Hyderabad: A 19-year-old woman has helped police arrest her husband for causing her mother’s death and then lying about it.Based on K Kavya’s complaint, Medipally police arrested K Snehit, 28, on May 1 for culpable homicide after he allegedly hit his mother-in-law, K Aruna, 39, while she was riding pillion on his bike. Aruna fell…
Gurgaon: Haryana has emerged as India’s third most groundwater-stressed state, with 88 assessment units classified as overexploited. This accounts for 61.5% of its groundwater blocks, according to Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA) data placed before NGT. Pulling up states over weak enforcement against illegal extraction and inadequate recharge measures, NGT has ordered a wider review.The…
Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Saturday trashed exit poll results, saying they were conducted to “manipulate the stock market,” and told party colleagues — including counting agents — in a virtual address that Trinamool “is winning and winning by 200-plus seats.“Banerjee urged counting agents not to leave their tables even for a minute without a…
Keri: A highly-decomposed carcass of a tiger was found inside a private forest in Sacorda, a few metres from Bhagwan Mahavir Wildlife Sanctuary, on Saturday. A nature enthusiast who was in the area for routine research found it and alerted the forest department.The area where the carcass was found falls under the Collem forest range….
Varanasi: A national seminar on ‘Devarshi Narad and Indian Communication Tradition: From Past to Present’ was organised on Saturday by the department of Journalism and Mass Communication, BHU.Addressing the seminar, Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust chief executive officer Vishwabhushan Mishra highlighted the human dimension of Devarshi Narad, describing him as a great scholar and a…
Ahmedabad: A special NDPS court on Saturday sentenced a resident of Dariapur, Mohammed Shahid Qureshi, to eight years’ imprisonment after he was found guilty of possessing mephedrone.The court, however, acquitted another accused, Imrankhan Pathan, as no evidence of his involvement was found. Qureshi and Pathan were arrested from Bhadra area in Sep 2023 by the…
Panchkula: Police claimed to have busted a well-organised inter-state cyber fraud racket being operated through a fake call centre in Delhi with the arrest of seven individuals.Police said the gang allegedly duped people by posing as officials of insurance companies and collecting money on the pretext of policy maturity dues and taxes.Four of the accused…
Pune: Water will flow from three overhead tanks in the Mohammadwadi area to taps in homes by May 10, as the civic administration on Saturday completed the work of laying the transmission line.Officials from Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC)’s water supply department said the 19km transmission line was now ready to provide water to three overhead…
Dibrugarh: The Dibrugarh Municipal Corporation launched a city-wide inspection drive on Saturday, covering commercial establishments across all 22 wards. The initiative is part of an effort to ensure regulatory compliance and build a comprehensive database of businesses operating within municipal limits.The drive is being carried out by the DMC’s enforcement squad in coordination with the…
Dr Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University will introduce four new postgraduate courses from the 2026-27 session – MA in English, MA in Geography, MSc in Psychology and MSc in Cognitive Science. The proposals for the four new courses will be placed before the academic council for final approval on Monday. Admission coordinator Prof Amit Kumar Singh…
