Bengaluru: A married couple who worked as car driver and domestic help at a businessman’s house have been arrested by CK Achukattu police for allegedly stealing over 275 grams of gold ornaments, more than 800 grams of silver ornaments, and Rs 25 lakh in cash from their employer’s house.Police said Manikanta, 26, and his wife,…
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu pole vaulters, returning from a national event in Odisha, suffered the humiliation of their poles being dropped from the train by Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel at Rajahmundry in Andhra Pradesh, who cut off the ropes that secured the equipment to the windows outside the compartment.The poles, each costing 1 lakh, fell…
Hyderabad: An analysis of road accidents on the Outer Ring Road (ORR) found that 33% of accidents occurred due to drowsiness or sleep deprivation, 25% due to reckless driving, 15% due to overspeeding, and 14% due to tyre bursts.This was announced on Tuesday following an inter-departmental coordination meeting attended by officials from the Hyderabad Metropolitan…
Showers were reported around 4pm in several parts of Gurgaon Gurgaon: Several parts of the city witnessed rain, thunderstorms and spells of hail on Tuesday afternoon as the minimum temperature plunged 7 degrees below normal, bringing an unseasonal chill for early May. In Gurgaon, the minimum temperature was recorded at 18°C at an IMD station…
Kolkata: Exide Industries reported a marginal rise in Q4 net profit to Rs 312 crore from Rs 255 crore a year ago, while revenue increased from Rs 4,159 crore to Rs 4,551 crore.The company’s MD and CEO Avik Roy said, “Q4 FY26 built on the gains observed in Q3 — GST rationalisation continued to boost…
Firemen broke through an iron grille and a setback wall separating the terrace from the roof of an adjacent building, and brought the family down through the staircase. Fire broke out in a flat in Indirapuram’s Niti Khand 2 after a gas cylinder exploded on the ground floor Personnel climbed to the roof with ladders,…
Gorakhpur: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday referred to the recent West Bengal assemblyelection results, saying that political parties that ignore public welfare, promote corruption and patronise criminal elements are bound to face rejection from voters.Addressing a public gathering after inaugurating and laying the foundation stones of 71 development projects worth Rs612.32 crore in Gorakhpur,…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat’s rapid expansion in renewable energy has pushed it to the No. 1 spot nationally. With 47,178MW installed capacity, the state has overtaken Rajasthan by a slim margin, according to data from the Union ministry of new and renewable energy. The state added significant capacity over the past year to edge ahead of Rajasthan….
Ludhiana: The demolition of a building to widen the entrance to Bharat Nagar Chowk from Mall Road has cleared a persistent traffic bottleneck.The levelling and subsequent debris removal are expected to streamline the approach to the city’s busiest intersection. The project aims to provide a “free left turn” for motorists heading toward Jagraon Bridge, while…
Chandigarh: Shaken by the switch of seven party MPs to BJP ahead of state elections early next year and with BJP leadership declaring Punjab as its next mission after the win in West Bengal, Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday invoked Sikh history and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal invoked Hindu mythology…
