Patna: Three minor boys drowned while bathing in a tributary of the Kosi-Mechi river in Purnia district on Wednesday afternoon. The victims, all residents of Shankar Chowk Mahadalit Tola under Dhamdaha police station area, were swept into deep waters and strong currents near Bhavesa Dhar and could not be rescued in time.The deceased were identified…
Kharge loses cool in RS over Haldwani hawan; Nadda condemns ritual NEW DELHI: Congress president and leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday raised the alleged “purification” of a Haldwani ground after his rally, questioning whether such an act was compatible with democracy and constitutional values.Kharge said a hawan was conducted…
Kolkata: Members of Nationalist Students’ Front (NSF), a right-wing students’ organisation, plans to screen Vivek Agnihotri’s ‘Bengal Files’, based on the 1946 Great Calcutta Killings, at the Triguna Sen auditorium at JU on Sunday. Left-leaning students’ organisations objected to the screening, saying the film could disrupt the campus harmony, and urged the university authorities to…
Mumbai: The Shivaji Park police last week filed the chargesheet against BEST bus driver Vikas Padave for driving the bus very rashly and at a high speed before it rammed into multiple vehicles, killing a delivery boy and injuring several near Plaza theatre in Dadar (W).In the chargesheet, police dismissed Padave’s claim that there was…
Boat Club lawns were Delhi’s primary protest venue until the early 1990s. By: Shivani KashyapAfter central Delhi was stalled for close to a week during the CJP agitation over alleged NEETirregularities in July, Jantar Mantar came into focus for a different reason when Delhi HighCourt, responding to a plea, wondered if the site in the…
Health dept intensifies surveillance across TN Chennai: With fever cases surging across Tamil Nadu following the seasonal rains, the health department has stepped up surveillance and ordered the setting up of dedicated fever wards in govt hospitals to manage the influx of patients and prevent severe cases.Health officials said cases of dengue, chikungunya, typhoid, leptospirosis…
Patna: The Crime Investigation Department (CID) will soon submit its report on the murder of Chandeshwar Choudhary at Jogiya village in Rohtas district and the violence that followed, Police Headquarters said on Wednesday. A CID team has already inspected the crime spot and launched an independent probe given the sensitivity of the case. Chandeshwar was…
The Bharat Audyogik Vikas Yojana Rasayan (BHAVYA Rasayan) scheme, announced in the Union Budget for 2026-27, was cleared by the Cabinet chaired by PM Modi. NEW DELHI: The Centre has formally notified the BHAVYA Rasayan scheme to establish three greenfield chemical parks across the country, paving the way for states to compete for projects aimed…
A still from a video footage showing irked flyers Kolkata: Passengers of an Air India Express flight headed to Chennai staged a protest at Kolkata airport on Wednesday after the flight was delayed by nearly six hours due to a technical fault. The flight was scheduled to depart at 6.30 am with about 170 passengers….
Mumbai: The Maharashtra Protection of Interest of Depositors (MPID) court granted bail to UK businessman Nishit Patel, an accused arrested for cheating actor Javed Jaffery and his wife of Rs .Judge Vikram R. Jagdale allowed Patel’s bail application after noting that while a specific role had been attributed to him in the alleged offence, the…
