Margao: Members of the South Goa Advocates Association (SGAA) staged a protest at the South Goa collectorate on Tuesday over inordinate delays by mamlatdars in processing mutation and partition files, alleging maladministration, inefficiency and malpractices in the district’s revenue administration.The advocates claimed that the standard operating procedure (SOP) issued by the collector on Dec 24,…
Varanasi: Police on Monday night arrested a 32-year-old man for allegedly sexually assaulting the 5-year-old daughter of his neighbour in the Jaitpura police station area.On Monday afternoon, the girl’s father lodged a complaint with police that the accused, Mohammad Wasim, entered his house and sexually assaulted the child.Police registered a case and traced the accused…
Gujarat deputy CM Harsh Sanghavi and DGP G S Malik with officials at the challenge Ahmedabad: Imagine jumping on a moving train from a height and landing perfectly upright, on your feet. Coders at the Sentinel Innovation Hackathon 2026 achieved a similar feat as they successfully pinpointed a vehicle with a specific number plate from…
Ludhiana: Thieves stole three tyres of a Hyundai i20 parked outside a house in Dharampura late Monday night and fled before they could remove the fourth wheel after being spotted by passersby.Police said the accused arrived in another Hyundai i20 and parked it alongside the victim’s vehicle. CCTV footage shows them using a jack to…
Bathinda: Anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Jhota was shot dead by a chemist in Mansa town for objecting to alleged illegal sale of synthetic drugs during a confrontation he livestreamed on Facebook, sending shockwaves across Punjab and triggering sharp attacks from the opposition against the AAP govt.With his mobile video camera rolling, the 45-year-old arrived at…
Raju Shetti addresses protesting farmers at Kognoli on Maharashtra-Karnataka border Kolhapur: Travellers from Mumbai, Pune and Satara heading to Karnataka should avoid travelling on Pune-Bengaluru National Highway (NH48) if possible due to severe disruption caused by a farmers’ blockade near Kognoli on the Maharashtra-Karnataka border, Kolhapur Range Special Inspector General of Police Ranjan Kumar Sharma…
Surat: A passenger allegedly stole a Rapido rider’s mobile phone after booking a ride in the city and fleeing with the device on the pretext of making a payment. The rider has approached police and lodged a complaint.According to the complaint, the incident took place on Oct 9 near a shop in Katargam. The complainant,…
Guwahati: A Thailand-inspired pandal blending Hindu and Buddhist architecture is drawing attention in Guwahati’s Pandu area this Durga Puja.The Rest Camp Kalibari Durga Puja committee has built the pandal using fibre, in line with govt directives against the use of thermocol and plastic. Its temple-inspired design features a decorated multi-level façade, detailed figures and a…
Flooded Faizullaganj locality in Lucknow Every episode of urban flooding in Lucknow brings familiar explanations: unprecedented rainfall, climate change, overflowing drains and the inability of the Gomti to carry excess water. These factors matter, but they cannot explain the entire crisis.The more uncomfortable question is: what have we done to the river, its floodplain and…
Rajkot: A 66-year-old retired PGVCL employee who was living alone was murdered inside his house on Parekhbag Road in Lalpur, Jamnagar district, on the evening of Oct 12.Mansukh Vachhani suffered five blows to the head from a blunt object. As the house was ransacked with belongings scattered, police suspect he was killed during a robbery.The…
