MUMBAI: A special Pocso court cited doctor’s statement and the delay in filing of the FIR while acquiting a 35-year-old man, who spent 12 years in jail, of gang-rape of a minor girl. The judge said, “In the absence of examination of the issuing authority, to my mind, it cannot be firmly said that the…
Bengaluru: India’s first indigenously designed ‘bullet train’ or high-speed train is set to be rolled out by April 2027 and will serve the Mumbai-Ahmedabad route.On Saturday, railways minister Ashwini Vaishnaw inaugurated ‘Aditya’, a dedicated high-speed rail manufacturing complex at BEML’s Tippasandra campus in Bengaluru. The facility is purpose-built to support production of the B-28 trainsets,…
Chennai: AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Saturday thanked voters for exercising their democratic duty by casting votes in Assembly election despite the scorching sun. Palaniswami expressed gratitude to functionaries, cadres and volunteers of AIADMK and its allies for their tireless work. He appealed to them to remain vigilant until counting of votes is…
Hyderabad: Former MP and daughter of BRS supremo K Chandrasekhar Rao, Kalvakuntla Kavitha, on Saturday announced the launch of her party — Telangana Rashtra Sena (TRS). By reclaiming the acronym once synonymous with her father’s Telangana Rashtra Samithi, Kavitha has signalled not just defiance but a direct challenge to KCR’s legacy, setting the stage for…
Gurgaon: A 31-year-old warehouse supervisor who suffered burn injuries in a fire at a shoe facility in Kherki Daula died during treatment after three days on Friday.Lakshay Chauhan, who worked as a supervisor at the shoe warehouse in Kherki Daula village, was among the two people who sustained burn injuries on April 21 while on…
Kolkata: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said that while some Hindu names have been deleted from the electoral rolls, they have to “do a little sacrifice to make the nation better”.Addressing a press conference, Sarma said, “Some Hindu names were deleted in the SIR (special intensive revision) process. How will the country…
Margao: A day after protesters blocked roads in Curchorem over the death of a teenager whose two-wheeler came under the wheels of a truck near a culvert work site near Ravindra Bhavan, Curchorem police on Saturday arrested social activist Dattaraj Raut Dessai, who led the protest. He was later released on bail.He was booked under…
Varanasi: The death of a girl from Vishwakarma community hailing from the other backward castes (OBC) in Katariya village under the limits of Karanda police station in Ghazipur district on April 15 and the stone pelting that followed when a delegation of Samajwadi Party functionaries was on its way to meet the family on Apr…
Ahmedabad: Voters in the city will head to polling booths on Sunday under searing heat, with temperatures expected to touch 44°C — the highest this season so far. As the city prepares to vote in the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) elections, the weather is likely to become a key factor influencing turnout.On Saturday, Ahmedabad recorded…
Ludhiana: Punjab Agricultural University is all set to open a single-window sales point in the varsity market to sell food and value-added products developed across its various departments. The initiative aims to provide students and the general public with easy access to high-quality, research-backed food.This will replace the current system where products are sold individually…
