SC set aside conviction and death sentence of an accused in Rajasthan’s 1996 Samleti bus blast case NEW DELHI: Holding that legitimacy of a judicial verdict is measured not by severity of the punishment but by the fairness of the processes through which guilt is determined, Supreme Court Tuesday set aside the conviction and death…
Their bodies were not found Erosion of Ganga river near Botanical garden. Pix:- Biplab Bhattacharjee Kolkata: Two 18-year-old college students were allegedly pushed into the Hooghly by two ‘friends’ following an argument at Nawabganj Ghat in Ichhapur, North 24-Parganas, on Tuesday afternoon.Police have detained the two accused, Ashutosh Saha, a resident of Hindmotor, and Kushal…
Mumbai: BEST is preparing for a major shift in its bus operations, with plans to gradually move away from dependence on wet-lease buses and build a fleet of 5,000 self-owned vehicles, including a large electric bus component.Speaking to media after a panel meeting on Tuesday, BEST general manager Sonia Sethi said the undertaking currently has…
New Delhi: Delhi Police is probing the use of Bluetooth-aided messaging apps by many who were part of Monday’s ‘Sansad Chalo’ march and allegedly engaged in violence. Cops will write to these service providers to seek details of the users, according to sources.Reports of the use of such a messaging app have rung alarm bells…
A 25-year-old man, an Indian passenger, was arrested at Chennai International Airport after Customs officials seized 4.076 kg of suspected hydroponic ganja, valued at about ₹4 crore, from his checked-in baggage on his arrival from Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, in the wee hours on Monday. A 25-year-old man, an Indian passenger, was arrested at Chennai…
Bettiah: In a bid to strengthen wildlife rescue operations during the monsoon season, a one-day workshop on snake rescue was organised at the forest auditorium in Valmikinagar, located along the Indo-Nepal border in West Champaran district, on Tuesday.The workshop, organised under the aegis of forest division-II of the environment, forest and climate change department, witnessed…
Sanjay Sahay | TNNRanchi: Jharkhand DGP Tadasha Mishra, while attending the eastern region police coordination committee meeting online, stressed joint anti-extremist operations, continuous intelligence sharing and regular coordination at multiple levels to prevent any Maoist upsurge in the region. She said coordinated operations should be intensified along the Jharkhand-Odisha, Jharkhand-West Bengal, Jharkhand-Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand-Bihar borders.Mishra…
Health minister Irfan Ansari chairs the Rims governing body meeting on Tuesday Ranchi: Authorities of Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (Rims) are set to introduce robotic surgery after its governing council on Tuesday approved the proposal and directed officials to expedite the process. The council also cleared the procurement of 200 ventilators and approved a…
Rahul detained by cops; later released Govt: Ready To Discuss NEET Issue In Parl Rahul detained by cops; later released Govt: Ready To Discuss NEET Issue In Parl Rahul detained by cops; later released NEW DELHI: Stepping up their protest over NEET paper leak, senior Congress functionaries, including party chief Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi…
Kolkata: At least three Covid patients—a child and two elderly persons—were currently receiving treatment at two private hospitals in Kolkata, a health department official said. The condition of all three was stable, the official said.Allaying fears, health officials pointed out there was no reason for alarm as SARS-CoV-2 had transitioned into an endemic state, similar…
