When Ajit Samal (34) and P Bikash Rao (27) left their homes for Tatanagar on Monday, little did their families know that would be the last time they would see them alive. Early on Tuesday the two friends lost their lives when the 12810 Howrah-CSTM Mumbai derailed in Seraikela-Kharsawan district of Jharkhand.Residents of Malgodown and…
NEW DELHI: In less than two months, three rail accidents have claimed 21 lives and left dozens injured. These fatal accidents and some recent derailments of both passenger and goods trains have brought the focus back on safety issues.Officials said the exact cause of Howrah-Mumbai Mail train derailment, which claimed two lives would be known…
NEW DELHI: Another Indian working as a helper with Russian army in Ukraine is reported to have been killed in the ongoing war. Ravi Moun, 22, of Haryana was sent to frontline by Russian army to fight Ukrainians, as per his family.While ministry of external affairs is yet to confirm the death, Indian embassy is…
MUMBAI: As reported by TOI on July 25, Mahayuti government has expanded Mukhyamantri Annapurna Yojana, which was meant to provide three free gas cylinders per year to 52.2 lakh households, to include beneficiaries of Ladki Bahin Yojana for underprivileged women. This is expected to triple the number of beneficiaries and raise the cost of the…
Former Union minister Anurag Thakur‘s remark that “those whose caste is not known” are talking about caste census sparked an uproar in Lok Sabha on Tuesday with Congress MPs trooping into the well.However, Thakur’s remark, made in the presence of Rahul Gandhi and an articulation of BJP‘s complaint that Congress’s embrace of ‘caste census’ after…
NEW DELHI: Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday hit back at Rahul Gandhi over his “Budget ka halwa” jibe and said the leader of opposition had mocked a tradition which has been integral to Budget making since the 1980s and has over the years become an important ritual.In her speech in Lok Sabha, the FM also took…
LUCKNOW: Unlawful conversion in UP could henceforth invite a maximum punishment of life imprisonment, up from the current 10-year jail term, after the assembly passed a Bill on Tuesday amending the 2021 law to make it stricter, including proclaiming all such offences as non-bailable.Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion (Amendment) Bill, 2024, proposes to allow…
HYDERABAD: A software professional was allegedly gangraped by two men, including her childhood friend, at a hotel in Hyderabad city on Monday night. According to police, the accused hosted a party on the occasion of the woman getting a job in a software company. The survivor and her 24-year-old friend, whom she knew from class…
AGRA: A Mathura court has sentenced two men to life imprisonment for kidnapping and murdering their 23-year-old friend in 2018 for a ransom of Rs 5 lakh. Additionally, a fine of Rs 15,000 each was imposed on them. Anuj Sharma, a resident of Anand Ghat area in Vrindavan, went missing on the evening of Dec…
NAGPUR: Nagpur bench of Bombay high court upheld the conviction of four men for gang rape, clarifying that direct participation in the sexual assault was not necessary to establish guilt. If there was evidence of shared intent, it was sufficient for conviction, the court said.Justice Govinda Sanap dismissed the appeals filed by the four accused,…
