Pune: A 25-year-old man from Junnar taluka was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly raping his neighbour’s nine-and-half-year-old daughter and strangling her to death on Tuesday.Pune Rural police made the arrest and said the accused dumped the girl’s body near a stream in a sugar cane field about one-and-half km from their area. Thereafter, he joined…
Aizawl: Mizoram’s secretary for personnel and administrative reforms (DP&AR), Udit Prakash Rai, was arrested by the Delhi anti-corruption branch on Tuesday in connection with an alleged corruption case involving the tendering of sewage treatment plant projects by the Delhi Jal Board (DJB), officials said.Rai, who was the DJB chief executive officer when the tenders were…
CM meets Japanese children in Delhi on Wednesday New Delhi/Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday said that Japan’s manufacturing experience, technological expertise and quality-driven industrial culture, combined with UP’s young workforce, large market and infrastructure, could create a new industrial ecosystem.Addressing the inaugural session of the UP-Japan Investment Meet in Delhi, Yogi pitched the…
Jaisalmer: Police arrested three brothers in connection with the alleged murder of a man who was run over by a jeep following a dispute over a cow entering an agricultural field in Bhaniyana area of Jaisalmer district.The accused were identified as Shravan Kumar (33), Jetha Ram (22) and Devi Lal Ram (45), all brothers and…
BJP said Congress is showing the same stubbornness against the full version of the national song that the Muslim League had then summoned. NEW DELHI: With Congress Working Committee (CWC) sticking to its 1937 resolution that only the first two stanzas of Vande Mataram will be sung, BJP national president Nitin Nabin Thursday said, “Congress…
Image Credit: Courtesy of Alex Webster Mangroves may not be the first thing that comes to mind when people think about a pet, but Florida teenager Alex Webster is turning that idea into a unique environmental mission. Through the ‘My Pet Mangrove programme’, Alex is encouraging people to form a personal connection with these important…
You may need a kind word today, maybe more than you expected. The Moon is moving through a more peaceful heavy patch for you. Saturn reduces confidence, so everyday tasks may seem more overwhelming than they really seem to be. Don’t worry about it. This isn’t a sign of an issue. The tide is on…
New Delhi: Delhi Police has written to assembly speaker Vijender Gupta, informing him about the detention of Kondli MLA Kuldeep Singh and detailing the circumstances that led to the preventive action. Singh’s mobilisation of sanitation workers in connection with a recent murder case could escalate tensions in the area, disrupt public order and potentially lead…
Tamil Nadu chief minister Vijay Vasai: A 66-year-old woman from Vasai was allegedly duped of Rs 12 lakh after cyber fraudsters used an AI-generated fake video of Tamil Nadu chief minister Vijay to lure her with a promise of financial assistance. A case has been registered at Waliv police station.According to police, on July 27,…
Bengaluru: A class 9 girl was beaten up with a stick allegedly by her maths teacher at a private school in LR Bande, Kaval Byrasandra, north Bengaluru, Tuesday.According to a complaint filed by the girl’s mother, the teacher struck her daughter on the hand and back with a stick, causing swelling and injury.The mother claimed…
