Varanasi: To bolster UP’s power system in the peak summer season, energy minister AK Sharma on Saturday said tripping is unacceptable and directed 24×7 supply.At a review meeting with officials in Varanasi, Sharma issued key consumer-centric directives, stating that power connections up to 1 kW will not be disconnected even with a negative balance. Consumers…
Ahmedabad: Hours before voters were to head to polling booths in Mehsana, a clash turned fatal. A 30-year-old man lost his life after being attacked during a confrontation late on Friday. The victim, Miten Chaudhary, was campaigning for his uncle, Mahendra Chaudhary, a BJP member contesting the Mehsana Municipal Corporation election from Ward 4.According to…
Sultanpur Lodhi (Kapurthala): Close on the heels of a family in Sultanpur Lodhi losing its fifth son to drugs, another family in nearby Gazipur village has lost its second son, allegedly to drug abuse, within the past seven months.Twenty-year-old Baljit Singh was found dead on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday. His parents said…
Aizawl: Mizoram continues to hold the first position in malaria prevalence in the entire country, based on the Annual Parasite Incidence (API), as World Malaria Day was observed in the state on Saturday.The state programme officer-cum-additional director (malaria) under the state health services, Dr Lalzawmi, said Mizoram has maintained the highest position in malaria prevalence…
Lucknow: The police on Saturday recovered stolen cash, jewellery and other valuables worth nearly ₹30 lakh and arrested three accused in connection with a house burglary in Gudamba earlier this month.The arrests were made by a joint team of the crime branch, east zone surveillance unit and Gudamba police following sustained tracking and intelligence gathering….
Jaipur: A major fire broke out in a sixth-floor flat of an apartment building in the Muhana area of Jaipur Saturday, spreading to two adjoining flats and triggering a rescue operation in which around 15 people were evacuated, police said.The incident occurred around 2.15 pm at an apartment complex near Muhana Mandi. Police said the…
Benji busy preparing a dish at his adoptive family’s eatery in Kolkata KOLKATA: Born into loss in Kerala, raised without memory of parents, and finding a home after decades of drift, 50-year-old Benjamin – “Benji” in Kolkata’s Beleghata – says the state has made him an orphan again. EC’s SIR of electoral rolls has struck…
US President Donald Trump (File photo) US President Donald Trump on Saturday cancelled a planned trip to Pakistan by his envoys, who were supposed to meet Iranian leaders in Islamabad and hold peace talks with Tehran. He also criticised Iran’s leadership, saying that “nobody knows who is in charge”.After calling off the visit to Islamabad,…
Playback singer Shreya Ghoshal, along with her family members Sarmistha Ghoshal and Bishwajit Ghoshal, has purchased a premium apartment in Mumbai’s Santacruz West for Rs 20.88 crore, as per property registration documents accessed by CRE Matrix. This marks the third real estate investment by the Ghoshal family in the last three months. Earlier this month,…
PSSSB Group D result 2026 declared, download merit list and verify candidate details online PSSSB Group D result 2026: The Punjab Subordinate Services Selection Board (PSSSB) has released the Group D Result 2026 on its official website. Candidates who appeared for the written examination can now check their results online through the merit list PDF…
