Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu school education minister A Rajmohan said on Thursday that 103 Tamil pilgrims were stranded in Nepal after the flash floods in Bhote Koshi river. Of these people, the whereabouts of 34 Tamils were not known, Rajmohan told the assembly.Chief minister C Joseph Vijay held an…
(L) Arjun Sharma his former girlfriend, Nikitha Godishala (R) AGRA/HYDERABAD: A fugitive software engineer wanted by US authorities for allegedly murdering his former girlfriend in Maryland over a monetary dispute was arrested from Agra, where he had been hiding in an apartment.Arjun Sharma, 27, was produced before the court of additional chief metropolitan magistrate Animesh…
Gurgaon: The sewer repair work near IFFCO Chowk will take at least five days.The repair work on the 1,000mm-diameter master sewer line beneath the service road has started after sewage flow was diverted to an alternate manhole and the affected area was dewatered, paving the way for rehabilitation of the underground pipeline without major excavation…
Raksha Bandhan travel caused significant traffic delays across Noida and Ghaziabad. NOIDA: Raksha Bandhan rush brought traffic across Noida and Ghaziabad to a crawl on Thursday, with commuters facing delays of two to three hours on several major roads and expressways. The congestion intensified in the evening, with long queues also reported on the Delhi-Meerut…
In Vastrapur, a silent reading protest faced disruption from members of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad. AHMEDABAD: Violence was reported at a silent reading held in Vastrapur on Thursday evening to protest a school’s dropping of books by Malala Yousafzai and Anne Frank. Participants alleged that members of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) disrupted the protest…
A woman sits near the sarowar of the illuminated Golden Temple during a spell of monsoon rain in Amritsar Chandigarh: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has asked Pakistan to allow a group of around 500 Sikhs and Sindhis to visit the Golden Temple for the 557th birth anniversary of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev…
Stray dog Bhuri murdered by car driver in Katraj Pune: An ageing stray dog was cruelly mowed down by a car in a hit-and-run incident in Ambegaon days ago, while crossing a narrow lane to reach her afternoon meal. The driver did not stop to check on the fatally injured animal after the incident and…
Lucknow: A man from Lucknow’s Golf City area has allegedly lost Rs 1.27 crore in an online stock investment scam after fraudsters lured him with promises of guaranteed returns of up to 30%. The cybercriminals initially showed profits on small investments to gain his confidence before persuading him to transfer larger sums of money.The victim,…
The cascading mass of water and rock swept down nearly 200km in a matter of hours, wiping out entire settlements. NEW DELHI: Death toll in the catastrophic Nepal-Tibet flood rose to 389 by late Thursday, Nepal police said, as rescuers continued searching for hundreds swept away or cut off along the Bhote Koshi-Trishuli corridor. Three…
Sitharaman said in Toronto as she invited Canadian businesses to invest in India for building long-term operations. NEW DELHI: India has emerged as a platform for global production, innovation, services and exports, FM Nirmala Sitharaman said in Toronto as she invited Canadian businesses to invest in India for building long-term operations and partnerships that will…
