Chennai: A man was electrocuted while attempting to close a window, when a portion of the window frame came in contact with a nearby transformer, at Maraimalai Nagar on Thursday night. The deceased, R Rajkumar, 26, from Arasur in Villupuram district, was staying on the first floor of a house on Silappathikaram Street in Maraimalai…
This Saturday, Dumraon will come alive with the Ustad Bismillah Khan Mahotsav, a vibrant tribute to the legendary shehnai maestro on his birth anniversary. Buxar: A music concert will be organised in Dumraon on Saturday to mark the birth anniversary of world-renowned shehnai maestro and Bharat Ratna awardee Ustad Bismillah Khan.The event, Ustad Bismillah Khan…
Ranchi: The body of a 22-year-old girl was found from the Dhurwa dam in the city under the Nagri police station limits, on Thursday. The girl has been identified as Nimisha Jha, a student of Birla Institute of Technology’s Lalpur campus.Praveen Kumar, in charge of Nagri police station, said that the preliminary investigation has suggested…
DALTONGANJ: A botched tooth extraction procedure by a quack, who was allegedly running a dental clinic, killed a 29-year-old woman at Harihurganj in Palamu district on Tuesday, police said.Sources said Bijayanti Devi from Bihar’s Kutumba police station limits visited the clinic run by Ashraf Ali along with her husband, Mukesh, on Tuesday. Harihurganj borders Bihar.“The…
GUWAHATI: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday released its first list of 88 candidates for the upcoming Assam Assembly elections, scheduled for April 9, 2026. The party has held back one name for Sissiborgaon constituency.One of the biggest highlights of the announcement is the inclusion of Pradyut Bordoloi, the former Congress MP who joined the…
Jalpaiguri: Within 48 hours of the Election Commission (EC) declaring Bengal polls, Alipurduar police seized Rs 2.75 lakh cash from a couple travelling in an Assam registered car on Wednesday afternoon.According to norms, individuals are not allowed to carry cash exceeding Rs 50,000 once elections are declared.Biken Ishwarari and his wife had travelled to Alipurduar…
Quick-thinking resident foiled a kidnapping attempt in Vikhroli’s Damodar Park. MUMBAI: The presence of mind shown by a resident prevented a man from kidnapping two minor girls from a housing society in Vikhroli. Mohammad Zakaria Qamar Naeem Shamsi (21), a resident of Damodar Park, Maitri Co-operative Housing Society, who helped police arrest Suraj Prasad Banwasi,…
TN challenges ‘industry’ tag for temples in SC (Representative image) NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious & Charitable Endowments Commissioner questioned the expansive definition of ‘industry’ settled by Supreme Court in 1978 , saying how it can cover temples when most of them are maintained from the surplus money generated from donations received by a…
Section 17 lands in O’Valley in Gudalur region in the Nilgiris in Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu govt’s delay in implementing Section 17 of the Gudalur Janmam Estates (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) Act, 1969, which has lasted about six decades, has led to widespread encroachments, including along elephant corridors in O’Valley within the Gudalur taluk…
Patna: Animesh Kumar Parashar, managing director of Bihar Urban Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (Buidco), has instructed officials to complete key drainage projects, including Nandlal Chapra pumping station and Yogipur drain connection, by March. This system will link the Yogipur drain to a new station near Bhootnath Metro, diverting excess water and reducing pressure on Pahari…
