Panaji: The 2026 pre-monsoon season is shaping up to be one of the most anomalous in recent years. Goa has recorded only 14 rainy days during the pre-monsoon period so far, with most of the rain arriving suddenly and late, concentrated almost entirely in May instead of being spread across March and April. After being…
Varanasi: The prime accused in the ambush and killing of a 22-year-old groom during a ‘baraat’ procession on May 1 was shot dead in an encounter with police near Ranimau in Jaunpur early Monday. During the exchange of fire, the SHO of Line Bazar police station also sustained a bullet injury to his hand, while…
Ahmedabad: Tension gripped a locality in Ramol after locals discovered a man’s body in a pool of blood on Monday morning. The dead man, identified as Ghanshyam Prajapati, 34, is believed to have died by suicide in the public area by slitting his right wrist with a glass shard, police said. According to Ramol police…
Police searched the municipal corporation’s Zone-A office building inLudhiana on Monday after a series of bomb threats on email Ludhiana: A rogue group claiming affiliation with a separatist movement has issued a series of bomb threats targeting govt installations and the properties of international Punjabi music icon Diljit Dosanjh.Official govt inboxes, including that of the…
Bathinda/Chandigarh/Amritsar: A sharp increase in petrol and diesel prices over the past 10 days has triggered political attacks, farmer protests and concerns over rising agricultural costs in Punjab ahead of the paddy transplantation season.Diesel prices have risen by around Rs 7.5 per litre in four hikes since May 15, including the latest increase of Rs…
Pune: The Pimpri police on Sunday arrested a 43-year-old bouncer employed at a mall on the charge of flashing a 24-year-old woman while she was waiting for a bus at the BRTS stop on the Mother Teresa flyover in Chinchwad on May 21.Senior police inspector Vijayanand Patil of the Pimpri police said the accused, Zakir…
Guwahati: A single-judge bench of Gauhati high court on Monday reserved the order in the bail plea hearing of Shyamkanu Mahanta in the Zubeen Garg death case till May 29 after arguments were concluded.Special public prosecutor Z Kamar said, “Argument has been concluded. The court has fixed May 29 for delivery of order.”The court of…
Lucknow: A 32-year-old delivery executive felt dizzy while riding near Charbagh on Monday afternoon, stopped by the roadside and sat down on the ground. Passersby gave him water and called an ambulance, which took him to a nearby hospital. Doctors examined him and found that he was suffering from dehydration and exhaustion because of excessive…
Palanpur: An assistant engineer of Prantij municipality in Sabarkantha was caught by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) for demanding a bribe in setting up water ATMs.ACB officials said that the accused, Rajdeepsinh Chavda, demanded a bribe from the complainant, who had built two water ATMs after getting the tender. When he went to the engineer’s office…
Jaipur/Bhilwara: In a bid to combat a looming water crisis, Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma Monday launched the state’s largest water conservation initiative, titled Vande Ganga Jal Sanrakshan Jan Abhiyan, 2026. The campaign aims to enhance the state’s water holding capacity by 20% before the monsoon season in response to alarming drops in reservoir levels…
