Bengaluru: Most deaths in accidental fire incidents in Karnataka do not occur in factories, shopping complexes or public buildings. They take place inside homes.Data from the National Crime Records Bureau’s (NCRB) Accidental Deaths & Suicides in India between 2020 and 2024 show that residential buildings remained the deadliest location for fire accidents in Karnataka, mirroring…
Chennai: Amidst the internal rift, AIADMK legislator S P Velumani appeared to strike a reconciliatory note on Friday, saying dissident leaders were still ready for talks with AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami to discuss the way forward. “Even now, if you call us, we are ready to talk. Let all of us together analyse…
Hyderabad: Kacheguda police rescued a 33-year-old man who was attempting suicide on railway tracks near Kacheguda railway station late on Thursday after the man called Dial 100 for help at around 11 pm.Patrol vehicle staff along with night duty officer from Kacheguda police station rushed to the spot and found the man lying on the…
Gurgaon: The city’s breakneck growth is now colliding with the limits of its civic backbone.As new housing clusters rise, vehicle numbers swell and denser construction reshapes neighbourhoods, officials have estimated that the city will need nearly Rs 3,499 crore over the next five years to build infrastructure capable of supporting its expanding population. The pressure…
Kolkata: As part of its restructuring, Mcleod Russell India has accepted a one-time settlement sanction of Rs 150 crore from JC Flowers Asset Reconstruction (JCF ARC).JCF ARC is acting as trustee of JCF YES Trust for settlement of the company’s outstanding dues and represents about 20.6% in value of the total institutional loan as on…
Activists have flagged rampant groundwater extraction at construction sites in sectors 145 and 153 Noida: Central Groundwater Authority has asked UP groundwater department to act against alleged over-extraction and wastage of groundwater by real estate developers in Noida, following a complaint by an environmental activist.In a letter to the state department, CGWA administrator VK Dhaundiyal…
Panaji: FRRO Goa deported nine foreign nationals in May 2026 so far, while a fresh enforcement drive in Mandrem on Thursday detected seven more overstaying foreign nationals.Since Jan, 27 overstaying foreign nationals of various nationalities have left the country.During the Mandrem drive, FRRO Goa detected five Russian nationals, one Ukrainian national and one South African…
Varanasi: Samajwadi Party MP Priya Saroj, also the fiancée of cricketer Rinku Singh, has filed an FIR at the Cyber Crime Police Station in Jaunpur against two persons for allegedly sharing her morphed AI images on social media.Acting on the MP’s complaint, the Cyber Crime Police Station registered an FIR under serious charges against a…
Ahmedabad: Industry titans and policymakers at the GCCI Gujarat Sustainability Summit 2026 have issued a clarion call to the private sector: sustainability is no longer a peripheral “green” obligation, but a core driver of profitability. Addressing over 1,000 delegates in Ahmedabad, leaders argued that embedding environmental, social, and governance (ESG) into mainstream strategy is now…
Jalandhar: A Jalandhar court on Friday remanded two suspects arrested in connection with the May 5 blast outside the BSF Punjab Frontier headquarters to seven days of police custody.While sources said the accused, Anil Kumar of Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, and Umardin of Mohali, were assigned independent roles by their handlers and did not know each…
