Lucknow: A Gomtinagar-based businessman has accused his former driver of extorting Rs 25 lakh by threatening to leak private photos and videos of his wife, and later demanding Rs 1 crore, police said on Tuesday.In his complaint, the businessman alleged he hired the accused in Jan 2026. During his employment, the driver allegedly accessed personal…
Vietnam veteran Kenneth Deardorff arrived in Alaska in 1974 with a geography degree and plans to find work with the US Geological Survey or another employer. Instead, the California native became fascinated by the idea of building a life in the state’s remote wilderness. He travelled to the Bureau of Land Management office in Anchorage,…
CHENNAI: Paid VIP darshan at Hindu temples is wrong and discriminatory, Madras high court remarked on Friday. It said no such practice is followed in churches and mosques.“Let ministers and MLAs not think that they could walk into a temple any time and that God would be waiting for them. Why do we need VIP…
SSC JHT PST admit card 2026 The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has released the admit card for the Physical Standard Test (PST) for the Sub-Inspector (Hindi Translator) post under the Combined Hindi Translators Examination 2025. Candidates can download their call letters from the official regional SSC website at sscer.org.The SSC JHT PST 2026 will be…
Tarn Taran: A domestic dispute in Tarn Taran’s Sangha village ended in two deaths after a man allegedly doused his brother-in-law with petrol and set him ablaze. The accused’s wife was fatally burnt while trying to save the victim, police said.Police have registered a murder case and arrested the accused, Sajan Singh, along with his…
Connecticut’s Outer Island (Image Credit: outerisland.org) In 1964, Elizabeth Hird and her husband, Basil Rauch, purchased Outer Island as a summer retreat in Connecticut’s Thimble Islands. More than three decades later, Hird made a decision that transformed the island’s future: in 1995, she donated it to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in memory of…
The man was temporarily staying in a flat at Lotus Boulevard society Noida: A 65-year-old man allegedly died by suicide after jumping from the ninth floor of a residential tower in Sector 100 on Wednesday. Police said a preliminary investigation shows he had been suffering from a kidney ailment and had severe depression. Hours before…
Kailash Mansarovar pilgrims (ANI image) The Ministry of external affairs (MEA) has issued an advisory for Indian citizens undertaking the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra through private tour operators, urging pilgrims not to begin their journey without securing all mandatory travel documents.The advisory comes after several Indian pilgrims were reportedly stranded in Nepal due to the absence…
Pilot interventions may include expanding green spaces, water conservation measures, shaded public infrastructure, cool-roof technologies and climate-sensitive urban planning Gurgaon: MCG on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) to implement a heat-resilient city project aimed at tackling rising temperatures, urban heat island effects and climate-related risks.Gurgaon is…
Pune: Two conmen, posing as police personnel, stole gold chains worth Rs 2.60 lakh from two senior citizens. The cheating happened at Narhe and Pashan on Monday night and Tuesday morning.A 75-year-old woman from Pashan was cheated by two motorcycle-borne conmen on Tuesday morning while out for a walk near her home. The duo posed…
