need to stand in support of this. We…
