Hyderabad: A constable was arrested for allegedly sexually exploiting a woman colleague with a false promise of marriage and forcing her to undergo abortion multiple times. Due to the trauma, the woman attempted suicide by consuming sleeping pills. She survived the bid and is recuperating at hospital.The woman constable, who has a four-year-old son, has…
Kolkata: Trinamool on Saturday lodged a complaint with the Election Commission against Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma over “inciteful and divisive” remarks made during an election rally in Cooch Behar. Trinamool also accused Sarma of making communally-charged statements and leveling “defamatory and unverified” allegations against CM Mamata Banerjee.Sarma, in response, said that such a move…
Gorakhpur: The three-day annual Urs-e-Pak at the dargah of Hazrat Mubarak Khan Shaheed concluded on Friday in a spiritually uplifting and patriotic atmosphere, with the final day dedicated to soldiers guarding the nation’s borders.The concluding day witnessed traditional rituals including Quran recitation, Mehfil-e-Milad, and the Kul Sharif ceremony. Special prayers were offered for peace, communal…
Ahmedabad: A city crime branch team was attacked during a raid related to suspected MD drugs near Bhat village on Friday afternoon, leaving two police personnel injured after a suspect allegedly rammed a car into one cop and stabbed another with a large knife. The incident occurred around 3.45 pm near Ramji Mandir in Bhat…
Panchkula: Pushpender Singh, who was serving as deputy vice-president of Kotak Mahindra Bank’s Sector 11 branch in Panchkula at the time of the Rs 147 crore fixed deposit fraud involving the municipal corporation, was remanded in judicial custody on Saturday after completion of his vigilance remand.The Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) alleged that Pushpender Singh…
Pune: India is witnessing a silent but alarming shift in public health. On World Liver Day today, hepatologists warned that non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) — recently renamed metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) — is rapidly rising among children and adolescents, and no longer remaining a condition confined to sedentary adults.Dr Prateek Agarwal, a…
IMPHAL/CHURACHANDPUR: Two persons, including a retired Indian Army soldier, were killed and three others injured in a militant ambush on NH-202 — Manipur’s new troubled spot in Ukhrul district — on Saturday afternoon. There is no official confirmation yet on the identity of the attackers.Police said the attack took place around 2:30pm between Leingangching and…
LUCKNOW: Acting on the directions of chief minister Yogi Adityanath, the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) has suspended work on replacing smart meters under the RDSS scheme and constituted a four-member technical committee to examine the rising complaints related to meter quality and connectivity across the state.Additional chief secretary (power) Ashish Kumar Goel said…
NEW DELHI: When the opposition politicians met in Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge’s chamber the day after, the attendance was full and the mood jubilant. And leaders lauded the INDIA bloc parties for standing together to defeat the BJP govt’s Constitution amendment bill on delimitation. The opposition believes that the BJP has been given a legislative…
Laura Mabel Francatelli’s Titanic life jacket sold for £670,000 at a UK auction/Image: BBC A life jacket worn by a Titanic survivor has been sold at auction for £670,000 ($906,000), far exceeding its estimated value, according to the Associated Press (AP).The jacket belonged to Laura Mabel Francatelli, a first-class passenger on the RMS Titanic who…
