Panaji: Chief minister Pramod Sawant, on Wednesday, said that efforts are on in full-swing by Goa police to trace and secure the arrest of YouTuber Gautam Khattar, against whom an FIR has been registered in Goa for making derogatory remarks against St Francis Xavier.Sawant, who also holds the home portfolio, said that he is personally…
Gandhinagar: Voting for the Umreth Assembly constituency byelection will be held from 7am to 6pm on Thursday. As many as 2,45,623 eligible voters will exercise their franchise in the bypoll which was necessitated because of the death of MLA Govind Parmar.The Bharatiya Janata Party has fielded Harshad Parmar, the son of the late legislator, while…
Dharamshala: To boost adventure tourism in Kangra district, the Himachal Pradesh govt has accelerated efforts to roll out Asia’s “largest” zip-line project at Naddi, near Dharamshala.The project, estimated to cost around Rs 7.50 crore, is set to be inaugurated by the second week of June.Shahpur MLA Kewal Singh Pathania informed that a meeting was held…
Pune: The court of special judge (MCOCA) SS Kanthale has rejected the second bail application of jailed corporator Laxmi Udaykant Andekar in the Sept 5, 2025, murder of Ayush Komkar (18), holding that her conduct before and after the crime reflected her involvement in the conspiracy that cannot be ruled out at this stage.Kanthale referred…
Silchar: Cachar police on Wednesday seized heroin worth about Rs 2.3 crore and arrested two men near the Ramnagar Bypass on the outskirts of Silchar.Acting on specific intelligence inputs, a police team intercepted an SUV coming from neighbouring Mizoram. During a search, officers recovered 39 soap cases containing 456 grams of heroin concealed inside the…
TNNLucknow: Chief secretary SP Goyal on Wednesday reviewed preparations for Census-2027 and directed officials to focus on self-enumeration by citizens for more accurate results.Phase 1 of the census, which includes House Listing and the Housing Census, will be conducted between May 22 and June 20, 2026. The chief secretary said training of enumerators and supervisors…
Jaipur: The state health department has ordered an immediate halt to the sale, distribution and use of seven medicines after laboratory testing found them to be substandard, triggering a major regulatory response over drugs commonly used for infections, cough, inflammation and parasitic diseases.The commissionerate of food safety and drugs control on Wednesday directed all drugs…
NEW DELHI: A nine-judge Supreme Court bench led by CJI Surya Kant on Wednesday said that it would be difficult for the judiciary to bring in social reforms, and added that governments were better equipped to enact laws in response to genuine demands from people.This remark came when senior advocate Gopal Subramanium told the bench…
US Navy secretary John Phelan has stepped down with immediate effect, the Pentagon announced on Wednesday, marking the first departure of a military service chief during Donald Trump’s second term and the latest in a series of leadership changes at the department of defense.Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell confirmed the move, saying Phelan was “departing the…
Tovino Thomas starrer ‘Pallichattambi’ is witnessing a modest run at the Kerala box office.The film saw a noticeable dip on Day 8 with reduced collections. As per Sacnilk, it earned Rs 48 lakhs on the second Wednesday. This marks a 20 percent decline from Day 7’s Rs 60 lakhs. The total India net collection now…
