MUMBAI: A special Pocso court cited doctor’s statement and the delay in filing of the FIR while acquiting a 35-year-old man, who spent 12 years in jail, of gang-rape of a minor girl. The judge said, “In the absence of examination of the issuing authority, to my mind, it cannot be firmly said that the…
NEW DELHI: India’s peak power demand reached an all-time high of 252 GW on April 24, as temperatures soared across the country, pushing electricity consumption to a record level, reports Atul Mathur.According to data from Grid Controller of India, electricity demand touched 252.1 GW at 3.28 pm on Friday, up from 240.1 GW recorded on…
Chennai: Southern Railways’ decision to close a secondary access point at Avadi railway station, citing safety concerns, has triggered protests from residents, who are demanding an additional entry and exit from Thirumalairajapuram side to ease congestion at the main entrance.The second access, located about 100metres from the main entrance on the Thirumalairajapuram side, had helped…
Bettiah: In a major step toward preserving India’s classical music heritage, rare Dhrupad manuscripts linked to the historic Bettiah Raj have been digitised and made available for public access. The priceless collection, preserved by renowned Dhrupad vocalist Pandit Indra Kishore Mishra, has been uploaded on the Gyan Bharatam app, officials said on Saturday.The manuscripts contain…
Dhanbad: Security personnel inspect a damaged area following a land subsidence at Tandabari village, in Dhanbad. The incident, reported late Thursday night, damaged several houses and prompted evacuation of affected families. (PTI Photo)(PTI04_24_2026_000212B) Dhanbad: Local MLA Raj Sinha called off his indefinite stir on Saturday after the district administration assured to convene a meeting on…
Authorities in Bokaro have arrested five individuals suspected of involvement in the chilling murder of Baby Devi, a 40-year-old woman whose lifeless body was found in the Jamunia river. The investigation has unearthed a troubling motive rooted in a corporate dispute over Ayurvedic medicines. Bokaro: Five men have been arrested for allegedly murdering a 40-year-old…
Dehradun: Students celebrate after the declaration of Uttarakhand Board of School Education (UBSE) Class 10th and Class 12th results, in Dehradun. (PTI Photo) Dehradun: Geetika Pant from Bageshwar and Naincy Dubey from Dehradun emerged as inspiring toppers in the Uttarakhand board results, their achievements shaped by hardship and resilience.Geetika scored 98% in Class 12, jointly…
Kolkata: The city could be voting under a cloud cover next Wednesday and the polling could be followed by a thunderstorm, the Met office said. After a week-long scorching spell during which the maximum temperature repeatedly crossed 36°C, Kolkata could finally be lashed by thunderstorms from Sunday. There could be successive nor’westers that could keep…
One does not know the fate of the furniture and books at the Urdu Markaz locked since July 2016. But the people who nurtured this cultural-educational organization which ran from the one-room rented Imamwada Urdu Municipal School in Dongri since its inception in 1999 till the BMC padlocked it, citing alleged non-educational activities, are knocking…
New Delhi: Delhi Police on Saturday took the former domestic worker to the home of the senior bureaucrat in southeast Delhi to recreate the crime scene, where he allegedly raped and killed the officer’s daughter.The accused was brought to the house around 10am. Security arrangements were tightened in the area and barricades were placed to…
