Mumbai: A special Pocso court on Friday sentenced a 35-year-old man to 20 years’ rigorous imprisonment (RI) for the sexual assault of an 11-year-old boy in 2021 during a festival. Delivering the verdict five years after the incident, the special judge relied on the consistent testimony of the child and medical evidence that confirmed that…
New Delhi: Delhi Traffic Police created a green corridor and shifted an injured cricketer to the hospital in 11 minutes after he sustained an injury during a match at Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium on Saturday.During a match between Delhi and Punjab, Lungi Ngidi sustained a serious head injury on the field. On contacting the match…
Patna: Chetna Samiti, an organisation committed to preserving and promoting Mithila’s cultural legacy, has begun efforts to raise awareness among the youth about the region’s rich traditions. In a conversation with STOI’s B K Mishra, its president Vivekanand Jha speaks about the growing cultural disconnect and the steps being taken to revive Mithila’s heritage. Excerpts:Do…
Seedhe baitho! Chin up, look a little to the left… and perfect!Remember those classic studio photos you grew up with? The dark velvet curtains, a plastic flower vase or a carved chair tucked to the side, and that soft glow on every face. Maybe it’s a passport photo, a neatly dressed family portrait, or that…
Kolkata: Lux Industries, one of India’s leading innerwear and apparel manufacturers, is set to be trifurcated among three branches of the founding Todi family in an amicable settlement that will also resolve cross-holdings between the groups. The Rs 3,000 crore company will be split into three verticals, each led by a separate family faction, with…
Mumbai: In just 30 days amid the ongoing West Asia crisis and fears of LPG shortage, cyber fraudsters targeted Mahanagar Gas Ltd (MGL) piped gas consumers and applicants in Mumbai and duped more than 100 individuals of Rs 2.7 crore by tricking them into downloading malicious APK files that enabled remote access to their phones…
. A major fire broke out in an electric transformer spread to multiple residential buildings in east Delhi’s Laxmi Nagar area in the early hours of Saturday. . A major fire broke out in an electric transformer spread to multiple residential buildings in east Delhi’s Laxmi Nagar area in the early hours of Saturday. ….
Patna: East Central Railway (ECR) general manager Chhatrasal Singh on Friday evening inaugurated a newly constructed world-class auditorium, Srijan, at the senior secondary railway school premises in Khagaul on the city outskirts.The state-of-the-art auditorium has a seating capacity of 200 and is equipped with modern amenities, including air conditioning, an LED video hall and cushioned…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday pledged before the Matua Namasudra community that they’ll receive citizenship through the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).“I pledge before Matua Namasudra community members that they will receive citizenship through CAA,” PM Modi said at poll rally in Bengal’s BongaonIn poll-bound West Bengal, the Matua-dominated belt of North 24 Parganas…
Kolkata: Tamil superstar and TVK chief Vijay, Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren, AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal and RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav converged in support of CM Mamata Banerjee on Saturday, applauding her fight against BJP and the Election Commission ahead of the second phase of Bengal polls.Vijay posted a video message hailing Banerjee as “an inspiration…
