Dhanbad: At least four workers were allegedly buried alive under coal slurry at the Munidih coal washery operated by Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) in the district on Saturday, sources said.Sources said that the incident took place when coal slurry was being loaded onto trucks by workers. Several other workers are suspected to be trapped…
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday lashed out at Bharatiya Janata Party and Election Commission after fresh polling was announced in the Falta assembly constituency following reports of “severe electoral offences and subversion of the democratic process” during the second phase of polling on April 29.Reacting to BJP leader Amit Malviya’s social…
Kolkata: Booth-level officers finally got a breather from their “out of syllabus” work, after slogging for 176 days ever since the SIR exercise was rolled out. But BLOs pointed out that they were yet to receive their ‘release order’ from the EC though their assignments ended with the conclusion of the two-phase Assembly elections. “Now…
MUMBAI: The trial in the attempted murder of actor Salman Khan commenced recently before the special MCOCA court, with the testimony of a private security guard who submitted that the “firing was an attempt to kill the actor.”The witness who served as the actor’s personal bodyguard for eight years provided a detailed account of the…
New Delhi: Critically ill patients in ICUs may no longer need to be shifted for brain scans, with AIIMS Delhi introducing India’s first portable MRI system, enabling bedside imaging.The ultra-low-field MRI device can be wheeled directly to patients, eliminating the need for transport to conventional MRI suites—a process that is often risky for those on…
Chennai: A sessions court in Chennai has sentenced a 32-year-old man to imprisonment for life, after finding him guilty of murdering his 70-year-old grandmother. He had hit her with a hammer and slashed her with a shaving blade because she demanded he return her 5 sovereigns of gold jewellery that was pledged by his mother.On…
Patna: Deputy CM and senior JD(U) leader Vijay Kumar Choudhary said on Saturday that even though the BJP was leading the present NDA govt, it will not deviate from the path of governance set by former CM Nitish Kumar during his 20-year tenure, and there will be no compromise on communal harmony.“Even if the BJP…
Ranchi: Expressing concern over controversies related to competitive examinations conducted by Jharkhand Public Service Commission, governor Santosh Kumar Gangwar wrote to JPSC directing “a detailed investigation”.According to a communique from Lok Bhavan, the governor cited reports about errors in the question papers of the assistant conservator of forests main examination and the state civil services…
Hazaribag: Acting on the directions of Hazaribag SP Aman Kumar, police have intensified surveillance across key commercial establishments, including banks, petrol pumps and jewellery shops, as part of a district-wide security audit. The move comes in the wake of the April 24 heist at a public sector bank’s branch in Barhi, in which criminals decamped…
People show their mobile phones during the nationwide test of the new ‘Cell Broadcast Alert System’, in Patna on Saturday Phones shrieked. Screens flashed. A commuter lunged for an emergency chain. Theatre audiences froze. Patients gripped chairs. With tensions in West Asia already on edge, many feared the worst as confusion swept cities — before…
