Patiala: Hundreds of contractual and outsourced employees of Punjab Roadways, PUNBUS and Pepsu Road Transport Corporation (PRTC) on Saturday announced an indefinite statewide strike from Sept 22, accusing the Punjab govt of failing to regularise their services and end the contractor system.Resham Singh Gill, state president of the Punjab Roadways, PUNBUS/PRTC Contract Workers’ Union (25/11),…
Surat: Police have identified a former textile shop employee as the prime suspect for the Sept 9 arson at Shyam Sangini Textile Market that damaged at least 10 shops and burned for nearly 20 hours. Teams are hunting for the suspect, who is believed to have fled the city with his family.Investigators identified the suspect…
Guwahati: “Diya ghurai diya prithibi amar amak…” (“Give our world back to us, the world that belongs to us…”) is from “Sishu”, an album Zubeen Garg released in 2002 in memory of his younger sister, Jongki Borthakur, a singer and actor who died in a car accident that year while travelling to a stage show.Written…
Fire broke out in a building in Sector D of Aliganj on the afternoon of June 22, killing 15 people (Photo credit: Manoj Chhabra) LUCKNOW: Aliganj police filed a nearly 500-page chargesheet against four accused in connection with the June 22 Aliganj fire that claimed 15 lives, completing the investigation 87 days after the deadly…
Palanpur: A special Pocso court in Idar sentenced a 20-year-old man from Aravali district to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for kidnapping a minor girl and repeatedly raping her at several places in the state. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 and awarded Rs 3.5 lakh in compensation to the victim.The convict,…
FHTR delegates awarding the winning Team Jaipur at the FHTR Night Polo exhibition match Jaipur: As part of Rajasthan Domestic Travel Mart (RDTM) 2026 and under the aegis of Annual Sept Jaipur Polo Season 2026, the FHTR (Federation of Hospitality and Tourism of Rajasthan) Polo Cup exhibition match was organised at the Rajasthan Polo Club…
Kejriwal, family served notices under Delhi SIR NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief and former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and four members of his family have been served notices by the Delhi Chief Electoral Officer’s office under the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.Notices have been issued to Kejriwal, his…
Representative Image (AI-generated) A California family’s attempt to build a second home on its 267-acre coastal property has ended at the nation’s highest court, after the US Supreme Court declined to hear the family’s appeal in June 2026. The dispute began in 2017, when Willie Benedetti filed a lawsuit challenging Marin County’s land-use restrictions; the…
Soni Razdan has shared her excitement about Nitesh Tiwari’s upcoming epic ‘Ramayana’, which stars her son-in-law Ranbir Kapoor as Lord Rama. Reacting to the buzz surrounding the highly anticipated two-part film, Soni described it as a “fantastic journey” and said the project promises audiences an experience they have not seen before. Her comments come after…
Image credit: England Cricket England beat Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the third T20I at Old Trafford in Manchester on Saturday to complete a 3-0 series sweep.The hosts chased down Sri Lanka’s 125-run target with 62 balls to spare. The win also helped England move back to the top of the T20 world rankings,…
