The flood has affected all 84 ghats, including the prominent cremation sites of Manikarnika and Harishchandra, where steps and lower platforms remain under water. Varanasi: Cremations continued to be carried out on rooftop platforms at Manikarnika Ghat and in the narrow lanes opposite Harishchandra Ghat in the city on Wednesday, even as the water level…
Ahmedabad: The offline admission round for seats in Gujarat’s govt degree engineering colleges ended on Tuesday, with 948 students being allotted seats. Of these, 484 were fresh admissions, while around 165 students secured transfers from other colleges. Despite the exercise, 190 seats remain vacant.Admissions for degree engineering had officially been declared complete after five regular…
Following formal complaints, the cyber crime police station registered two separate cases against unidentified suspects and launched technical investigations to trace the origin of the fraudulent transfers. Chandigarh: Cyber fraudsters allegedly siphoned off nearly ₹11 lakh from the bank accounts of two Chandigarh residents in separate unauthorised online transactions, despite neither victim sharing banking credentials…
A senior PCMC official says only one operator approached them with documents seeking permission, despite repeated appeals and warnings Pune: Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) awaits cable operators to submit documents for permissions over three months after it began the process to regulate overhead wires.A senior PCMC official said only one operator approached them with…
Surat: The discovery of a 36-year-old man’s body in a canal in the Salabatpura area on Aug 22 turned out to be a murder, with police arresting a 33-year-old woman and booking her two minor sons, aged 15 and 16 years, for the crime.The victim, Imran Khan Pathan, had gone missing on the morning of…
Dhubri: Gauripur police intercepted a vehicle allegedly transporting cattle illegally at Targhat under Gauripur police station on Tuesday night.Acting on specific information, police set up a checkpoint and stopped the vehicle. The driver allegedly attempted to ram the police vehicle before fleeing towards Thuria Pahar.Police chased the vehicle, following which the driver and co-driver abandoned…
Lucknow: PGI police on Tuesday arrested a husband-wife duo accused of running a fraud racket that allegedly siphoned money from bank accounts using forged passbooks, cheque books and other documents. Police said they recovered multiple banking documents, ATM cards, mobile phones and paperwork linked to suspected fake companies.The accused were identified as Neha Singh (36)…
Rajkot: A 15-year-old girl working with a catering service was allegedly lured into a relationship and sexually assaulted four times at an office in the Haveli Building near Jubilee Chowk in Rajkot.The girl’s mother lodged a complaint against the accused at Thorala police station under sections BNS and Pocso Act.According to the complaint, the minor…
Jaipur: Rajasthan agriculture minister Kirori Lal Meena tested positive for H1N1 influenza and was admitted to the intensive care unit of Sawai Man Singh Hospital in Jaipur late Tuesday night after developing breathing difficulty, fever and other flu-like symptoms. He is on oxygen support and under close medical supervision. SMS Medical College principal Dr Deepak…
According to the joint statement, both sides agreed that any situation on the ground would be addressed promptly. NEW DELHI: India and China jointly announced Wednesday that the special representatives dialogue on the boundary question — co-chaired by Ajit Doval and Wang Yi this week — had led to an eight-point consensus, signalling positive progress…
