Children continue to fall into unprotected borewells across India NEW DELHI: In 2006, a six-year-old boy named Prince captured the nation’s attention after falling into a 60-foot-deep borewell in Haryana’s Kurukshetra district. Nearly 50 hours later, after a painstaking rescue operation involving the Indian Army, he was pulled out alive.Nearly two decades later, children continue…
Patna: A director of a private residential school in Jamui’s Town police station area has been accused by hostel students of inappropriate behaviour inside his office.The allegations surfaced after some hostel students reportedly informed their families about the alleged incidents, following which several parents reached the school on Sunday and created a commotion. A Dial-112…
MMCH deputy superintendent Dr Vijay Kumar Singh alleged that the hospital’s login credentials were misused and the registrar’s digital signature was fraudulently used Daltonganj: The registrar of births and deaths at Medinirai Medical College and Hopsital, Daltonganj, has cancelled 33 birth certificates allegedly issued using forged admit and discharge tickets showing mothers and newborns as…
AIMIM chief Owaisi opposes Shah’s 2029 UCC deadline, says BJP allies must speak up NEW DELHI: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday hit back at Union home minister Amit Shah’s announcement that BJP-led NDA governments in 21 states would implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) before 2029, questioning whether the BJP’s allies had an independent…
The body of BJP worker Astik Chandra Das was exhumed from the ground at Sandeshkhali on Sunday for fresh post-mortem, five years after he was allegedly killed in 2021 post-poll violence Kolkata: Five years after a 40-year-old BJP worker was allegedly killed in post-poll violence at Sandeshkhali in North 24-Parganas, his body was exhumed from…
Mumbai: Indian Coast Guard intercepted a vessel suspected of diesel smuggling near Mumbai during a midnight raid, seizing illicit liquor and concealed cash on Thursday. Six people aboard the vessel were arrested and handed over to Yellow Gate police in Mumbai for further investigation. A joint investigation is under way to uncover the smuggling network,…
Young boys practice at the corporation football playground at Mullai Nagar, Vyasarpadi in Chennai | C Suresh Kumar Chennai: Sports infrastructure in chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s Perambur constituency is set for a boost, with tenders floated for two facilities at a combined cost of about ₹62.82 lakh under constituency development funds.At Mayor Krishnamurthy Nagar,…
RJD national working president Tejashwi Prasad Yadav addresses a press conference in Patna on Sunday Patna: RJD working president and leader of opposition in the state assembly Tejashwi Prasad Yadav on Sunday accused the NDA govt at the Centre of adopting a “discriminatory policy” towards flood-hit Bihar and its more than 45-lakh affected people across…
India has approved a proposal to supply power to Nepal India has approved the export of up to 654 MW of electricity to Nepal for 18 hours a day until December 31, following devastating floods that damaged hydropower infrastructure and sharply reduced the Himalayan nation’s domestic generation capacity, the Ministry of Power said on Monday.The…
Emergency landing at Kolkata airport (Image for representational purpose) Kolkata: A Paris-Bangkok-New Caledonia flight operated by Aircalin made an emergency landing at Kolkata airport on Sunday after the pilot detected a technical glitch while the aircraft was flying over the city. Flight SB 501, carrying 268 passengers and 12 crew members, had taken off from…
