Panaji: A narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances (NDPS) court has directed police to frame charges against four people— Kapil Jhaveri, Ana Lilia Nucamendi Gonzalez, Eva Abraham Ova and Tony Fernandes— in connection with a narcotic raid in Aug 2020 at a villa at Anjuna.During the raid conducted on Aug 16, 2020 between 12.15 am and…
Varanasi: Timely intervention by the police and mediation by elders of the community helped bring a dramatic wedding-day standoff in Varanasi’s Lohta area to a peaceful solution, with the bride eventually marrying her longtime lover on Friday.The high-voltage drama unfolded in Chhitauni village on Thursday night when the bride, whose marriage was arranged by her…
Gujarat’s fish production for 2024-25 stood at 10.42 lakh metric tonnes Gujarat has never been known for its appetite for fish. The state catches it for everybody else. The longest coastline in India sends almost its entire marine harvest into export — frozen, packed, shipped out to China, Japan, US, Europe and Southeast Asia. Fish…
Ludhiana: The city stays the sixth most dangerous in India for those on foot. The evidential figures are in the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report. Local safety experts and residents attribute the high fatality rate to urban planning that prioritises motor vehicles while offering almost no functional infrastructure for pedestrians or cyclits. Road…
Amritsar: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) would fully abide by any directions issued by Akal Takht regarding the recently framed law on sacrilege incidents, while reiterating its commitment to strict punishment for those involved in acts of desecration.Talking to the media, SGPC president Harjinder Singh Dhami said the committee has always supported stringent action…
Pune: Large stretches of open defence land in cantonment areas are increasingly being misused for dumping debris, grazing buffaloes and illegal activities, triggering concern among Army officers, residents and activists over security and civic neglect.Several unfenced plots located in prime locations under the Pune Cantonment Board (PCB) and Khadki Cantonment Board (KCB), many of which…
Shillong: Meghalaya CM Conrad K Sangma on Saturday attended the swearing-in ceremony of Suvendu Adhikari as chief minister of West Bengal at the Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata.Sangma, who is also president of the ruling National People’s Party (NPP), a constituent of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance, congratulated the first BJP chief minister of West…
Lucknow: The state has recorded and met a peak demand of 29,475 MW on Apr 28 this year, despite unseasonal rainfall. In 2025, actual peak demand on a day was 31,468 MW, said Arvind Kumar Sharma, the state energy minister on Saturday.Sharma said UP has remained the top state in the country in meeting peak…
Bhilwara: Two minor boys drowned in a water-filled mine near Kunwada Khan under Subhash Nagar police station area of Bhilwara city Sunday after venturing into deep water.The deceased have been identified as Abbas (12) and Altamas (14), both residents of Kunwada Khan areaStation in-charge Kailash Kumar Bishnoi said both the boys had gone to bathe…
NEW DELHI: India’s economic and development cooperation with Africa – including in key areas like agriculture, health, defence, technology and people-to-people connect – is set to get a major boost with govt hosting the 4th India-Africa summit later this month, after a gap of 11 years. While the summit was delayed because of the pandemic,…
