New Delhi: A court on Wednesday night granted bail to social media influencer ‘The Skin Doctor’, alias Dr Neelam Singh, in a case registered by Delhi Police over a tweet against Priya Kapur, wife of late industrialist Sunjay Kapur.Judicial magistrate first Class Snehil Sharma of Patiala House Courts passed the order around 10pm at his…
Chennai: A 13-year-old boy died after falling from the terrace of his house while flying a kite at Sevilimedu near Kancheepuram on Thursday.The deceased was identified as S Karthi, a resident of West Mada Street in Sevilimedu. Police said the incident occurred when the string of the kite got cut and Karthi ran to retrieve…
Gaya: Gaya airport was opened late on Wednesday night to facilitate the emergency evacuation of a critically ill soldier from the Officers Training Academy (OTA) to Delhi in an Indian Air Force air ambulance.According to airport officials, Gaya airport director and air traffic control (ATC) in-charge Awadhesh Kumar received a late evening call from the…
Rahul Gandhi with newly elected Congress MLAs of West Bengal/Image: ANI If NOTA, or None of the Above, is meant to be a protest button, Bengal’s 2026 assembly election showed a mellowing of that protest. But the same data also flashed a sharper warning, not for TMC or the Left, but for Congress.Across the comparable…
KOLKATA: The West Bengal government on Friday suspended three police officers over alleged “lapses” in the investigation into the RG Kar rape-murder case, Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari claimed.Announcing the decision at the state secretariat, chief minister Suvendu Adhikari said the suspension of former Kolkata police commissioner Vineet Goyal and former deputy commissioners Indira Mukherjee and…
HSRP being fixed in a vehicle in Pune Mumbai: Transport minister Pratap Sarnaik on Thursday announced that it will be mandatory for all vehicles, registered before April 2019, to install High Security Registration Number (HSRP) plates from July 1.The earlier deadline was Dec 31, 2025. However, after reviewing the progress of HSRP installation across the…
New Delhi: One of India’s busiest railway hubs, the New Delhi Railway Station (NDLS), is set to undergo redevelopment soon. As part of the ambitious modernisation plan, nearly 30 trains, including several key Shatabdi Express routes, are expected to be shifted from NDLS to other stations across the capital over the next two to three…
Chennai: City’s nights are no longer offering relief from the heat, even during non-summer months. A new study by Climate Trends found that indoor temperatures in low- and middle-income homes frequently crossed 32C, with some households experiencing nearly eight months — up to 5,800 hours — of continuous heat exposure. Night temperatures rarely fell below…
PATNA: Subodh Singh alias Babua, locked inside a Purnia jail, does not fit the image of a conventional gangster. Soft-spoken and operating mostly from the shadows, the 42-year-old Nalanda native has nevertheless earned notoriety across India as the elusive “Golden Thief” — a man police allege continues to mastermind high-value gold robberies from inside prison…
Dharmendra Pradhan (PTI file photo) NEW DELHI: Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday announced that NEET UG exams will go computer based from next year, while clarifying on the alleged irregularities in the examination, he said that the government has “zero tolerance towards malpractices.“His announcement came days after huge uproar that followed the NEET…
