Three men stole a 1.4kg gold bar from a gold melting and testing centre in Sowcarpet. Chennai: Three men, who stole a 1.4kg gold bar from a gold-melting and testing centre in Sowcarpet and assaulted the unit’s manager, were arrested on Thursday. Police, who recovered the gold within hours of the burglary, are on the…
Sasaram: A domestic dispute allegedly over cooking food turned fatal in Kaimur district on Wednesday evening when a man allegedly shot dead his wife before turning the firearm on himself in an apparent suicide attempt. The woman died on the spot, while the accused remains in a critical condition and is undergoing treatment at a…
Ranchi: The Jharkhand high court has declared that bhaang (cannibis) is not prohibited under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and therefore, does not carry any punishment under the Act.The court of Justice Pradeep Kumar Srivastava, while hearing an appeal filed by one Sunil Singh, cancelled the order of conviction passed against him to…
Dumka: Letters threatening bomb attacks at the Dumka and Godda district courts prompted police to intensify vigil on Thursday.A purported letter addressed to the District and Sessions Judge of Dumka was sent via speedpost, warning of an attack on the Dumka court premises. The letter, written in Bengali, also contained the names of two individuals…
NEW DELHI: The Centre has widened its scrutiny of messaging platforms with username-based communication, with the ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) issuing notices to Telegram and Signal days after directing WhatsApp to justify its proposed username feature and pause its rollout in India.According to sources quoted by PTI, the notices to Telegram and…
Kolkata: Mystery shrouds the death of a 22-year-old bride-to-be whose body was found floating in a pond at Habra on Thursday evening just 10 days before her wedding. The body of the deceased, Mridula Saha, was found floating in a pond at Joygachhi Srinagar area in Habra. The incident has sparked widespread speculation over whether…
Mumbai: BMC’s executive health officer Daksha Shah has directed the Medical Officers of Health (MOH) of all wards to cancel birth correction entries that were carried out without receipt of the prescribed applications and/or without adequate supporting documents.The order stated that such correction entries are required to be cancelled in accordance with the provisions of…
Stone-pelting on Indian trains is a growing menace, with thousands of incidents reported annually. A passenger is injured after a stone crashes through a train window. An alert loco pilot spots an iron pipe on the tracks seconds before disaster. A low-intensity blast damages a freight corridor, triggering a multi-agency investigation.Different states. Different methods. But…
COIMBATORE: Businesses will face severe setbacks if a new airport is not built in Tamil Nadu in the next five years, CII southern region president P Ravichandran has said. If a new airport is not possible, the govt can also think about expanding the airport at Meenambakkam in Chennai to cater to the increasing traffic,…
Patna: In a bid to support the educational aspirations of sanitation workers’ children, Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Thursday organised a special counselling session for 75 students selected under its Mission Udaan initiative, offering guidance for competitive examinations such as UPSC, BPSC, NEET and JEE.At the session, held at Maurya Mandapam in the Maurya Lok…
