Panaji: Excavation along a 6km stretch of the Old Goa-Pilar road to replace a decades-old water pipeline has turned the key link into a perilous route for motorists and pedestrians, even as pre-monsoon activity intensifies.The digging work from Azossim through Mandur and Neura to Pilar over the past few weeks has raised heavy dust in…
VARANASI: Mirzapur police have invoked the stringent Gangsters Act against 10 individuals accused of coercing women associated with various gyms linked to their network into converting to Islam. The gyms involved in the case — widely referred to as ‘Gym Jihad’ — were sealed by police on Monday.Mirzapur ASP (City) Nitesh Singh said that a…
The alleged irregularities surfaced in projects related to new stormwater lines, drainage lines and stormwater drainage networks in the eastern parts of the city Ahmedabad: Drainage and stormwater projects in the city are under a cloud after a vigilance investigation uncovered alleged irregularities in projects worth crores. Civic officials reportedly found duplicate measurements, altered records…
Mohali: In a significant verdict delivered after nearly 15 years of legal proceedings, Mohali district court on Tuesday convicted former Vigilance SP Amandeep Kaur and businessman Rajinder Singh alias Gopi in the ETO Ranjit Singh suicide case. The court held them guilty of abetment to suicide.The court of additional sessions judge Hardeep Singh sentenced both…
Pune: A seven-year-old boy died after getting stuck between the collapsible grille and wooden door of a lift of a nearly 25-year-old housing society building in the Sinhagad Road area on Monday night.Police said the boy, Shivansh Dhoot, had entered the lift alone. “Shivansh was playing with his friends and entered the lift around 10pm…
Agartala: A local court in Agartala on Tuesday remanded four individuals, including a Bangladeshi national, in three-day police custody in connection with a kidnapping and ransom case.The accused have been identified as Rabil Miah, Iqbal Hossain, Jakir Hossain, and Nishab Miah. Police said Nishab Miah is a Bangladeshi citizen and has been separately charged for…
Workers unload a cooler from a cycle cart outside a shop on a hot summer day Lucknow: Large parts of Lucknow. including the posh Gomtinagar area, continued to face electricity disruptions over the past two to three days as rising temperatures led to transformer overloads, transmission line breakdowns and repeated technical faults across multiple zones…
Rajkot: A history-sheeter from Rajkot was arrested on Tuesday after two men allegedly died from drinking poisoned country-made liquor in the city’s Bhagirath Society area.The victims, Mansukh Dabhi (50) and his friend, Alpesh Sabariya (43), died on the night of Sunday after allegedly drinking locally brewed liquor at a residence in Street No. 10 of…
Alwar: An eight-month-old girl was left battling for life after her mother allegedly forced acid down her throat following a dispute with her husband in the Bhiwadi area of Khairthal-Tijara district, police said Tuesday.The girl is currently under treatment at the Rajkiya Geetanand Shishu Hospital in Alwar, where doctors described her condition as critical.According to…
Space collaboration got a big boost during PM Modi’s visit to Europe. Sweden has formally joined India’s orbiter mission to the Venus planet by signing an agreement to collaborate on the interplanetary mission. And the Norwegian Space Agency has signed an MoU with Isro to give a new dimension to space cooperation between the two…
