The rainfall was concentrated mainly over south Mumbai and parts of the western suburbs during the early morning hours. MUMBAI: Rain lashed parts of Mumbai on Monday morning, bringing relief from humid conditions and drenching several areas after weeks of a largely dry spell.Between 6am and 7am, the island city received an average rainfall of…
NEW DELHI: In a cramped one-room EWS flat in Bawana, surrounded by cracked walls and fading light, Ishamuddin Khan sits among ropes, wooden flutes, baskets and worn-out magic props that once travelled the world with him. Three decades ago, the Delhi street magician stunned audiences after performing the legendary Great Indian Rope Trick, earning international…
Tragedy struck a seafood processing unit in Tiruvallur as an ammonia gas leak claimed five lives by Monday morning CHENNAI: The death toll in the ammonia gas leak at a private seafood processing unit in Tiruvallur district has risen to five, with three more fatalities reported by 7 am on Monday, according to a Health…
Patna: CM Samrat Choudhary on Sunday flagged off the Khatipura (Jaipur)-Darbhanga Amrit Bharat Express through videoconferencing from Lok Sevak Awas in Patna.The inaugural programme was also held at Khatipura in Jaipur, where Rajasthan CM Bhajan Lal Sharma and railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw flagged off the train.Describing the launch as a historic moment for Bihar, Choudhary…
Cockroach Janta Party’s protest on NEET UG fiasco NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke on Monday called for the immediate restoration of water supply at the protest site at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar. The newly formed pressure group has been staging a sit-in there over the NEET-UG paper leak issue.As the protest entered…
KOLKATA: Parents of the RG Kar rape-murder victim have now alleged that Abesh Banerjee, a doctor and nephew of former CM Mamata Banerjee, was involved in efforts to conceal evidence after the crime. They have demanded that the CBI summon and question him as part of its ongoing probe.The allegations surfaced a day after the…
MUMBAI: Shiv Sena (UBT) on Monday hit out at the BJP over the alleged irregularities in donations at the Ayodhya Ram Temple, claiming the alleged “robbery” reflected a complete breakdown of law and order.In an editorial published in its mouthpiece Saamana, the party accused the BJP of “looting” the Ram Temple and also targeted Union…
Bijender’s mother claimed that several members of her family had been targeted in the past, but no action was taken. NEW DELHI: A 50-year-old mentally challenged man died after being assaulted and stabbed allegedly by some residents near his jhuggi in Shalimar Bagh, northwest Delhi, on the intervening night of June 19 and 20.Police has…
A three-member committee comprising the director of industrial safety and health, the member-secretary of the Pollution Control Board, and the additional director of public health has been constituted to submit a preliminary report within 24 hours and a detailed report within three days on the ammonia leak at a seafood export firm on Sunday.Chief minister…
Preliminary investigations indicated that some impostors may have been allowed entry without completing biometric verification, raising questions about the agency’s role. (Representative image) PATNA: Nine impostors were caught appearing in the NEET-UG re-examination for genuine candidates at three centres in Lakhisarai on Sunday.Officials said seven impostors were detected at Kendriya Vidyalaya, while one each was…
