Ahmedabad: A special Pocso court in Ahmedabad on Tuesday sentenced a 36-year-old man to life imprisonment till his last breath for raping an 18-month-old baby girl. The court also directed that the victim be paid compensation of Rs 10 lakh.The case dates back to Feb 12, 2024, when the Vadaj police registered an FIR based…
Ludhiana: The municipal corporation is unable to trace lease agreements of several prime civic properties allotted to educational institutions, trusts and other organisations, an RTI reply has revealed, raising questions over record management and monitoring of public assets worth crores.The disclosure came in response to an RTI application filed by city-based activist Rohit Sabharwal, who…
Rewari: The Haryana FPO Mission 2026, aimed at strengthening farmer producer organisations (FPOs), improving market access, value addition and collective farming to enhance farmers’ incomes was launched during the end of the Union government’s monthlong ‘Khet Bachao Abhiyan (Save the Fields Campaign)’ at Bawal in the Rewari districtAddressing the gathering, Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh…
Pune: Cybercrooks duped a 38-year-old business consultant from Dudulgaon of Rs 5.23 lakh by offering him a franchise of a logistics services provider.The suspects collected money from the complainant between May 21 and June 20 under various pretexts. The complainant lodged a complaint with the Dighi police on Monday.According to a Dighi police officer, the…
Dibrugarh: A five-day FoSTaC “Serve Safe Food” training programme for street food vendors concluded on Monday, training nearly 200 participants in hygiene and safe food handling.Held from June 26 to 30, the programme was organised by the Commissionerate of Food Safety, Assam, in partnership with Nestle India and the training partner, the National Association of…
Lucknow: Lucknow University has recorded a 64% surge in international applications for the 2026 -27 academic session, receiving 3,421 applications compared to 2,083 last year, with top applicants from Bangladesh (1,425), Nepal (200), Sudan (174), Nigeria (113) and Tanzania (101), alongside first-time applications from Argentina, Albania, Ecuador, Germany and Turkiye.Applications have been received from 77…
JAIPUR: BSNL-India’s largest govt-owned telecom PSU, recorded the weakest mobile network performance on the 456.9-km Jodhpur-Ahmedabad rail route, with the highest poor-signal rate and call drops among operators, according to a Telecom Regulatory Authority of India report issued on June 29.TRAI’s Independent Drive Test, conducted in May 2026 across the Rajasthan and Gujarat telecom circles,…
Congress moves privilege notice against Rajnath Singh over Operation Sindoor NEW DELHI: Congress MP KC Venugopal Tuesday moved a notice for breach of privilege against defence minister Rajnath Singh, accusing him of misleading Parliament by telling Lok Sabha that no Indian soldier was martyred during Operation Sindoor in 2025. Last week, a controversy erupted when…
Don’t broadcast Sheikh Hasina speeches: Bangladesh warns its media outlets DHAKA: Tarique Rahman-led BNP govt on Tuesday warned of action against Bangladeshi media outlets if they broadcast Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina’s statements. The caution from prime ministerial adviser for information and broadcast Zahed Ur Rahman came in the backdrop of a section of Bangladeshi…
Blake Lively is seeking USD 8 million in legal costs from actor and director Justin Baldoni after resolving their dispute over the acrimonious production of their 2024 film ‘It Ends With Us’.Lively’s lawyers disclosed the amount, covering nearly USD 7.5 million in attorney’s fees from two law firms that represented her and about USD 500,000…
