Navi Mumbai: A 38-year-old man arrested in a theft case by Navi Mumbai International Airport police died early Thursday morning while in police custody at the NRI Coastal police station’s lockup. The deceased was identified as Sanjay Kantu Yadav, a resident of Ulwe, who hails from Uttar Pradesh.ACP (crime) Bhausaheb Dhole said that late in…
Bengaluru: Karnataka govt plans to leverage the Centre’s Bhashini artificial intelligence (AI) platform to make digital governance and citizen services more accessible to people in their preferred languages, including through voice-based interfaces.Information technology minister Priyank Kharge said the state would explore integrating Bhashini with its more than 700 citizen services under Praja Seva and e-governance…
Hyderabad: An alert bank manager and quick police response prevented a 66-year-old retiree from losing more money in a sextortion racket. The victim had already lost ₹18 lakh to fraudsters before police intervened and froze a fresh transaction of ₹2 lakh.At around 3 pm on Thursday, the retiree from AS Rao Nagar visited a Bank…
Kolkata: Despite an extra day this Durga Puja, Ashtami anjali at most community pujas following the Surya Siddhanta Almanac or Gupta Press will be a rushed affair on Oct 19, likely starting around 6.45 am and ending by 7 am. The 15-20-minute window means there will be one, or at most two, anjali sessions.Some housing…
A consumer said when he visited the office of the assistant engineer, Curchorem, the staff could not offer a convincing explanation Margao: Residents of Curchorem have complained of unusually high electricity bills, with an Assolda stone crusher unit owner receiving a bill of nearly Rs 6 lakh for a six-month period against his usual monthly…
Jains have filed a petition regarding worship rights for an idol of Lord Mallinath at Bharuch Jami Masjid. AHMEDABAD: The controversy over the 14th-century Bharuch Jami Masjid has reached Gujarat High Court, with five petitioners demanding the right to worship and immediate protection of the idol of Lord Mallinath, the 19th Jain Tirthankar, on the…
The SC set aside the results in the 28 wards after accepting findings of a one-member fact-finding commission headed by retired Punjab and Haryana high court judge Justice Nirmaljit Kaur Patiala: The Supreme Court’s order for fresh elections in 28 of Patiala municipal corporation’s 60 wards has triggered demands from opposition parties for mayor Kundan…
Pune: A 45-year-old private company official from Bhosari lost Rs 10 lakh to a fake RTO challan.According to the Bhosari MIDC police, who registered a case on Wednesday, the complainant received a message from an unknown number on Oct 2, purportedly from RTO. The message said there was a pending traffic challan in his name….
Guwahati: Fifty-seven Bangladeshi nationals who travelled from Jammu & Kashmir to Guwahati by train were apprehended at Kamakhya railway station on Thursday, days after 13 others who had fled the Srinagar crackdown were caught in the city.The group arrived from Delhi by the Brahmaputra Mail. They travelled from Kashmir to Delhi and then took the…
ACEO, UPSIDA, Deeksha Jain Lucknow: Factory registrations under Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Authority (UPSIDA) rose from around 1,400 in 2022-23 to nearly 3,300 in 2025-26.Officials pointed out that the increase was accompanied by the generation of over 50,000 jobs, as the authority expanded its industrial footprint across the state and focused on providing ready-to-use…
