Palghar: The Palghar police arrested a 23-year-old absconding man from Bharuch in neighbouring Gujarat in connection with the alleged rape and blackmail of a woman and her minor sister here in Maharashtra, officials said on Sunday.The arrest comes after a multistate manhunt was launched to track down the culprit, who was on the run since…
Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and state BJP functionaries participate in a Swaach Bharat programme organised to mark PM Narendra Modi completing 12 years in office, in Bengaluru on Sunday Bengaluru: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman Sunday said the ongoing West Asia crisis and India’s dependence on import of three major commodities — crude oil…
Priyansh Mohan and Stuti Kakkar Iron-air is now emerging as a leading technology for long-duration energy storage (LDES), driven by compelling unit economics and storage chemistry. One startup has taken an ambitious approach to building the battery tech from the ground up.Founded in 2022, Meine Electric is building a utility-scale battery energy storage system designed…
Rs349 for fist fight? Police foil illegal event, promotions Hyderabad: Malkajgiri Cyber Crime Police registered a case against unknown persons for allegedly attempting to facilitate a fighting event through advertisements circulated on social media. Following the social media post, a suo motu case was registered.The social media team of Malkajgiri Police came across the reels…
Kolkata: A clash over alleged “negative feedback” given to potential clients about gym facilities escalated into violence in Behala Parnasree, leading to a case and a counter-case being registered by the police.The incident, which took place on the evening of June 12, left multiple people injured and resulted in allegations of wrongful restraint, assault, and…
State Congress president Girish Chodankar briefs the press about his letter to SEBI urging it to withhold listing permission for Vedanta Iron & Steel Limited Panaji: Goa Congress president Girish Chodankar has written to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), urging it to withhold listing permission for Vedanta Iron & Steel Limited (VISL)…
Gandhinagar: The state govt said on Sunday that Gujarat has emerged as the leading state in implementing Phase II of the Pradhan Mantri-SVAMITVA scheme, issuing more than half of all property cards prepared across the country. Govt added that drone-based mapping has been completed in over 11,500 villages.An official statement said that 32,35,260 property cards…
Grave charges: Rape after blackmail Ludhiana: Police have charged a man with blackmailing his sister-in-law and and raping her repeatedly after recording a video of her bathing at his house.The targeted exploitation began in 2024 when the woman visited her sister’s home. It’s written in the police complaint that the suspect used the surreptitiously recorded…
Bathinda: The Sanyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) has decided to launch a public movement across Punjab next month over issues including river-water sharing, control of dams, proposed defence bundhs along the border and the reported inclusion of agriculture in the proposed India-US trade deal.The farmers’ body will first meet Punjab governor Gulab Chand Kataria and submit…
Pune Cantonment officials initiated street light repair work at multiple locations in its limit Pune: The Pune Cantonment Board (PCB) has repaired around 200 dysfunctional streetlights following mounting complaints about dark stretches across the area. More than 500 damaged fittings remain unattended.An internal survey found that nearly 900 of the cantonment’s 5,000 streetlight fittings had…
