KOLKATA: For 50-year-old Benji, the anguish of disenfranchisement has brought with it the heartbreak of being orphaned again.An orphan from Kerala, his home for the past 27 years has been his employer’s family in Beleghata. But the Election Commission’s diktat has severed his ‘formal’ link with octogenarian Padmarani Baral, who he considers his mother. During…
Navi Mumbai: A 21-year-old woman was found brutally murdered at a residency lodge in Lonere located along Mumbai-Goa highway in Mangaon taluka of Raigad district on April 20 afternoon. A case has been filed under BNS sections for murder along with rape, and under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989….
NEW DELHI: Raghu Rai, one of India’s most celebrated photographers who captured the country’s many shades through his lens, passed away at a private hospital here in the early hours of Sunday. He was 83.“Dad was diagnosed with prostate cancer two years ago but he was cured. Then it spread to the stomach, that too…
CHENNAI: The Election Commission on Saturday revised Tamil Nadu’s April 23 voting percentage to 85.10%, down from the earlier estimate of 85.15%, a decrease of 0.05%. This marginal correction accounts for 28,672 voters, pegging the current state total at 4.87 crore votes. The ECI is yet to release the final polling data and the provisional…
Patna: A 14-year-old boy was detained on Friday for allegedly raping a four-year-old girl in a rented house in Patna district. The families of the victim and the accused live in the same building in separate portions.According to police, the incident occurred when the child’s mother briefly stepped out for shopping, leaving the girl alone…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday expressed relief over the safety of US President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump and vice president JD Vance after a shooting incident at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.“Relieved to learn that President Trump, the First Lady and Vice President are safe and unharmed following the recent…
Clashes broke out between supporters of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Kolkata’s Bhabanipur area on Saturday. KOLKATA: Clashes broke out between supporters of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Kolkata’s Bhabanipur area on Saturday.Police and Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel to intervene and separate…
Rs 299 dress deal costs Mumbai nurse Rs 1 lakh in online scam (Representative image) MUMBAI: Lured by a heavily discounted online offer, a nurse at a private hospital in Mumbai ended up losing Rs 1 lakh in a fraud linked to a fake dress sale, police said. As per preliminary investigation, the fraud was…
New Delhi: Three separate fire incidents were reported from different parts of the city on Saturday, damaging property and leaving several families distressed. No casualties were reported in any of the incidents.The first and most severe blaze gutted nearly 100 jhuggis in a JJ cluster at Shakur Basti in west Delhi. Police said a call…
Chennai: The lack of regular maintenance of the electricity distribution network has begun to show on the ground, with several neighbourhoods facing repeated interruptions in power supply.Incidents of transformers bursting, fires in pillar boxes and tripping of feeders have increased, resulting in frequent and prolonged power cuts and an unreliable supply, after the Tamil Nadu…
