Malkapuram Sravani died after an illegal prenatal sex determination test and abortion HYDERABAD: A 35-year-old pregnant woman died while undergoing treatment after allegedly being subjected to an illegal prenatal sex determination test and abortion in Jangaon district following the discovery that she was carrying a female foetus.Police booked four persons, the woman’s mother, a registered…
NEW DELHI: Retail inflation based on consumer price index (CPI) inched up for the fifth consecutive month to 4.4% in June from 3.9% in May, crossing the 4% mark for the first time in 17 months.This was a result of acceleration in food prices and the multiple rounds of fuel price hikes that govt undertook…
Kolkata: The state school education department will assess how many schools have rooftop solar systems and identify gap areas. A meeting was held with the central govt regarding the installation of rooftop solar power on Tuesday. A meeting was held for implementing ‘PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana in Govt Schools’, where representatives from the…
For the first time since Operation Sindoor was launched in May last year, the govt has officially released the names of the six bravehearts martyred during the mission against Pakistan. Five of them are from the Army and one from the Indian Air Force. Subedar Major Pawan Kumar, Rifleman Sunil Kumar, Lance Naik Dinesh Kumar,…
Gorakhpur: Three students from Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology (MMMUT) secured Rs 45 lakh per annum packages from Amazon during the campus placement drive, while one student was offered Rs 21 lakh per annum by Engineers India Ltd (EIL). The university recorded its best-ever placement performance, securing more than 1,100 job offers from over…
KOLKATA: Electric vehicles (EVs) have outpaced traditional diesel-powered vehicles in Kolkata.Nowhere is this green dominance more definitive than at Public Vehicles Department (PVD) in Beltala, Kolkata’s largest vehicle registration hub, which has witnessed a steady decline in the enrolment of diesel vehicles.The trend coincides with the central govt’s clean energy push. The issue acquired more…
India and the US are set to hold ministerial-level negotiations this week to push forward the first phase of their proposed bilateral trade agreement (BTA), with US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer arriving in New Delhi for two days of talks with Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal.“For the US trade deal talks, tomorrow my counterpart…
India’s Jhandu Kumar celebrates his bronze medal. (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: When “Jhandu Kumar” echoed across the Commonwealth Games arena in Glasgow, it was no longer a name that invited ridicule. It was a name that had just delivered India’s first medal of the 2026 Commonwealth Games.For years, Bihar’s para powerlifter had endured taunts over…
It’s the kind of day where everything seems to click. The Moon boosts happiness and romance, children, and confidence. Mercury improves your judgment and you’ll not only be happy, but you’ll be able to make the most of it. That’s the real gift.News from children or younger loved ones can brighten the morning. A result,…
Hisar: Police have arrested a woman and her lover after he allegedly raped a 19-year-old woman at a private hotel in Hisar after she was lured on the promise of a job.The woman is the sister-in-law of the victim’s cousin. She brought the 19-year-old from Punjab to Sirsa. According to the FIR, the woman’s boyfriend…
