Gumla: Five of a family, including three children, were killed and four others were critically injured after the SUV in which they were travelling hit a tree near Agharma village in Simdega district on Thursday, police said.The deceased were identified as Mohammad Mustafa, 58, a resident of Rahat Nagar in Lohardaga district, his wife, Guldam…
NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah on Thursday said the entire northeast region, barring one or two states, may be out of purview of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act by next year.Speaking at the signing of a tripartite memorandum of understanding (MoU) among the Centre, Govt of Assam and Govt of Nagaland for oil…
Kolkata: With the India-Oman Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) coming into force from June 1, eastern India’s first consignment of gold jewellery, valued at around Rs 4.5 crore, was shipped from Kolkata to Muscat on Thursday. The CEPA agreement has allowed duty-free access for Indian gold jewellery and diamonds in the Omani market.Oman has a…
A grab of the viral assault video Thane: The investigation into the assault on 70-year-old Sarosh Dastur, who had objected to an app-based cab driver spitting on a public road in Thane, has gathered pace with transport authorities considering action against the accused, Nishant Shukla.“We are examining the legal findings and may initiate proceedings to…
New Delhi: Nearly four years after the forest department imposed a Rs 5.9-crore penalty on Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA) for the alleged illegal removal of 990 trees at the Bijwasan project site in Dwarka, Central Empowered Committee (CEC) and the forest department have granted permission to the authority to transplant or fell 1,254 trees…
Preliminary inquiries revealed that the deceased was aged around 30. Chennai: A guest worker died by suicide at a construction site in Porur on Thursday after slitting his throat using a power saw.According to police, construction work was underway at a house in Subbaiah Nagar, Ayyappanthangal, near Porur. A group of workers engaged in shuttering…
Patna: Bihar deputy CM Bijendra Prasad Yadav received an abusive and threatening phone call from an unidentified person who allegedly contacted him on the pretext of booking a parcel. The incident took place on June 5.According to officials, the caller initially posed as someone seeking assistance with a parcel booking before repeatedly abusing and threatening…
Ranchi: During the 11th governing council meeting of the Niti Aayog in Delhi on Thursday, chief minister Hemant Soren raised key financial and policy demands before the Centre, demanding expedited release of Rs 6,000 crore under the Jal Jeevan Mission and settlement of Rs 1.36 lakh crore in dues in the form of royalties from…
Times News NetworkBokaro: A senior staff member of a prominent private school in Bokaro was killed while her husband and daughter sustained critical injuries in a road accident on lake road under the City police station area late on Wednesday.The deceased, Babita Kumari (51), who worked in the school’s health department, succumbed to injuries during…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the chief ministers of Karnataka, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, and Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. The meeting was held on the sidelines of the 11th Niti Aayog Governing Council Meet, in New Delhi.The leaders held talks on a range of topics, including state affairs. Some of them also congratulated…
