Ahmedabad:Gujarati is the third most-spoken language among Indian immigrants in Canada, following Punjabi and Hindi. According to data from Statistics Canada, around 87,900 Gujarati-speaking immigrants have settled in Canada since 1980, with a notable 26% of them arriving in the country between 2016 and 2021.During this latter period, Punjabi speakers constituted the largest linguistic group…
CHANDIGARH: Punjab govt has suspended seven police officers for ‘dereliction of duty‘ in a case pertaining to jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi‘s interview to a media house while in custody. A SIT headed by special DGP (human rights) Prabodh Kumar had found that Bishnoi’s interview was conducted on the intervening night of Sept 3 and 4,…
BHOPAL: The eighth accused in the gang rape of a newlywed bride at a picnic spot in MP’s Rewa district was arrested from neighbouring Chhattisgarh late Friday night.On Saturday, police produced all of them in court, which remanded five of them in police custody for a day, Rewa SP Vivek Singh said.Police say the eight…
New Delhi: The govt is likely to hold a special joint sitting of both Houses of Parliament on November 26 to mark the 75th anniversary of adoption of the Constitution.The Winter Session may start from November 25 and the special joint sitting is likely to be held in the Central Hall of the Samvidhan Sadan…
NEW DELHI: In a setback to Ajit-Pawar led NCP and a judgment that can have bearing on other PMLA cases, a special court in Mumbai on Friday rejected a plea of NCP heavyweight and Maharashtra cabinet minister Chhagan Bhujbal that money laundering case against him and other associates be dropped. The minister unsuccessfully argued that…
MUMBAI/THANE: With MNS unlikely to field a candidate against CM Eknath Shinde in the Kopri-Pachpakhadi constituency in Thane, there is speculation that Shiv Sena MLA Sada Sarvankar is under pressure to pull out of the fray from the Mahim constituency in Mumbai, where MNS chief Raj Thackeray‘s son Amit is contesting. Speculation is also rife…
MUMBAI:BJP announced a list of 22 candidates on Saturday, but the suspense remained over the names for three prominent seats in the city: Borivli, Ghatkopar East and Versova. Earlier, BJP had announced its first list of 99 candidates, which included the names of most sitting MLAs. Saturday’s list brings the total to 121 so far.The…
NEW DELHI: ED Saturday carried out searches across Delhi, Mumbai, Jaipur, Chandigarh, Bangalore in connection with alleged black-marketing and fake ticket sales for the forthcoming concerts of Coldplay and Diljit Dosanjh’s ‘Dilluminati’.ED said FIRs have been filed in various states, including one by Bookmyshow against several suspects believed to be exploiting concert-goers. It alleges these…
KOLKATA/RAJKOT/TIRUPATI: Nearly two dozen hotels across Kolkata, Tirupati and Rajkot went into a tizzy on Saturday after emailed bomb threats that eventually turned out to be a hoax, deepening fears that the festival season menace so far aimed at flights and airports was spreading to other key sectors.In Kolkata, at least 10 major hotels —…
NEW DELHI: Govt has issued a strict advisory to social media companies such as X and Meta, warning them to take immediate action to curb the spread of hoax bomb threats targeting flights or face criminal and penal consequences under BNS and IT Act.Over the past two weeks, nearly 400 flights operated by Indian carriers…
