Tarun Chugh, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann NEW DELHI: The BJP on Saturday launched a sharp attack on the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Punjab, alleging that the Bhagwant Mann-led government is focused on managing headlines and covering up issues while the state grapples with a worsening law and order situation, drug abuse and rising…
Lucknow: A 25-year-old man was allegedly tied up and severely assaulted after he was caught meeting a married woman at her house in Khirwan Dera village of Kanpur Dehat.According to police, the man had gone to meet the woman at her residence late Thursday.However, neighbours grew suspicious and locked the house from outside, following which…
Jaisalmer: An elderly couple of Pakistani-origin was found dead under suspicious circumstances at their home under the Mohangarh police station area in Jaisalmer Saturday, with preliminary indications suggesting strangulation.The deceased were identified as Lakharam Bhil (80) and his wife Reshma Bhil (75), who lived alone in a Bhil settlement behind Navodaya Vidyalaya. They had no…
Hyderabad: Irrigation minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Saturday directed officials to take up, as an urgent statewide priority, and immediately begin works on desiltation of all minor irrigation tanks from village to larger tanks, without waiting for guidelines from the top.Addressing a meeting of irrigation officials at Jal Soudha, the minister instructed the officials…
The rollback came on June 19, when director-general of secondary education Jitendra Kumar issued a fresh directive scrapping the earlier order dated March 9 Gurgaon: The secondary education department has withdrawn its order that forced teaching and non-teaching staff to secure the deputy commissioner’s approval before applying for childcare leave (CCL) — a move that…
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump (File photo) Israel has conveyed “serious security concerns” to the White House over the proposed disarmament deal with Hamas, an Israeli official said, in some of the first public comments from Israel since US President Donald Trump announced the agreement.According to Doror Spielman, a spokesperson for…
Sriganganagar Police seized about 10 kg of heroin valued at around Rs 50 crore Jaisalmer: Sriganganagar Police, under SP Harishankar Yadav, late Friday night busted a cross-border narcotics network and seized about 10 kg of heroin valued at around ₹50 crore. The heroin was allegedly dropped by a drone from across the border. Five suspected…
India’s Varun Chakaravarthy (Image: IANS) NEW DELHI: For a cricketer who made his international debut at 29, Varun Chakravarthy measures time differently.Now, at 35, he has just lived through a rollercoaster year: a T20 World Cup title on home soil where he finished as India’s joint-highest wicket-taker with 14 wickets, an IPL campaign played through…
Ahmedabad: Navrangpura police have booked a Nikol resident and two unidentified men under Gujarat Police’s Operation Mule after a probe revealed that a bank account allegedly used by the accused had routed Rs 41.7 crore linked to cyberfrauds reported across the country.According to the FIR, police analysed suspicious bank accounts through the Indian Cybercrime Coordination…
US President Donald Trump. A US federal judge has struck down the Trump administration’s policy suspending the issuance of immigrant visas to applicants from 75 countries, calling the nationality-based restrictions “patently unlawful.”US District Judge Jeannette Vargas in Manhattan ruled on Friday that the policy exceeded Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s legal authority and conflicted with…
