Devotees offer prayers at a Shiva temple in Patna on Monday Patna: Hundreds of devotees carrying holy Ganga water thronged Shiva temples across Patna on the first Somwari of Shrawan month, with chants of “Om Namah Shivay”, “Har Har Mahadev” and “Bol Bam” reverberating through temple premises from the early hours of Monday.Devotees performed Jalabhishek…
Air India flight from Phuket to Delhi experienced turbulence-related event during cruise. (Photo: TOI) NEW DELHI: Some passengers and crew members onboard Air India’s Phuket-Delhi flight (AI 2379) suffered injuries when the aircraft encountered turbulence during descent at the destination on Tuesday morning, causing a sudden drop in altitude.An AI with medical support received the…
SIR roadblock for IIT Kanpur aspirant Kolkata: More than a month has passed since the Calcutta High Court requested the SIR appellate tribunal to dispose of IIT Kanpur PhD aspirant’s plea to restore his name on the voter list, preferably within a week. But Md Ayan Nawaz (25) from Murshidabad still continued to wait for…
The opposition questioned the expenditure, while the ruling BJP accused the opposition of going back on a decision that had been taken unanimously by all political parties. MUMBAI: After BMC’s proposal to replace Mahindra Scorpio SUVs allotted to key political office-bearers in the civic body with six new Toyota Innovas ran into a controversy, MNS…
NEW DELHI: Terming Delhi as “nation’s laboratory for judicial innovation” Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Monday inaugurated 13 dedicated special courts to try cases under anti-terror, narcotics and organised crime laws. CJI Kant hoped the courts would help ensure timely justice and strengthen the criminal justice system’s ability to deal with increasingly complex…
Udhayanidhi Stalin was taken into custody by police in connection with his alleged remarks CHENNAI: DMK leader and Tamil Nadu Assembly Leader of Opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin smiled and waved at supporters as police escorted him into custody on Tuesday in connection with an FIR over his alleged remarks during a rally on the Cauvery water…
A Pocso accused fled after his handcuffs were removed inside the courtroom for the proceedings Patna: An undertrial prisoner accused in a Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (Pocso) case escaped from police custody during a court hearing in Samastipur district on Monday.Roshan alias Sajan (20), son of Vijay Singh and a resident of…
Tamil Nadu LoP Udhayanidhi Stalin NEW DELHI: DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin on Tuesday reacted strongly to his detention over an alleged “distasteful double-meaning remark” made during a protest against the Vijay-led government in Tamil Nadu. The remark was made in response to the public chant of an actress’s name at a gathering in Thanjavur.Udhayanidhi, himself…
Kolkata: The state’s anti-corruption wing is being reorganised, with three IPS officers from the state intelligence branch (IB) being transferred there.In a notification issued on Monday, the govt said, Muralidhar, currently an IG in the intelligence branch, has been assigned to the new role. Along with him, IB DIG Akash Magharia and special superintendent Kamnashis…
Bhiwandi: A 31-year-old jawan attached to the Thane Disaster Response Force (TDRF) died in a road accident allegedly caused by a large pothole on the Mumbai-Nashik Highway in Shahapur taluka on Monday, marking the second pothole-related fatality in Thane district within two days.The deceased, identified as Vikas Lahu Gore, a resident of Bamne village in…
