NEW DELHI: More than six years after the 2020 northeast Delhi riots rocked the capital, a special court recorded the first murder conviction in the violence, holding then Aam Aadmi Party councillor Tahir Hussain guilty of killing Intelligence Bureau (IB) staffer Ankit Sharma.Additional sessions judge Parveen Kumar Singh, presiding over a specially designated court in…
CHENNAI: A guest worker was killed, and four others sustained severe burn injuries after a boiler exploded at a steel melting unit in the SIPCOT Industrial Estate in Gummidipoondi on Tuesday.The four injured workers suffered serious burn injuries and were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment. The explosion triggered panic among workers in the…
Patna: With urban constituencies traditionally recording lower voter participation, the Patna district administration has intensified efforts to encourage people to cast their ballots in the upcoming Bankipur assembly byelection. A comprehensive voter awareness campaign has been launched with special focus on polling stations that witnessed poor turnout in previous elections.Patna district magistrate-cum-district election officer Kundan…
Dumka: Two teenage cousins were killed and three others sustained injuries in a head-on collision between two bikes on NH-114A near Sabejor in Deoghar district on Sunday evening, police said on Monday.The deceased were identified as 17-year-old Vikas Soren and 18-year-old Pradeep Soren, both residents of Medinisarai village under Budhai police station limits. The injured…
Tourists at Jonha Falls near Ranchi Ranchi: Swollen waterfalls, overflowing dams and lush green landscapes have ushered in the monsoon tourism season across Jharkhand, drawing hundreds of visitors every weekend. But a spate of drowning incidents in the past few days has once again exposed glaring safety gaps at some of the state’s most popular…
National Medical Commission (TNN) NEW DELHI: Medical colleges will no longer be allowed to seek approval to increase MBBS seats while their hospitals or academic buildings are still under construction, under draft amendments proposed by the National Medical Commission (NMC).The draft regulations require institutions to have all prescribed infrastructure and statutory approvals before applying. Temporary…
Kolkata: The Bengal Gas Co Ltd (BGCL) has begun supplying piped natural gas (PNG) in Chandernagore, the second town after Kalyani in the KMDA area. The supply started on July 10, and the company aims to provide 500 connections in the next two months, officials said.“We began supplying PNG in Chandernagore last week. We have…
Mumbai: The chargesheet in the Goregaon drugs case, in which two MBA students died in April, has alleged that 2,800 Ecstasy pills were sent to Mumbai via international courier, concealed inside a midi dress, by a German national in Feb. This parcel and, subsequently, another consignment of 1,000 Ecstasy pills were allegedly ordered from the…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi Police constable allegedly stopped his scooter on a road in east Delhi, pulled out his service pistol and shot his wife dead following a heated argument early on Monday. The deceased, Priyanka Bhati, a computer science teacher at a private school, and husband Manish (32), lived at East Vinod Nagar.The incident…
Chennai: A DMK functionary was injured after three unidentified youngsters attacked him with knives near his house in Tondiarpet on Sunday.The victim, Raja, 46, deputy secretary of a DMK ward in Netaji Nagar near Tondiarpet was standing near his house and chatting with his neighbour Ganesh, when the attack took place, police said.Three men arrived…
