The idea that a day on Earth always lasts 24 hours feels fixed, which is believed to be permanent. The same rhythm people build their lives around. But scientists have long observed that Earth’s rotation is not completely stable. It changes in very small steps over time. The planet is gradually slowing down. This means…
A 22-year-old woman, daughter of an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, was allegedly raped and murdered at her home in south Delhi, with police arresting a former domestic worker in connection with the crime. NEW DELHI: A 22-year-old woman, daughter of an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, was allegedly raped and murdered at her home…
AI Image Used For Representational Purpose Only BENGALURU: Bengaluru Rural Police have arrested a 19-year-old employee of Foxconn for allegedly disposing of a foetus inside a toilet at the company’s manufacturing facility near Devanahalli Tuesday night.The discovery of the foetus in the women’s toilet triggered panic at the facility, which employs more than 25,000 people….
For years, scientific studies have warned that the Jawaharnagar dumpyard is contaminating groundwater. Now, with the University of California ranking it among the world’s four most polluted dumpyards, does an on-ground check of issues affecting residents hereFrom nearly four km away, the air begins to turn murky. Thick smoke and a pungent smell create an…
GURGAON: High drama unfolded outside a liquor shop near IFFCO Chowk after a woman was allegedly assaulted by a man. The incident came to light after a video of the altercation went viral on social media. In the footage, a man and a woman are initially seen engaged in a heated argument late in the…
Malda/Kolkata: The brother of Chanchal BJP candidate Ratan Das was detained on Tuesday after police recovered Rs 2.8 lakh in cash — well over the permissible limit — during a check. Biplab Das was stopped near Barai village on the Chanchal border in Malda district, where police found the cash in his two-wheeler. Police also…
Ahmedabad: The Cyber Centre of Excellence (CCoE), Gandhinagar, busted a cyberfraud network involving over Rs 288 crore and arrested eight accused from Unjha, Bhavnagar, Rajkot and Surat as part of “Operation Mule Hunt 2.0”, according to a Gujarat police release on Wednesday.Officials said the accused opened mule bank accounts in the names of firms and…
Chandigarh: A wanted criminal was arrested by the Chandigarh Police’s operation cell after a brief encounter in Sector 25 in the early hours of Wednesday. The accused sustained a bullet injury to his leg and was admitted to Government Multi-Specialty Hospital (GMSH), where his condition was stated to be stable.DSP Vikash Sheokand said acting on…
Pune: Cybercriminals duped a Hadapsar-based private engineering company of Rs 25.40 lakh by using a spoofed email on April 6. The company’s director on Tuesday lodged a complaint with the Wanowrie police.An officer from the Wanowrie police said that the complainant is the director of an engineering company located at Hadapsar. On April 6, the…
Lucknow: Paschimanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd (PVVNL) has informed the Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) that it has recorded an increase in power consumption with smart meters as compared to non-smart meters, for the same period.In its reply to UPERC’s letter dated April 18, the discom said that as of now, smart meters have…
