Lucknow: UP govt has ordered strict enforcement of the ban on illegal abattoirs and meat sales within 500m of religious sites till Apr 6, the last day of Navratri, in the state. The ban orders were issued in 2014 and 2017.Urban development principal secretary Amrit Abhijat has directed all DMs, district police chiefs, and municipal…
One of Vladimir Putin’s limousines exploded and caught fire on a Moscow street, prompting increased security checks in the area, reports the Sun. The incident took place near the FSB secret service headquarters in Lubyanka, involving an Aurus Senat, a £275,000 vehicle from Putin’s official car fleet.Authorities have not disclosed who was in the car…
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The row over Mohanlal-starrer, ‘L2: Empuraan’ continued to trigger political reactions in Kerala Saturday with Congress accusing BJP of showing intolerance towards the movie citing intense criticism being raised against it on right-wing social media handles.However, state BJP functionaries chose not to make any adverse remarks against the Prithviraj-directed film, even as the party…
CHANDIGARH: A special CBI court here acquitted former Punjab and Haryana high court judge Nirmal Yadav and three others on Saturday in the 17-year-old high-profile cash-at-judge’s-door case.Yadav, sitting in her car in the parking of the court complex due to a fractured leg, said she had full faith in the judiciary as the verdict came….
NEW DELHI: While India meteorological department (IMD) is largely known for providing weather alerts and warnings in the public interest, benefiting various sectors and the common people, the country’s national weather forecaster has now emerged as a key govt scientific agency generating revenue from its range of services.Becoming the biggest money earner of the ministry…
Hundreds of international students in the US are getting an email from the state department asking them to self-deport owing to alleged campus activism. Immigration attorneys contacted by TOI affirmed this development and added that a few Indian students may also be at the receiving end of such emails — even for something as innocuous…
NEW DELHI: In a significant diplomatic gesture, Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended a hand of friendship to Myanmar’s military junta govt by dispatching an 80-member team from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) for search-and-rescue operations in the earthquake-affected regions of the neighbouring country.Code named ‘Operation Brahma’, India on Saturday dispatched the NDRF contingent to…
Plane crashes into Minnesota home, engulfing house in flames (Pic credit: X) A plane crashed into a house in Minnesota’s Brooklyn Park on Saturday afternoon, sparking a massive fire that quickly consumed the residence.Dramatic footage shared on social media shows flames engulfing the home as thick smoke billows into the sky. Fire crews rushed to…
JAIPUR: Police on Saturday arrested a restaurant owner for damaging the idol of the Veer Tejaji temple in Sanganer in an intoxicated state. The 34-year-old accused, identified as Siddharth Singh, owns a restaurant called Tamas Cafe in Raja Park. Singh claimed he was depressed after his restaurant shut down due to financial troubles. According to…
NEW DELHI: Anuj Kannaujia, a shooter from Mukhtar Ansari’s gang, was killed in a police encounter on Saturday in Jamshedpur. The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) and Jharkhand Police carried out the joint operation after tracking him for five years. He had a bounty of Rs 2.5 lakh on his head.According to ADG UP…
