Bokaro: Seven girls fell ill after allegedly consuming a wild fruit at Phulwari Tola in Bokaro district on Sunday.Family members rushed them to the Bermo Sub-Divisional Hospital for treatment, with doctos stating their condition is stable.Locals said the girls were playing near a house when they ate a wild fruit called ‘bhandariya phal’. Soon after,…
CitylightsCongress mins stage protestIn an unusual show of dissent, Congress MLAs – despite sitting on the treasury benches – held a protest in the state assembly seeking cancellation of NDA-supported Rajya Sabha candidate Parimal Nathwani’s nomination. The legislators claimed they were barred from meeting the returning officer and accused assembly officials of taking bribes and…
NEW DELHI: New initiatives to strengthen Bihar’s inland fisheries ecosystem will be launched with the laying of foundation stones for an integrated aqua park at Bhojpur and a national fisheries development board regional centre in Patna Monday.“These initiatives aim to strengthen Bihar’s inland fisheries ecosystem through modern technologies, scientific resource management, employment generation and value…
New Delhi/Kolkata: Twenty rebel Trinamool MPs informed Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Sunday that they will merge with a relatively unknown party from Tripura— Nationalist Citizens’ Party of India (NCPI) — and urged him to allot them a separate sitting block in Lok Sabha along with the NDA parties.The merger will make NCPI, whose…
Mumbai: More than 1,400 clerical staff of all RTOs and border check posts across the state will be on an indefinite pen-down strike from June 16 for their list of demands, including pending promotions, which have been denied to them for the past four years. This could impact RTO-related work in Mumbai and the rest…
New Delhi: Delhi saw little relief even as it recorded below-normal maximum temperature Sunday as high humidity levels made outdoor conditions more uncomfortable.The “feels-like” temperature crossed 42.5 degrees Celsius while actual temperature was 38 degrees Celsius at 2:30 pm. At 39.1 degrees Celsius, Ridge was the hottest area of the city. Met has forecast a…
Rohit Ravi, managing director, The Residency Hotels Chennai: Hospitality group The Residency Hotels is investing Rs 600 crore over the next three years to set up three new luxury hotels in South India. The expansion comes even as the company is developing two hotels in Mysuru and a second property in the Maldives.“An investment of…
Begusarai: Police on Sunday arrested a 28-year-old youth on charges of creating sexually explicit deepfakes of innocent girls and sharing it on social media. The accused, identified as Kumar Sankrit, was arrested from his residence at Khajekalan in Patna City.Begusarai cyber DSP Imran Ahmad said Sankrit used to save pictures of innocent girls available on…
Around a dozen people were detained from different areas on Saturday Dhanbad: A special police drive against unnecessary public gatherings and anti-social activities led to the detention of more than a dozen people across the district on Saturday night. Several individuals were also found consuming liquor at public places, prompting legal action by the police.The…
Hazaribag: A 14-year-old boy, Deepak Mirdha, died after his motorcycle went out of control and rammed into a pillar near Paseria village on Urimari road under Barkagaon block.Deepak, a resident of Koylang Nimiyatola village under Talswar Panchayat, sustained serious injuries in the crash, while another youth riding pillion was also injured. He was first taken…
