Bengal-speaking Malda man stabbed in Madhya Pradesh (Representative image) MALDA: A Malda man was stabbed in Madhya Pradesh, with his family alleging he was targeted for speaking Bengali. Syed Sk (37), a resident of Paharpur village , had been working as a cloth vendor in MP’s Sagar for nine years. On Feb 19, he was…
Vasai: A 31-year-old was stabbed and beaten to death on Friday night in Nalasopara (W). Police have arrested one, while teams have been formed to trace the remaining. In the FIR, five have been named — Roshan Singh, Jagan Mehndi, Sunil Malusare, Suraj Singh, Tinkle Mishra, with at least four other unknown accused. The victim…
NEW DELHI: The Red Fort and the Delhi secretariat received bomb threats on Monday, prompting security agencies to launch search operations.According to the Delhi Fire Service, the Delhi Secretariat received a bomb threat via email. “The fire department received the call at 12 noon, after which teams were sent to the spot. Nothing has been…
Chennai: A 32-year-old woman died by suicide after jumping in front of a suburban electric train between Singaperumal Koil and Paranur railway stations on Saturday night, following a family dispute. The deceased was identified as Anusuya, wife of Rajadurai, a native of Tiruvarur district. According to police, the couple argued frequently. On Saturday at 9pm,…
Patna: Muzaffarpur police on Sunday claimed to have solved a theft committed on Feb 9 at a ply factory in Sidhoul under Garaha OP. Two members of an inter-district gang were arrested in this connection. The accused had stolen 51 aluminium plates and other valuables from the factory. Acting on a complaint by factory owner…
Jamshedpur: The Dalma forest division organised a trekking event on Sunday for students to educate them about wildlife and the challenges faced by the forest in the present times.The five-km-long trek on the scenic landscape of Dalma witnessed an encouraging response, with 150 students of Karima City College (KCC) and Jamshedpur Co-operative College (JCC) taking…
Hazaribag: The district election officer-cum-DC Shashi Prakash Singh and SP Anjani Anjan on Sunday inspected the dispatch centre set up at St Columba’s College to review preparedness as polling for the Hazaribag Municipal Corporation election is scheduled for Monday.During the inspection, the DC interacted with the polling personnel and took stock of arrangements related to…
Tejas jet (file photo used for representative purposes) NEW DELHI: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) on Monday dismissed reports of any ‘major damage’ to a Tejas jet of the Indian Air Force (IAF), calling it a “minor technical incident on ground”.Refuting the earlier reports it said, “HAL acknowledges the recent media reports on the LCA Tejas…
Kolkata: “Joy Maa Kali” —Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s letter sent out to Bengal voters ahead of assembly polls begins with this greeting, marking a deliberate shift in BJP’s political messaging as the party attempts to shed its “outsider” tag in the state.Until recently, BJP’s Bengal campaigns maintained “Jai Shree Ram” chants popular in northern and…
Mumbai: As the budget session gets underway without a leader of the opposition (LoP) in both Houses for the first time in many years, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday said MVA must move a no-confidence motion against assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar. He alleged that the assembly is being run in an arbitrary…
