Gurgaon: A 38-year-old civil engineer jumped into Agra canal with his two minor sons after an argument with wife in Faridabad on Sunday night, prompting a search operation. One child was rescued, while efforts continue to trace the father and the younger boy.Bhagwat Dayal was a resident of Asaoti and worked for a private firm…
Kolkata: Fifteen years after she stormed Writers’ Buildings, scripting history as Bengal’s first woman chief minister, Mamata Banerjee on Sunday missed another brush with history — to be the country’s longest-serving woman chief minister.Banerjee changed Bengal politics in 2011, ending the Left’s 34-year term. Her Singur’s 2006 anti-land acquisition movement—which later helped reshape India’s land…
Noida: Three people, including a couple, died after their car rammed into a truck from behind on the EPE early on Monday. The couple’s five-year-old daughter, who was also in the car, survived the collision and is undergoing treatment at a Greater Noida hospital.Police said that the family were travelling in a WagonR along with…
Ahmedabad: On Monday, the health department of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) released epidemic data. In April, Ahmedabad city recorded 642 cases of gastroenteritis, 55 of jaundice, and 155 cases of typhoid. Additionally, during this period, there were 30 cases of simple malaria, three cases of severe malaria, and 29 cases of dengue. From Jan…
Ludhiana: Two Gujarat-based financiers are charged with defrauding an ethical hacker and cybersecurity entrepreneur of ₹38 crore in a loan dispute involving pledged company shares.City’s cybercrime officials arrested one suspect, but have since released him on bail. Police also seek his accomplice following a complaint received from the city-born digital prodigy, who is founder of…
Chandigarh: Police claimed to have solved the case of a security guard’s murder in Manimajra with the arrest of three persons. The accused, Munna Rajak, 47, Shani Dev Kumar, 27, and Dhanik Kumar Sah, 24, of Bihar, were produced in court and remanded in judicial custody. Police scanned CCTV camera footage from nearby locations and…
Pune: Pre-monsoon weather systems are set to trigger thundershowers across parts of Maharashtra over the coming days, but the city is likely to remain dry.According to India Meteorological Department (IMD)’s forecast issued on Monday, south Madhya Maharashtra and parts of Marathwada, including Kolhapur, Satara, Sangli, Beed, Latur and Dharashiv, are likely to get thunderstorms accompanied…
Surat: Members of the city’s Bengali community celebrated the BJP’s victory in West Bengal, calling the outcome a much-needed change and expressing hope that it would lead to better security, development and job opportunities in their home state.Bengalis who have been living in Surat for decades said the result would help their relatives and friends…
Guwahati: Assam’s assembly contests have traditionally been a straight fight between the BJP and Congress. But this time the Trinamool Congress (TMC) stood out, winning a Bangladesh-origin Muslim majority seat in Barpeta district at Congress’s expense.Sherman Ali Ahmed, contesting for the Mamata Banerjee-led party, captured the Mandia seat, defeating Congress candidate Abdul Khaleque. This marks…
Rajkot: Two brothers were killed and five members of their family injured when a Scorpio, allegedly driving on the wrong side, rammed into their Eeco car at Gondal Chowkdi in Rajkot on Monday afternoon, police said.The deceased were identified as Shamji Patadia, 70, and his younger brother Magan Patadia, 60. The injured include Magan’s wife…
