NEW DELHI: Three Coast Guard personnel were killed after their ‘Dhruv’ advanced light helicopter (ALH) crashed at Porbandar in Gujarat on Sunday afternoon, raising questions once again about the indigenous twin-engine choppers that have been grounded a few times after a string of accidents earlier.The ALH Mark-III chopper was returning from a routine training sortie…
CHENNAI: A study by the Tamil Nadu archaeology department has revealed that more than 90% of the ancient graffiti marks found at 140 archaeological sites in the state, including Keeladi, have parallels or similarities with those of the Indus Valley civilisation that existed from around 3300 BCE to 1300 BCE.Researchers analyzed 15,184 graffiti signs inscribed…
NASHIK: Mumbai-Nanded Tapovan Express travelled about 700m in reverse Saturday to pick up a passenger who had fallen off as it approached Manmad junction. The injured passenger later died in hospital and was identified as Sarvar Shaikh, a 30-year-old from Uttar Pradesh.“The train’s loco pilot took permission from the controller and manoeuvred the train in…
SAMBALPUR: Two local BJP functionaries were killed and two others injured after a speeding tipper truck rear-ended their car thrice on NH-53 in Odisha’s Sambalpur early Sunday, raising suspicions of a pre-planned murder.“Police are probing whether it was an accident or a pre-planned murder,” said Sambalpur SP Mukesh Bhamoo.The deceased – Debendra Nayak, BJP’s mandal…
DEHRADUN: A worker from UP was killed and another critically hurt when a cable of the lifting trolley carrying workers at an under-construction bridge over Alaknanda river snapped on Saturday night, officials said.The incident took place when construction work was ongoing at the bridge in Rudraprayag district to link Gaurikund and Badrinath highway as part…
DEHRADUN: Following recent directions from the CM’s office to carry out verification of ‘illegal madrassas’ in Uttarakhand, state police headquarters (PHQ) has written to all the district police units to identify them for further action.Sources at PHQ told TOI that a letter was sent about a week ago to all SSPs and SPs of the…
MUMBAI: An all-party delegation, led by ex-MP Sambhaji Raje, will Monday meet governor C P Radhakrishnan to express concern over the deteriorating law and order situation in Marathwada’s Beed following Massajog sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh’s murder, and press for dismissal of food and civil supplies minister Dhananjay Munde, leader of opposition Ambadas Danve said.Many legislators have…
In 2009, when Nimisha Priya from Kerala’s Palakkad district travelled to Yemen to work as a nurse, she could never have imagined that her life would one day become the focus of considerable international attention.The 34-year-old is currently on death row for allegedly murdering Talal Abdo Mahdi, a Yemeni citizen, in 2017 by “injecting him…
Govt has suggested “verifiable consent” from parents through the draft digital personal data protection rules against going out for an all-out ban on children joining social media on the lines of Australia, IT secretary S Krishnan told Pankaj Doval in an interview.“These are things which every society has to decide for itself. And so that…
BENGALURU: Karnataka high court recently directed the state forest department to refund Rs 4.3 lakh deposited by a Kodagu landowner in 1982, with 6% interest per annum. The order came a year after his death in 2023.One Mahabaleshwar Bhat had deposited the amount after he was granted approval to fell 349 trees standing on the…
