Patna: Police arrested four people on Wednesday in connection with the murder of 16-year-old Anshu Kumar, who had gone missing from Mokama in Patna district on March 23 this year.According to police, Anshu was in a relationship with a teenage girl from Modangachi village under Mokama police station area. During enquiries, the girl’s family assured…
NEW DELHI: Clashes, allegations of voter intimidation and technical glitches marked a turbulent start to the first phase of voting in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district.West Bengal phase 1 polls — Follow live updates The tensions began overnight when crude bombs were allegedly hurled near Shivnagar Primary School, injuring at least one person and sparking panic….
Bengal’s first phase of assembly polls sees 3.6 crore voters casting ballots amidst controversy over 27 lakh voter deletions due to ‘logical discrepancies’. Key battles include Suvendu Adhikari, Dilip Ghosh, and Adhir Chowdhury facing tough contests. The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise has significantly impacted voter strength, particularly in Murshidabad and Malda, sparking protests and…
MUMBAI: The Mazgaon metropolitan magistrate’s court on Wednesday rejected the bail application of three accused, including Khaliq Khan, father-in-law of cricketer Yusuf Pathan, in a road rage assault case.Defence advocate Dayanand Dere had argued that both parties have equally assaulted each other and a cross-FIR has also been registered against the complainant and others. He…
New Delhi: Six people, including two children, were injured after an LPG cylinder exploded inside a residential building in northwest Delhi’s Swaroop Nagar on Wednesday afternoon.Delhi Fire Services received a call regarding the incident, which took place in Gali No. 15, around 4pm. Four fire tenders, along with nearly 20 firefighters, were rushed to the…
CHENNAI: Chief minister M K Stalin, TVK president C Joseph Vijay and other prominent politicians cast their votes at their respective polling booths across the state. Tamil Nadu Chief Electoral Officer Archana Patnaik cast her vote at a special booth at TAISHA in Virugambakkam. Stalin, along with Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin and family members,…
Patna: In a move aimed at improving monitoring and transparency of rural infrastructure projects, the state govt has decided to install LED television screens in all district collectorates under the Chief Minister’s Rural Solar Light Scheme. The screens will display real-time information on the operational status of solar-powered street lights installed across gram panchayats.According to…
After five weeks of intense campaigning by four contending sides in Tamil Nadu, one question remains: will the disruptor help the incumbent, the opposition or himself? Conventional analyses still give the M K Stalin-led Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA) an edge over Edappadi K Palaniswami’s National Democratic Alliance (NDA), but the vote share of Vijay’s TVK…
Several people injured as unidentified people hurled crude bomb in Nowda, Murshidabad district MURSHIDABAD: Tension gripped Nowda in Murshidabad district during polling in the West Bengal assembly election after unidentified persons allegedly hurled a crude bomb, leaving several people injured, as reported by news agency PTI. According to initial reports, the explosion occurred amid voting…
Mumbai: Initial findings in the BCom paper leak case at the University of Mumbai point to a breach within its own campus, with question papers allegedly accessed at the Institute of Open and Distance Learning by temporary staff. Even as an internal inquiry gathers pace, a university-appointed committee is now overseeing the remaining examinations to…
