Pune: The All-India Congress Committee (AICC) has appointed 69 new city and district presidents in Maharashtra with an eye on the 2029 elections. AICC general secretary K C Venugopal issued the letter, along with a list of new appointees, on Wednesday.According to Congress members, the appointments have been made following the party’s ‘Sanghatan Srijan Abhiyan’,…
Bengaluru: A 20-year-old undergraduate student from Kerala has accused a real estate broker of attempting to rape her during a late-night party near Madiwala.The woman, who works part time at a restaurant, alleged that the incident occurred on May 11 during a gathering organised after discussions on the sale of the establishment. According to her…
A vacation bench comprising judges GR Swaminathan and V Lakshminarayan held that they were not convinced that the portrayal of the legal profession in the movie was beyond the limits of freedom of expression guaranteed by the Constitution and dismissed the plea Chennai: Madras high court has rejected a plea seeking a ban on the…
Four held with 600kg spurious cotton seeds Hyderabad: The Special Operations Team (SOT) LB Nagar Zone team, along with Hayathnagar police, busted an interstate fake cotton seeds racket and arrested four persons involved in transporting the banned BT-3 cotton seeds into Telangana. Police seized nearly 600 kg of spurious cotton seeds, two vehicles and four…
Police said 13 challans were pending against the car Gurgaon: When traffic inspector Mahavir and his team flagged down a Volkswagen Polo near Signature Towers on Thursday, they were in for a surprise. What seemed like the use of illegal black films turned out to be a much bigger case of traffic violations.The vehicle had…
Kolkata: A toxic combination of climbing midnight temperatures and relentless relative humidity is trapping Kolkata in a worsening cycle of nighttime heat stress, with the city’s low-income populations bearing the brunt of the crisis.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast that Kolkata’s minimum temperatures — typically recorded past midnight — will rise further in the…
Near this open pit in Indirapuram, the barricades have fallen Ghaziabad road repairs continue without safety barricades.Umesh Sharma Ghaziabad road repairs continue without safety barricades.Umesh Sharma CM GRID projects continue across the city without barricades CM GRID projects continue across the city without barricades CM GRID projects continue across the city without barricades Near this…
Panaji: Anissa Khan would usually have to wait at her bus stop in Davorlim for 15 minutes; such was the frequency of the only public transport vehicle in her hamlet. This week, she has waited for longer than 45 minutes in the summer heat.Rising diesel prices have forced several private bus operators in Goa to…
Gorakhpur: A 30-year-old man was beaten to death with an iron rod and sticks by his relatives over an old rivalry in Bhusa village under Harpur Budhat police station limits on Thursday night. His parents were also injured seriously when they tried to intervene.The deceased, identified as Ramsevak Chauhan, was returning home after irrigating his…
Cybercrime police have launched an investigation into the online investment fraud network Ahmedabad: A Ghatlodia man hoping to secure money for his wife’s cancer treatment allegedly ended up losing nearly Rs 58 lakh to cyber fraudsters posing as stock market experts. Police said the accused lured him with promises of massive returns through a “special…
