New Delhi: “None of the witnesses… have supported the case of the prosecution” or stated that they had witnessed the murder of a 32-year-old scrap dealer by a “riotous mob”, a court said while acquitting 13 accused in a 2020 northeast Delhi riots case.Judge Parveen Kumar Singh held that the prosecution failed to prove charges…
Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis and Comedian Samay Raina MUMBAI: Maharashtra Cyber launched a cyber-awareness short film, Digital Arrest, and the 1930 Maharashtra Cyber Anthem at an event in Mumbai on Wednesday, attended by several celebrities and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.Actors Ashish Vidyarthi, Pankaj Tripathi, Sharad Kelkar, Sonali Bendre, Javed Jaffrey and Mangesh Desai, along…
Chennai: Space-tech startup InspeCity has raised Rs 100 crore in pre-series A funding as it plans flight qualification and ramp up commercial activity.Founded in 2022, the company focuses on satellite inspection and life extension and has developed a suite of technologies including satellite propulsion systems. With the capital, it aims to commercialise its in-space servicing…
Hyderabad: The Telangana legislative assembly Ethics committee will take up a case against BRS MLA from Huzurabad Padi Kaushik Reddy on August 29. There were allegations against Kaushik Reddy that he behaved inappropriately against another MLA Kadiyam Srihari on the floor of the assembly in March this year when there was a heated debate on…
First-time voters have been urged to complete their registration instead of waiting until the last date Gurgaon: A two-day campaign will be held on Saturday and Sunday as part of the second phase of the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.According to the district administration, booth level officers (BLOs) will remain available at their…
West Bengal health department seeks reports from Malda Medical College Hospital (Representative image) MALDA: The West Bengal health department has sought a detailed report from Malda Medical College and Hospital (MMCH) after 60 children died at the facility during the first three weeks of August, including 10 deaths reported in a single day in the…
The dataset covers 178 genera, 839 species and 30 subspecies Keri: Two herpetologists have traced the origins of the scientific names of 1,047 reptile taxa from the Indian subcontinent in a study published in the 2026 issue of Zootaxa. The authors, Peter Uetz of Virginia Commonwealth University, USA, and Dikansh Parmar of the Leibniz Institute…
Ahmedabad: Accelerating violence over parking of two-wheelers was once only an urban Gujarat disturbance, but now such fights are erupting in the state’s villages.Over the past six months, multiple FIRs registered across the state reveal that two-wheeler parking arguments are triggering assaults, vandalism, and even attempts to cause grievous injuries.In one case registered with Dakor…
Chandigarh’s attempts to convert leasehold properties to freehold Chandigarh: Collector rates applicable to institutions in Chandigarh are set for a fresh review, with the administration constituting a high-level committee to determine how different categories of institutional properties should be assessed for the purpose of applying land rates.The move could lead to a revision in the…
Pimpri Chinchwad cyber police arrested two in connection with cyber fraud Pune: A final-year homeopathy student, who was arrested in a cybercrime case in 2024, allegedly formed a network of criminals while lodged in Yerawada Central Prison and, after his release seven months ago, resumed supplying mule bank accounts to cybercrooks.The Pimpri Chinchwad cyber police…
