Chief minister Vijay is scheduled to meet the families of the Karur stampede victims on July 10. The Sept 2025 tragedy at a political event claimed 41 lives and left several others injured. NEW DELHI: Supreme Court agreed to hear Tuesday a plea filed by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) seeking its intervention to restrain…
Mumbai: As of 6 am on July 6, the seven lakes that supply to Mumbai held 2,44,900 million litres of water, or 16.9% of their live storage capacity of 14,47,363 million litres — up 3.7% in 24 hours — as heavy rains continued to lash catchment areas on Monday.Despite the improvement, reservoir levels remain well…
Five idols stolen from TN temples recovered in Karaikal, two heldTNNPuducherry: The Karaikal town police have arrested two people and recovered five ancient idols from their possession that were stolen from temples in Tamil Nadu. Police seized their car used for transporting the stolen antiques and their mobile phones.Acting on a tip-off, a special police…
Kolkata: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals India (PETA India) has sent an urgent appeal to the West Bengal chief minister, urging the govt to replace horse-drawn tourist carriages used for joyrides around Kolkata’s Maidan and Victoria Memorial with heritage-style electric carriages after three new horse-cruelty FIRs and the recent death of Indian tourist…
Ahmedabad: Will St Xavier’s High School in Gandhinagar shift a Class IX classroom to the ground floor for a student with cerebral palsy, or must the child access a first-floor classroom? Gujarat High Court is exploring a solution after the Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities ordered the school to admit the student to its Gujarati-medium…
Jalandhar: For Bobby Kumar and his son Shiva, residents of Tarn Taran, the story of slain human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra is deeply personal. They believe Khalra’s story also shines a light on countless families like theirs that lost loved ones to alleged fake encounters and enforced disappearances in Punjab in 1980s and 1990s.Bobby’s…
The state IMA said the proposed legislation will significantly impact thousands of small and medium hospitals, nursing homes, clinics and daycare centres, particularly in rural and semi-urban regions Pune: The state chapter of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has escalated its opposition to the proposed Maharashtra Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Bill, 2026, and said…
Lucknow: A WhatsApp message purportedly sent by the son of a prominent Lucknow businessman was all it took to convince an accountant to transfer Rs 18 lakh, exposing what cyber police describe as the city’s first reported case of a “Boss Scam” — a form of business impersonation fraud that exploits employees’ trust in senior…
The crashed car with Illegal liquor bottles scattered around it in Balotra district Monday Jaisalmer: A suspected liquor smuggler was killed and another arrested after a 20-km police chase ended with their car crashing into a tree in Rajasthan’s Balotra district Monday, police said. The incident occurred on the Amliyala-Bhaidana road under Gudamalani police station…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has refused to interfere with a Bombay HC order directing removal of a Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj statue from land owned by Mormugao Port Authority.A bench of Justices M M Sundresh and Sheel Nagu was hearing a petition against HC order. As it was not inclined to entertain the matter, the…
