A gas leak from a cylinder pipe caused an incident at a hostel on the IIT Bombay campus. MUMBAI: Five people, including two minors, were injured after a gas leak from a cylinder pipe triggered a flare-up at Hostel No. 6 on the IIT Bombay campus in Powai on Thursday night, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation…
KPSC member BV Geeta and suspended chairperson Shivashankarappa Sahukar Bengaluru: A day after arresting and taking into custody former Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) chairperson Shivashankarappa Sahukar and member BV Geeta, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) said search and seizure operations resulted in the seizure of blank signed cheques amounting to Rs 80 lakh along with…
Hyderabad: To boost defence and aerospace sectors in Telangana and also provide opportunities for business interactions, buyer-seller meetings, marketing, MoUs, startup collaborations and seminars, the Telangana govt will hold Raksha Expo as part of Telangana Global Summit-2026 to be held from Dec 7 to 9 in Hyderabad. As part of this, the state govt is…
Kolkata: An outreach campaign for healthy living — Say no to junk food — rolled out at Sreebhumi Sporting Club on Thursday evening to encourage people to choose a healthy diet — like what is offered to Goddess Durga in the form of bhog — as part of their daily life. With many people eating…
Panaji: Gopal Naik, whom police had been trying to trace since the Aug 28 shooting at Porvorim, was arrested late Wednesday evening by the crime branch of the Goa police. Naik was intercepted while entering Goa in a taxi at the Collem check post. Police said he was disguised in saffron robes from head to…
Ahmedabad: A group of five geologists is set to embark on an expedition across India to trace 250 million years of the Earth’s geological history. The team, which includes a retired IAS officer, a former director of the Geological Survey of India (GSI) and an IIT Bombay post-doctoral fellow, has gathered in Ahmedabad ahead of…
Citing SAD’s record, Badal said the party had made Punjab power-surplus by establishing thermal plants and would revive social welfare schemes discontinued by Congress and AAP govts. Sangrur: In a fresh set of poll assurances, SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday promised free education up to graduation and annual medical insurance of Rs 25…
Pune: A 66-year-old chemical trader from Kothrud lost Rs 5.42 lakh after cybercrooks promised attractive returns and lured him into investing in cryptocurrency through a fake trading platform.The fraud took place between Jan 29 and Feb 5 this year. The elderly man lodged a complaint with the Alankar police on Thursday.The complainant received a message…
Uprooted trees block a road at Fakirganj in lower Assam following rain and storm on Thursday afternoon Guwahati: Monsoon is likely to retreat from the northeast by Oct 15, though rain may continue in parts of the region until next week.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said conditions were becoming favourable for further withdrawal of Southwest…
Lucknow: Pointing to glaring irregularities in the recruitment of nursing staff at King George Medical University (KGMU), Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday said that once the probe begins, it would have far-reaching consequences.He said the issue was concerning as getting less-qualified individuals appointed through the back door to posts in the medical…
