NEW DELHI: A 25-year-old man died after his motorcycle was allegedly hit by a car on the Dabri flyover in southwest Delhi on Thursday morning.The deceased has been identified as Rajkumar, a resident of Jharkhand’s Godda district, who worked as a delivery executive. Police said they received a PCR call around 7.35am reporting that a…
Mumbai’s real estate is set for a major shift as the new Mumbai-Pune Expressway bypass, the Missing Link, promises to slash travel times MUMBAI: As Mumbai’s housing demand spills beyond its saturated core, the upcoming Missing Link on the Mumbai–Pune Expressway is poised to reshape the region’s real estate geography, catalysing growth across the emerging…
The Manhattan district attorney’s office has returned 657 stolen antiquities, collectively valued at nearly $14 million, to India. The artefacts were recovered through ongoing investigations into international trafficking networks linked to antiquities smuggler Subhash Kapoor and convicted trafficker Nancy Wiener. The items were formally handed over to India during a ceremony held in New York…
Hyderabad: For improving the security of women travelling in TG State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) buses, Adilabad police has got all 175 buses fitted with CCTV cameras. In each bus, a CCTV camera has been fixed close to the driver’s seat so that it would capture the area designated for women.“Apart from gathering evidence, the…
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat high court has stayed the probe against a pastor’s family accused of converting a Hindu woman to Christianity through allurement and force. The order was passed because charges under the Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act were invoked by the police without obtaining the mandatory sanction from the competent authority.Last week, the police…
Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana high court on Wednesday said it will first examine the maintainability of a public interest litigation (PIL) and the credibility of the petitioner before considering the constitutional validity of Punjab’s Jagat Jot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar (Amendment) Act, 2026, the anti-sacrilege law.The PIL came up for hearing before a…
Pune: Maharashtra Day on May 1 will usher in a long weekend and highways leading towards Lonavla and Mahabaleshwar are expected to swell with traffic by Thursday night. Residents are rethinking what a break should look like weighing long drives in temperatures nearabouts 40°C against easier, heat-conscious escapes closer to home.“We’re leaving at 4 am….
LUCKNOW: A labourer was killed and another injured after a portion of an under-construction commercial building collapsed in the Vibhuti Khand area of Lucknow on Thursday morning, triggering a multi-agency rescue operation.The incident occurred around 10 am near the NTPC building on IGP Road under the jurisdiction of Vibhuti Khand police station. According to police,…
JAISALMER: Lieutenant General Sandeep Jain, AVSM, SM, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Southern Command, visited the Konark Corps area to review the formation’s operational preparedness and ongoing modernization efforts aimed at transforming it into a future-ready force.During the visit, Lt Gen Jain was briefed by senior officers on the current operational environment, readiness levels, and key…
NEW DELHI: India remains among the countries bearing the highest burden of hepatitis-related deaths even as global efforts show progress, according to the WHO’s Global Hepatitis Report 2026, which warns that the world is off track to meet the 2030 elimination targets.The report flags viral hepatitis as a major public health threat, with over 1.3…
