Patna: An eight-year-old girl, on her way to school for her half-yearly examination, was crushed to death by a sand-laden truck in Samastipur district on Tuesday morning, shortly before her exam was due to begin.The accident took place around 8am near the DAV School turn on Samastipur-Musrigharari road. The deceased was identified as Shreya Kumari,…
Omar praises Centre for Brics NEW DELHI: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday heaped praise on the foreign policy of PM Narendra Modi-led Centre and recently held Beics Summit in Delhi. Omar Abdullah said the Brics declaration condemning Pakistan-backed Pahalgam terror attack was a major diplomatic win.J&K CM remarks came after India…
Kolkata: Kolkata has emerged as one of the weakest performers among India’s biggest cities in the Centre’s latest clean-air assessment, even as industrial Haldia has produced Bengal’s standout result by breaking into the national top five in its population category.In the Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan 2026, Kolkata scored 142.2 points, the second-lowest score among the 48…
New Delhi: Taking a dim view of a plea claiming that people may still be buried under the debris of the building that collapsed in Satya Niketan on Sept 6, Delhi High Court Monday refused to urgently list the matter, which also raised concerns over Municipal Corporation of Delhi’s decision to demolish an adjoining building…
DMK leaders A Raja and P K Sekar Babu CHENNAI: Police have registered cases under various legal provisions against senior DMK leaders A Raja and P K Sekar Babu over alleged defamatory remarks against Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay during recent party demonstrations, an official said on Tuesday.Besides DMK deputy general secretary Raja…
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut claims a political conspiracy targets the Thackeray family NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Tuesday alleged that mentioning Aaditya Thackeray in the CBI’s FIR in the Disha Salian death case is part of a “political conspiracy” to tarnish the image of the Thackeray family.Speaking to reporters,…
Circular for Jadavpur University Kolkata: Students or any person found on the Jadavpur University campus without legitimate reason and permission after 8 pm would be treated as trespassers and appropriate legal action would be taken against them, said new acting registrar Debajit Dutta on Monday. A circular, signed by him, mentioned only evening course students,…
The emails reportedly claimed that blasts would target courts and police stations in the national capital (File photo) NEW DELHI: Several schools in Delhi received bomb threats via email on Tuesday, prompting security checks and searches across the affected premises.The threat email, reportedly sent in Punjabi, claimed that blasts would target courts and police stations…
Patna: With the Ganga, Kosi, Barandi and Kari Kosi rivers rising, the Katihar district administration and health department have started using boat ambulances to take healthcare services to people stranded in flood-affected areas.Around 8.80 lakh people in the district have been affected by the floods, making access to hospitals difficult for thousands of families. With…
The screening was recently postponed by the organisers, who cited security and administrative reasons. NEW DELHI: Karnataka Congress president BK Hariprasad on Tuesday hit out at the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) over its demand for the permanent cancellation of a proposed documentary screening on jailed activist Umar Khalid at the National Law School of…
