A bar attached to a Tasmac shop in Chennai. Photo by C Suresh Kumar CHENNAI: Bars attached to Tasmac liquor shops across Tamil Nadu will be shut as their licences expired on June 30. The state has warned of strict action against anyone found consuming liquor in public.“We have decided to close the bars as…
The family of Avinash Shukla (L), arrested in connection with alleged theft of Ram temple donations in Ayodhya, has appealed for justice, stating he should be punished if guilty but freed if innocent PRATAPGARH: The family of Avinash Shukla, one of the eight people arrested in connection with the alleged theft of offerings from the…
CBI (Representative image) NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday arrested an IPS officer in connection with an alleged Rs 3 crore bribery case linked to its probe into a fake drug manufacturing racket in Puducherry.Deepak Gahlawat, a 2012-batch Haryana-cadre IPS officer, was serving as the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security’s (BCAS)…
In a subsequent update, the secretariat said a third victim, a 48-year-old woman, suffered asphyxiation on a nearby street. Three people died from suffocation after massive crowds gathered on the streets of Mexico City to celebrate the country’s FIFA World Cup victory, the capital’s health secretariat said early on Wednesday.The victims were caught up in…
The rupee had slipped to a record low of 96.96 against the US dollar on May 20. According to market participants, repeated RBI intervention prevented the currency from breaching the psychologically important 97-per-dollar mark. After sustained intervention by the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) to support the rupee during a period of heightened volatility triggered…
Enola Holmes twitter review The much-awaited ‘Enola Holmes 3’ is finally here, and fans cannot seem to get enough of the OTT film. While it has garnered a few mixed reviews as well, Millie Bobby Brown’s performance in the film has been heavily praised by many, along with the overall plot. Here is what fans…
Dehradun, July 1 (IANS) The ‘Uttarakhand Minority Education Act’ has come into effect in Uttarakhand from Wednesday (July 1), Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has announced. Dehradun: The ‘Uttarakhand Minority Education Act’ has come into effect in Uttarakhand from Wednesday (July 1), Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has announced. With this, the Madrasa Education Board…
Shreyas Iyer and Gautam Gambhir (X-BCCI) India captain Shreyas Iyer has insisted he is ready to embrace the challenges of leading the national T20I side, saying he always believed the opportunity would come after consistent performances for both his IPL franchise and the country. Iyer, who was appointed India’s new T20I captain in place of…
For much of the summer, planet watchers have had to contend with bright dawn skies and awkward viewing angles. Several planets are beginning to emerge from the Sun’s glare, yet many remain difficult to pick out before sunrise. Saturn, however, gradually becomes easier to find as July progresses. By the end of the month, the…
The signboard, installed on a public road outside the Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) campus, was allegedly put up without authorisation, according to the activists. BENGALURU: An FIR has been registered against members of a pro-Kannada organisation for allegedly vandalising a Hindi signboard at BEL Circle in Bengaluru while protesting against what they described as the…
