New Delhi: A 25-year-old woman allegedly died by suicide in west Delhi’s Nihal Vihar after claiming in a note that her morphed photographs had been leaked by a friend.Police received a call regarding the incident around 2.15 pm. The woman was found hanging inside a friend’s room and was rushed to Balaji Hospital, where doctors…
Bengali filmmaker Anik Dutta KOLKATA: Award-winning director Anik Dutta, 66, the man behind a new genre of political satire in Bengali cinema, died after falling from the roof of a six-storey residential building at Hindustan Park near Gariahat on Wednesday. He was taken to anearby private hospital around 1.15pm but declared dead on arrival.Police said…
Ahmedabad: With schools across Gujarat scheduled to reopen after the summer vacation on June 8, the ongoing spell of heatwave has sparked fresh concerns among school management bodies. The State School Management Association has urged the state govt to extend the vacation by another 10 days, citing health risks to students and logistical challenges arising…
Shimla: Chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has announced that the Himachal Pradesh govt will soon introduce an incentive scheme offering a 20% financial bonus to doctors serving in medical colleges and health institutions statewide. Chairing a medical education department meeting in Shimla, Sukhu confirmed that the policy will comprehensively cover professors, associate professors, and assistant…
Pune: Two friends died after their motorcycle rammed into the rear of a truck on the Pune-Nashik highway near Chimbali Phata in Khed taluka during the early hours of Monday.The victims were identified as Shilkesh Kalpande (28) and Rupesh Bharkshe (29), who were returning to Moshi when the accident took place around 2am.According to the…
Agartala: Police dismantled a major counterfeit currency operation linked to a growing narcotics network in Tripura’s Khowai district on Wednesday and arrested a govt school teacher accused of running the racket.Police apprehended 42-year-old Kartik Debnath, a resident of West Sonatala in Khowai, from the Bagan Bazar area of Kalyanpur. During initial checks, officers found fake…
Lucknow: Weather department has forecast partly cloudy skies with possibility of one or two spells of light rain or thundershowers in Lucknow on Thursday evening and night, bringing relief from prevailing heat. Maximum and minimum temperatures in state capital are likely to remain around 38 degrees Celsius and 27 degrees Celsius, respectively.On Wednesday, Lucknow recorded…
PM Modi had recently asked for his security convoy to be trimmed and suggested ministers reduce their fleet of vehicles NEW DELHI: “Shouldn’t we opt for car pooling when we are starting from the same place and heading to a common destination?” — PM Narendra Modi is learnt to have posed the question to his…
The US administration has announced imposed fresh sanctions on Iran, targeting the country’s newly formed agency overseeing shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, as Washington continued its economic pressure campaign amid the ongoing war. The move came hours on Wednesday (local time) after US forces carried out strikes on an Iranian military facility following the…
MUMBAI: State Bank of India chairman Challa Sreenivasulu Setty has warned that the ongoing conflict in the Gulf region could weigh on growth and rekindle inflationary pressures, even as India’s macroeconomic fundamentals remain resilient.In his message to shareholders in the bank’s annual report, Setty said: “The financial year gone by unfolded against a backdrop of…
