Mumbai: The Mumbai Police have demolished the residence and a gymnasium of alleged drug peddler Yaseen Qureshi alias Tasu (48) in Vikhroli and ordered his externment from city limits citing his continued involvement in narcotics trafficking and criminal activities.He is among the 50 criminals in the eastern region who have been externed from the city…
Hyderabad: The Telangana Socio-Economic, Educational, Employment, Political and Caste (SEEEPC) Survey-2024 has revealed a troubling urban credit divide, showing that several towns and district headquarters remain heavily dependent on moneylenders despite being outside the rural economy.While only 3.6% of urban households across the state reported borrowing from moneylenders, the figures rise sharply in many districts,…
30-year-old Ravindra was killed in a hit-and-run accident on Sohna-Gurgaon road Gurgaon: A 30-year-old person was killed in a hit-and-run accident on the elevated section of the Sohna highway early Wednesday.Ravindra, a resident of Paharpur village in Uttar Pradesh’s Mainpuri district, was a bus driver at a private firm in the city. According to a…
Kolkata: IIT-Kharagpur is set to establish an interdisciplinary research initiative aimed at advancing data-driven innovation in the mining sector, named Vikram Sodhi Centre of Excellence for AI-Enabled Geological & Mining Systems, with a funding commitment of Rs 15 crore over five years from Vikram Sodhi, vice chairman of Mineros SA and managing partner of Sun…
A CPM team stages a sit-in in Noida on Friday Noida: A CPM delegation led by general secretary MA Baby sat on a dharna outside Noida district magistrate Medha Roopam’s house in Sector 27 on Friday, accusing the administration of being “undemocratic” in not allowing them to meet people arrested for the workers’ protest earlier…
Margao: CM Pramod Sawant on Friday said that the lifting of hazardous waste lying at the Cuncolim industrial estate for the last two decades would begin from May 1, with Rs 13 crore to be spent on the exercise.Over 50,000 metric tonnes of hazardous waste at the Cuncolim estate is legacy material from Sunrise Zinc…
Gandhinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah are likely to cast their vote in Ahmedabad on April 26 for the upcoming local body elections, party sources said.Modi is a registered voter at a polling booth located at Nishan School in Ranip area, while Shah is a voter in Naranpura area of…
Hisar: In a remarkable story of determination, a visually impaired student secured an impressive 96.8% marks in the Class 10 exams after successfully fighting for permission to write the exam on a laptop.The approval was granted just three days before the exams began.Meghansh Soni, a student of Satluj Public School in Sirsa, battled for over…
Guwahati: Assam advocate general Devajit Saikia on Friday opened state govt’s arguments in the charge-framing hearing before the special fast-track court in the Zubeen Garg death case, saying that the prosecution would take six to seven days to ensure no loopholes are left.Speaking to the media after appearing in court, Saikia said, “Charge-framing hearing has…
Rajkot: Invoking Hindu scriptures that a soul finds peace only after justice is delivered, a court in Bhuj sentenced a 24-year-old man to death for the rape and murder of a 65-year-old woman, observing that a proper and effective judicial decision was necessary for the soul of the deceased to attain liberation. The convict Sachin…
