NEW DELHI: Actor Allu Arjun was arrested on Friday in connection with stampede incident at Sandhya Theatre during the Pushpa-2 premiere more than a week ago. The incident claimed the life of Revathi, a 35-year-old woman, on December 4. Her son is still undergoing treatment.The police team, headed by the assistant commissioner, arrived at his…
Dhankhar vs Kharge in Rajya Sabha on Friday. NEW DELHI: Ruckus erupted in Rajya Sabha on Friday over no-confidence motion against chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar. The Friday session saw heated exchanges between ruling and opposition members. After INDIA bloc initiated the motion, alleging Dhankhar to be ‘extremely partisan,’ NDA MPs accused Congress leaders of insulting the…
NEW DELHI: Nearly 400 passengers who were supposed to travel from Istanbul to Delhi and Mumbai on IndiGo flights have been stranded at the Türkiye airport for over a day now. Passengers have taken to social media to recount their terrible experience. Comments have been sought from the airline and are awaited.Shubham Bansal wrote on…
RBI receives bomb threat. (Reuters pic) NEW DELHI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday received a bomb threat, which is being investigated by Mumbai police. The threat was delivered via email in Russian to the bank’s official website. A case has been filed against an unknown individual at the Mata Ramabai Marg (MRA…
NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday cautioned West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee against taking charge of the INDIA bloc, which he described as a “dead” front incapable of revival. Referring to the 2026 assembly polls, Sarma questioned why Banerjee would want to lead the opposition bloc when she could focus…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court Wednesday acquitted six accused, including a former coal secretary and two other public servants, in an alleged coal scam case related to allocation of blocks in Odisha, reports Vineet Upadhyay.Special judge Sanjay Bansal acquitted former coal secretary Harish Chandra Gupta, former joint secretary in ministry of coal K S Kropha,…
CHANDIGARH: No songs mentioning alcohol, drugs or violence. And no “twisted words” to bypass this directive, says an ‘advisory’ issued to singer-actor Diljit Dosanjh by the Chandigarh Commission for Protection of Child Rights (CCPCR) ahead of his concert in the city this Saturday.The notice comes less than a month after Telangana government clamped similar restrictions…
Villagers in Assam’s Jorhat district rescued four wild elephants, including a calf, trapped in a pond. DIBRUGARH: A trunk call is loaded with meaning – could be an admonitory don’t-mess-with-me, or an SOS. Village headman Hem Chandra Borah froze mid-step around 6.10pm Wednesday as a piercing cry shattered the quiet at Khamjongia in Assam’s Jorhat…
India strengthens its defence with a Rs 21,100cr investment in 100 K-9 Vajra artillery guns and 12 Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jets. NEW DELHI: In a move that will add much-needed firepower to the armed forces, two major defence deals for 100 more K-9 Vajra artillery guns and 12 Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jets, collectively worth Rs 21,100 crore,…
The irony is hard to miss. Indore, which has worn the crown of India’s ‘cleanest city’ in government’s Swachh rankings for seven straight years, has been struggling to clean up its air. The largest city in Madhya Pradesh has seen a 21% rise in levels of the pollutant PM10 between 2017-18 and 2023-24, according to…
