CHENNAI: A worker was beaten to death by a mob after he allegedly misbehaved with a woman in Tiruvallur district of Tamil Nadu Friday.The deceased was identified as Prosenjit Das (35) from Kamrup district in Assam. Police said he was among the six workers who had arrived in Tiruvallur Wednesday in search of employment and…
Patna: Chief minister Samrat Choudhary on Friday directed the agriculture and disaster management departments to carry out an immediate assessment of crop losses and damage to fruits on trees after sudden storm, rain and hail battered several districts. In a post on X, Choudhary said the survey would help the govt determine the extent of…
Bokaro: A 21-year-old man died after being struck by lightning in Babudih village under Pindrajora police station area on Friday. Amit Mahto was watching a game of cricket when it began raining. Mahto then took shelter under a tree. Moments later, he was struck by lightning. He died while being taken to a hospital. Attachment…
Bokaro: An angwandi worker in the district was removed from service after it emerged that she had taken money from the beneficiaries of Jharkhand Mukhyamantri Maiya Samman Yojana for carrying out their verification.The matter came to light on May 22 when a video surfaced on social media allegedly showing Kumari Seema, an anganwadi worker from…
Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu NEW DELHI: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu once again put focus on India-Israel warm ties early Friday, saying Israel receives “crazy love” from India at a time when, according to him, much of the world seeks to “delegitimise” the Jewish state.Addressing an event, Israeli PM said, “We have a unique relationship…
Kolkata: City cops investigating the death of 66-year-old film-maker Anik Dutta are now certain it was a case of death by suicide.The sleuths have cited several findings — from the postmortem report, witness accounts and the recovery of a note and slippers on the roof from which Dutta fell — to arrive at the conclusion.Dutta…
Kalyan: The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) and Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) have initiated a joint survey of the Dombivli railway station area as part of the Station Area Traffic Improvement Scheme (SATIS) project.Sources said the proposed SATIS project will involve integrated utilisation of land parcels, including KDMC building, Ramnagar and Vishnunagar police stations,…
The BJP has announced new state unit chiefs, appointing Union minister Harsh Malhotra (L) as the president of its Delhi unit and Kewal Singh Dhillon (R) for Punjab. NEW DELHI: The BJP on Thursday announced a fresh round of organisational appointments across several states, naming Union minister Harsh Malhotra as the new chief of the…
Former AIADMK minister Vellamandi R Natarajan has switched allegiance, joining the Vijay-led TVK party on May 27. CHENNAI: Former AIADMK minister Vellamandi R Natarajan has joined actor-politician Vijay’s TVK, party sources said on Thursday, marking yet another setback for the AIADMK amid a string of recent defections.Natarajan, who previously served as Tamil Nadu’s tourism minister,…
Several feared dead after a boat capsized in the Ganga river PATNA: At least two people died and five others are feared missing after a boat carrying around 14 people capsized in the Ganga river near Umanath Ganga Ghat in Barh subdivision of Patna district on Thursday.According to eyewitnesses, strong winds are suspected to have…
