Kolkata: A woman, in her early 30s, has alleged that she was repeatedly gang-raped after being sedated with sleeping pills at a de-addiction centre in the Daripukur area under Dattapukur PS in Barasat, North 24-Parganas. The allegations have led to the arrest of the owner of the rehabilitation centre on Tuesday, while police are searching…
Ahmedabad: A couple, both teachers, leave home together on Wednesday for census duty. On the way, the woman “goes missing” and the man approaches police to file a missing person’s complaint. Only, the woman — Reena Zala, 45, a teacher at Chaloda Primary School — is found dead near the Narmada Canal on the outskirts…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (BCCI/IPL Photo) NEW DELHI : From the early 90s till the time he retired, fans made a beeline to watch Sachin Tendulkar bat. In the last decade, Virat Kohli took over that mantle and drove people to stadiums. While vintage Kohli is still grabbing eyeballs, a 15-year-old now seems to have inherited the…
From farmer’s son to IAS officer: Meet Prathap Murugan, whose groundwater revival mission with 1,200 abandoned borewells won R Madhavan’s praise R Madhavan’s latest Instagram post isn’t about films or celebrity life. Instead, the actor shared the remarkable story of IAS officer Prathap Murugan, whose innovative approach to water conservation has reportedly helped increase groundwater…
CJP spokesperson interacts with media NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Wednesday alleged that hall owners in Delhi were threatened with consequences if they allowed the party to hold a volunteers’ meeting, claiming the BJP was behind the pressure.“We were scheduled to hold our volunteers’ meet in Delhi today… We were…
Hyderabad: Former minister T Harish Rao said the Congress govt ministers were contradicting their own figures on expenditure on farmers schemes. He said while deputy CM Bhatti Vikramarka claimed the govt had spent ₹1.56 lakh crore for farmers, CM Revanth Reddy claimed the expenditure was ₹1.75 lakh crore.“Which of these figures is true?” Harish Rao…
The accused were identified as Gursher Singh alias Shera (23) and Jaspal alias Babbal (28), both from Tarn Taran in Punjab Gurgaon: Days after gunfire outside a Sector 45 house left a constable wounded, police on Saturday arrested two alleged shooters from Punjab, saying they had come to kill Saurabh Yadav, the former event manager…
PC: New Zealand’s Forest and Bird In 1965, Geoff Harrow walked into the Kaikōura mountains following a story about an unusual seabird nesting somewhere high above the valleys. He did not find the colony on his first attempt. The next morning, on a steep deer track, a decomposing bird provided the clue he needed. It…
The government has tightened rules governing silver imports, requiring all incoming shipments of the metal to be channelled through RBI-designated agencies, entities approved by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), and eligible jewellers authorised by the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) through the India International Bullion Exchange (IIBX). Such imports will now require…
Chandigarh: The US authorities have arrested Harmanveer Singh, who is linked to a drug network involving Canada-based alleged drug lord Ravinder Singh Dhanda, in Stockton, California, bringing the total number of arrests under Operation Hard Ball to 28 across three federal indictments.The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said Harmanveer was captured on Tuesday by the…
