Sahar police lodged a non-cognisable offence against the unidentified mail sender Mumbai: Mumbai airport received a bomb threat via email on Saturday. Police declared the threat a hoax after a thorough search of the premises and its vicinity by a bomb detection squad. Sahar police lodged a non-cognisable offence against the unidentified mail sender.A police…
Pic for representation only Mangaluru: The number of exclusions rather than inclusions has taken place at an alarming rate, and the fact that a large number of them are women is a matter of grave concern, Janavadi Mahila Sanghatane said in a memorandum submitted to the Dakshina Kannada district administration, seeking women-friendly measures during the…
Chennai: Chief education officers and district education officers have been tasked with devising ways, including preparation of school-wise performance reports and charting action plans for improvement, to improve the performance of govt schools, especially in Classes X and XII.Decisions to this effect were taken at the first review meeting, chaired by school education minister Rajmohan…
Two killed, one injured as bike hits bicycle in Gachibowli Hyderabad: Two people died and one person was injured after a two-wheeler allegedly rammed into a bicycle near Hanuman Temple at Nanakramguda in Gachibowli on Sunday morning.According to Gachibowli inspector K Balaraju, the deceased, Samim Khan, 52, an electrician from Gopanpally Thanda, was going on…
Falta: A controversy erupted in Debipur under Falta block of South 24 Parganas over the return of alleged kickback money linked to a housing scheme.According to allegations, two close aides of the local Debipur Trinamool functionaries — Sumit Haldar and Sumanta Mondal — are returning money previously collected from beneficiaries of the housing scheme.The development…
8 dead after pick-up van falls into well in Maharashtra’s Solapur KOLHAPUR: Four children and four women drowned after a pick-up truck carrying 14 people veered off the road and fell into an uncovered well at Tandulwadi village along the Mhaswad-Pandharpur Road around 6 pm on Sunday. Police said the victims and survivors belonged to…
Aizawl: District administrations of all 11 districts across Mizoram are nearing completion of biometric enrolment of over 31,200 refugees from Myanmar and Bangladesh, state home department officials said on Sunday.Breaking down the numbers, the officials said 29,047 Myanmarese and 1,447 Bangladeshi refugees had been biometrically enrolled.While six districts – Aizawl, Champhai, Lunglei, Mamit, Khawzawl and…
Air New Zealand evaluates direct India flights (ANI) Air New Zealand is exploring the possibility of launching non-stop services to India as it looks to strengthen travel links between the two countries amid growing economic and cultural ties.Speaking on the sidelines of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) annual meeting, Air New Zealand CEO Nikhil…
US President Donald Trump turned 80 on Sunday, a milestone he has admitted he is not particularly fond of, saying it is “not a number” he likes.Just days before his birthday, Trump told Dr Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, that turning 80 was not something he was looking forward…
As ‘Lagaan’ completes 25 years, several stories from the making of the iconic film are resurfacing. At a special event celebrating 25 years of Aamir Khan Productions, veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar shared a surprising confession — he was convinced that the film would fail when he first heard the script.Today regarded as one of the…
