Dimapur: A total of 19 houses were burned and 21 others vandalised in a recent clash between two communities under Pungro subdivision of Kiphire district, according to a comprehensive damage assessment report released by the Kiphire district administration on Tuesday.The district administration, led by Pungro ADC Hotolu Sema, along with police personnel and representatives of…
ARRESTED IN AHMEDABADLucknow: A 37-year-old Lucknow man, who collected around Rs 5 crore from several people on the promise of securing them govt jobs, staged his own kidnapping to evade mounting pressure from those demanding their money back, police said.The accused, Satyaratna Dixit, a resident of Madiaon, was traced to a hotel in Ahmedabad, Gujarat,…
Jaipur: Special Operations Group (SOG) Monday arrested a man accused of bringing candidates to a paper-leak network that allegedly charged them lakhs of rupees to access and solve a leaked recruitment examination paper.The man, identified as Vinod Kumar Jat alias Vinod Rewad, allegedly supplied candidates to Arun Sharma alias Rajendra Sharma, who taught them the…
NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi should “introspect” rather than blame the Election Commission (EC) or the SIR exercise for the opposition party’s electoral setbacks, citing its defeats in the recent byelections and the Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation polls.“I also wish to ask Rahul ji: is this the…
H-1B visa extension applications will be treated as fresh cases and will draw more scrutiny and questions. Again a new rule dropped from the Department of Homeland Security that will concern H-1B visa holders. But the scope of the new rule will be far greater than just H-1Bs. It will impact anyone with a work…
NEW DELHI: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has upgraded India’s growth forecast for the current year to 7%, from 6.4%, making it the fastest-growing major economy.The agency joins others – including the World Bank, ADB, S&P and Moody’s – in upgrading its projections after official data estimated first-quarter growth at 7.8%. Most global agencies have…
Duane “Keffe D” Davis was sentenced Tuesday to 40 years to life in prison for orchestrating the murder of rap icon Tupac Shakur who was gunned down off the Las Vegas Strip over 30 years ago.Davis, 63, was convicted in August of first-degree murder with the use of a deadly weapon. He is the only…
General:A good day gathers itself around you, quiet at first, then fuller as it goes. You’ll notice more confidence in your voice and more speed in your work.The Moon, your ruler, supports emotional steadiness today, while Jupiter opens doors in learning and recognition. That’s why the day favours academic progress and professional confidence. You’ll also…
New Delhi: Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has earmarked Rs 40,000 for each of its 250 wards to strengthen street lighting on approach roads to Chhath ghats and is planning to deploy its existing sanitation staff in multiple shifts to maintain cleanliness at the sites during and after the festival.Various agencies, in coordination with or…
Mumbai: Bombay High Court on Tuesday permitted medical termination of the over-25-week pregnancy of a Stage 4 cancer patient (14), a sexual assault survivor, to enable her treatment to start.Justices Bharati Dangre and Ashish Chavan considered J J Hospital board’s report which “specifically expressed that it is necessary to terminate the pregnancy as it poses…
