Kolkata Police personnel examine scattered belongings inside a Durga Puja pandal. (PTI Photo) KOLKATA: Seven people, including office-bearers of a Durga Puja committee and employees of a private security agency, have been arrested in connection with a stampede at a north Kolkata pandal that killed 19 people and injured 25 others on Saturday evening.Police said…
TNNLucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa on Saturday warned that filing false objections through Form-7 for deletion of names from the electoral rolls could invite imprisonment of up to one year, a fine, or both.Rinwa directed all district election officers and electoral registration officers (EROs) to strictly follow Election Commission guidelines while examining…
Gwalior Sheetla Mata Temple Truck Accident NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday expressed grief over the deaths of 14 people after a truck crashed into devotees waiting near a temple in Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior and announced ex gratia compensation of Rs 2 lakh for the next of kin of each deceased.Nearly 40 people…
San Diego is weighing a $4.2 billion redevelopment of 48.5 city-owned acres with 4,254 homes, a $526.4 million arena and $460.3 million in infrastructure and park improvements (Image Credit: City of San Diego) San Diego is advancing a proposed $4.2 billion redevelopment of 48.5 acres of city-owned land around the Pechanga Arena, with plans for…
Anirudh Ravichander and Kavya Maran’s reported wedding plans have brought their relationship back into the spotlight, with an old video of the music composer and the Sunrisers Hyderabad CEO walking together in New York resurfacing online. The clip had previously fuelled dating speculation, which neither publicly confirmed at the time. The wedding news gained credibility…
Shai Hope creates history West Indies captain Shai Hope believes his team’s progress should be measured by more than just series victories after his side drew the five-match T20I series 2-2 against India. Shai Hope creates history The series ended without a result in Bengaluru after rain interrupted the fifth match, forcing both teams to…
Dussehra is set to take place on October 20 in the northern and western regions of India, while it will be celebrated a day later in the east on October 21. This discrepancy is due to the differing methods of determining Dashami tithi, influenced by sunrise and afternoon times. Rituals such as Shastra Puja—honoring weapons,…
Police said that they are in the process of invoking the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act in the case Mumbai: The Anti-Extortion Cell of the city Crime Branch on Tuesday added the BNS section 111 which deals with organised crime against the five persons including a brother-sister held for trying to extort Rs 11…
A tragic stampede struck the Chorbagan Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata KOLKATA: Lack of crowd management and misleading announcements following a sudden downpour during Saptami celebrations may have triggered panic among visitors, leading to a stampede at the Chorbagan Durga Puja pandal in north Kolkata, a senior police officer said on Sunday.Circumstantial evidence, along with…
Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini poses for a group photo with a compendium at a news conference on the occasion of the two-year completion of the third consecutive term of his govt, in Chandigarh on Saturday Chandigarh: With 76 manifesto commitments claimed to have been fulfilled in two years, Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini’s…
