BENGALURU: IPS officer M Chandrasekhar, who heads the Lokayukta SIT probe into a 2007 mining scam in the state, lodged a formal complaint with Bengaluru police accusing Union minister H D Kumaraswamy and his son, Nikhil, of trying to intimidate him and obstruct the probe. Chandrasekhar, an ADGP, filed the complaint charging Kumaraswamy with issuing…
Sanju Samson (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: Sanju Samson scored his first T20I century in the third game against Bangladesh on Saturday. Samson hit eight sixes and 11 fours in his 111 runs off 47 balls. His century came in just 40 balls, making it the second-fastest T20I century by an Indian player.Samson’s performance helped India…
HARIDWAR: Two inmates fled from Haridwar District Jail Friday evening when guards and officials were engrossed in a Ramlila performance inside the prison. The prisoners, one serving a life sentence and another awaiting trial, escaped unnoticed until it was too late for prison authorities to track them.Even as Haridwar was agog with rumours that the…
CHENNAI: NIA is investigating whether sabotage caused the Mysuru-Darbhanga Bagmati Express to veer off the main line and collide with a parked goods train Friday night at Kavarapettai station, 40km north of Chennai. The collision injured eight people and overturned 12 coaches.There were no casualties, as the coupling of the advanced Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB)…
BENGALURU: In a move aimed at promoting Kannada pride, Karnataka deputy CM D K Shivakumar (DKS) announced on Friday that all institutional buildings, including businesses, in Bengaluru must hoist the Kannada flag on Rajyotsava on November 1, the state’s formation day.“We are marking 50 years since Mysore was renamed Karnataka. As the minister in charge…
MUMBAI: NCP functionary and former Maharashtra MLA Baba Siddique (66) was shot dead in Bandra (East) near his MLA son Zeeshan’s office at around 9.30pm Saturday by three people.Siddique was getting into his vehicle when three assailants arrived on foot and fired multiple rounds at him. Siddique, who sustained bullet injuries on his chest, was…
NEW DELHI: Expressing serious concern over the attack on a Durga Puja mandap at the Tanti Bazar area in Dhaka and the theft at Jeshoreshwari Kali temple at Satkhira, the govt deplored the events, saying these follow a “systematic pattern” of desecration and damage to temples and deities that has been witnessed over several days…
MUMBAI: Bombay HC allowed medical termination of over 29-week pregnancy of a 14-year-old rape survivor despite JJ Hospital medical board giving an opinion against it. “Desire and safety of the survivor is of utmost importance than any other consideration,” said Justices Sarang Kotwal and Neela Gokhale in Thursday’s order.The minor’s mother moved HC for permission…
PANAJI: After 10 years, a Panaji court acquitted engineer Devu Chodankar for his social media posts against Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the 2014 general elections.The court stated that the benefit of the doubt had to be given to him as the prosecution couldn’t establish offences against him, partly due to the testimony of the…
CHANDIGARH: Nayab Singh Saini will take oath as Haryana CM for a second term on Oct 17 at a grand ceremony in Panchkula, with PM Narendra Modi and senior BJP functionaries in attendance.The swearing-in of Saini, along with his cabinet, will take place at Dusshera grounds in Sector 5 at 10am. The event was finalised…
