Some of the seized capsules Mumbai: The Pune man arrested for allegedly passing out pills filled with zinc phosphide at a Muharram procession last week had destroyed some of the poison he had ordered online, said police.The probe has shown that the suspect, Fayyaz Premji (39), had ordered 30,000 capsules and 50kg of zinc phosphide,…
BengaluruJD(S) youth wing president Nikhil Kumaraswamy on Monday accused the state govt of indulging in “targeted politics” following the arrest of nine persons identified with the JD(S) and BJP in connection with the slipper-hurling incident involving Congress MLA Pradeep Eshwar during a Kempegowda Jayanti programme in Chikkaballapur.He demanded that the state govt register an FIR…
Dayalu Ammal, wife of Karunanidhi Chennai: Dayalu Ammal, 92, wife of the late CM M Karunanidhi, was admitted to Apollo Hospitals on Greams Road on Monday night after developing fever and breathing difficulty. Her condition is reportedly stable.DMK sources said she developed a mild fever on Monday evening and later complained of breathlessness, following which…
Hyderabad: In a joint operation, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), the Eagle Force team and the Shadnagar police arrested a peddler from Bengaluru and seized 241 grams of MDMA. On Sunday, the Eagle Force team, along with NCB officials, raided the residence of the accused, PV Rahul (24), at Dommasandra in Bengaluru and seized 25…
Agartala: A local court sent eight Bangladeshi nationals, apprehended on Sunday evening for allegedly entering the state illegally and attempting to depart from Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport, to police custody on Monday.The police reported that the operation was initiated following an intelligence tip-off suggesting that four Bangladeshi nationals intended to enter Tripura and fly out…
Chamba: In a likely first for Himachal Pradesh’s Chamba district since the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019, came into force, police have registered an FIR against a man for allegedly practising instant triple talaq and evicting his wife.The complainant, Emna of Paliur village, accused her husband, Rustam, of pronouncing “talaq” three…
The MPSC’s proposal to hold the preliminary examination online has drawn sharp criticism from aspirants, particularly those from rural areas. Pune: Maharashtra Public Service Commission’s (MPSC) decision to shift its preliminary examination online from 2027 has sparked a three-way standoff involving the state govt, the commission and thousands of civil services aspirants. MPSC says it…
Shillong: Meghalaya high court has upheld a lower court order granting bail to Sonam Raghuvanshi, the prime accused in the May 2025 “honeymoon murder” of her husband, Raja Raghuvanshi.A single bench of Justice W Diengdoh on Monday dismissed the state govt’s appeal seeking cancellation of the bail.After hearing arguments from both sides for 10 days,…
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday announced that the Linepar area in Moradabad will be renamed after Dau Dayal Khanna, a former Congress MLA who played a key role in the Ram temple movement in Ayodhya.Speaking at an event in Moradabad, Adityanath recalled Khanna’s contribution to…
All the five Rajasthan squash medallists — Dhairya Gogia, Gauravi Ajmera, Yuvan Verma, Divyanshi Jain and Fareed — with their trophies in Rajpur Jaipur: Players from the Sawai Mansingh Stadium-based Rajasthan Squash Academy delivered an outstanding performance at the Eastern Grand Slam 2026 Squash Championship held in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, winning a total of five medals,…
