Supporters of Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) celebrate after education minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned following days of protests demanding his resignation over National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) examination paper leaks, at Jantar Mantar on July 25 They slept on pavements through rain, humidity and heat, held their ground through lathi charges and tear gas, and…
Vasco: Ankit Lakra, 36, a native of Chhattisgarh, died on Saturday after coming in contact with a live high-tension wire, which came down as he was travelling on the Panaji-Margao highway.He was travelling in a rickshaw, and when he reached near Birla Cross junction at around 10 pm, due to heavy rainfall and gusty winds,…
Varanasi: Ghazipur police on Friday registered an FIR against Mohammad Shahid, an associate of the Mukhtar Ansari gang, the then station house officer (SHO) of Mohammadabad police station, and the area lekhpal for allegedly facilitating the issuance of an arms licence in 2001 using the address of a rented house by falsely showing it as…
People move through a flooded neighbourhood following heavy rain in Ahmedabad Ahmedabad: AMC initiated urgent rainwater drainage operations across the city following waterlogging in several areas. In all, 24 teams have been deployed at 20 waterlogged locations across 10 wards. The civic body has also opened 141 catchpits and 85 manholes to drain accumulated water.In…
Bathinda: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday took a swipe at opposition parties, saying they have failed to project a credible leader to lead the state.Addressing a Lok Milni at Charrik village in Moga, Mann said, “The opposition parties are like wedding processions without a groom. Though they are squabbling for power, they do…
Pune: Criminals are silently mastering the art of using AI in their trade to have a digital edge over the sophisticated cyber police force.A mobile messaging app that leaves no digital footprint has made inroads into the underworld. Extortionists are thriving on a subscription-based call application. It routes normal calls through various servers.Pune police recently…
Guwahati: When floodwaters burst into his home, 11-year-old shuttler Satyaki Dorian Duarah had only minutes to react. He grabbed two packets of biscuits and three bottles of water and scrambled with his family to the unfinished upper floor.The provisions were meagre, but they kept four people going for two days as flash floods swallowed the…
Students in the city celebrated victory of their movement Lucknow: The father of an 18-year-old NEET aspirant who died by suicide last month said the resignation of Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan was a step in the right direction, but justice would remain incomplete unless stringent action was taken against everyone involved in the paper…
Jaipur: The city police Saturday said the custodial interrogation of Ravi Prakash alias Balaram, 28, who was arrested a day earlier, could hold the ‘final puzzle’ in piecing together the conspiracy behind the murder of his aunt, 45-year-old Neeraj Sharma.Ravi is suspected of orchestrating the murder of his aunt, Neeraj, allegedly conspiring with her daughter…
NEW DELHI: A steady stream of leading BJP figures, including home minister Amit Shah, visited Dharmendra Pradhan‘s residence in a show of solidarity after he resigned as education minister owing to student protests over the NEET paper leak.Besides Shah, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and commerce and industries minister Piyush Goyal were among the key Union…
