A 32-year-old physically challenged autorickshaw driver was beaten to death after his three-wheeler grazed an SUV and left a deep scratch on it in Nangla Chowk of Faridabad around Thursday midnight. Rohit, the 19-year-old driver of the car who rained punches and kicks on the victim, was arrested on Saturday morning. Police said Bunty had…
MEPPADI (WAYANAD): Fate can’t be much crueller than this. Eleven members of Kalathingal Nousheeba’s family have been swept away by the Mundakkai landslide – her father, mother, elder brother, two sisters-in-law and six nieces and nephews – all of whom were staying at her ancestral house at Mundakkai that fateful night. As if this immense…
NEW DELHI: In a major step, government wants to curb the “unfettered” powers of Waqf Boards to declare any property a ‘waqf asset’ and take control of it.Sources said the Cabinet on Friday evening discussed 40-odd amendments in the Wakf Act (known as Waqf Act before 2013), including ones to check the jurisdiction, considered arbitrary…
NEW DELHI: Accepting the problem faced by litigants and their frustration due to protracted hearing and delay in justice delivery, CJI D Y Chandrachud on Saturday said the process itself sometimes becomes a punishment which is a matter of grave concern.Speaking at the conclusion of a week-long special Lok Adalat drive in the apex court…
RANCHI: Unidentified criminals shot dead a 32-year-old special branch sub-inspector (SI) under Kanke police station area in Ranchi on Friday night while he was riding home in Kokar from a party.Anupam Kumar Kachhap, engaged in intelligence gathering, received four bullet wounds on ring road near Sangrampur village. His friends, unable to reach Kachhap by mobile…
NEW DELHI: Taking forward its drive to dismantle the terror ecosystem, the Jammu and Kashmir administration has terminated six more employees, including five J&K police personnel found to be involved in funding terror with sale proceeds of narcotics trade originating across the border.According to sources in the Union territory government, J&K LG Manoj Sinha invoked…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Saturday said there was a time when India’s food security was a global concern whereas today the country is providing solutions for global food and nutrition security. He said agriculture is the core of the country’s economic policy and small farmers are the biggest strength of India’s food security.Addressing…
NEW DELHI: India on Saturday experienced nature’s wrath in its full fury as heavy rainfall lashed several regions, leaving a trail of destruction. The Gangetic West Bengal and Jharkhand faced the brunt of the disruption caused by a deep depression.The IMD has issued warnings, predicting record rainfall in several regions on Sunday. Meteorologists attribute the…
NEW DELHI: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday spoke to hockey team captain Harmanpreet Singh by phone and explained that he had hoped to attend the hockey quarterfinals at the Paris Olympics to boost the players’ morale, but was denied permission by the central government. The Punjab CM also congratulated the Hockey captain for…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal minister Akhil Giri has come under scrutiny after a video surfaced showing him threatening and verbally abusing Moumita Sahu, a woman official from the state forest department. The incident took place on Saturday in Purba Medinipur district following the removal of illegal encroachments from forest land near Tajpur sea beach.In the…
