PALANPUR/AHMEDABAD: An accident at a road construction site in Banaskantha district claimed the lives of three women and a toddler when a sand-laden dumper truck toppled onto them.The deceased were identified as Renuka Ganawa (24), Sonal Ninama (22), Ila Bhabhor (40) and Rudra (2).The accident took place on Saturday night at Khengarpura village, where labourers…
DEHRADUN: A fast track court in Dehradun acquitted three men who spent four years in jail on rape charges under Pocso Act after finding that the case against them was fabricated. The court ruled that the woman, then 19, was in a consensual relationship with one of the accused and filed a false complaint after…
AGRA: Supreme Court has set aside death penalty awarded to an Agra man who was earlier convicted for murder of his brother, sister-in-law and four children in a property dispute case in 2012. The man, Gambhir Singh, has been in jail since past 13 years. Pulling up the investigating officers, SC stated “the investigation of…
GUWAHATI: N Biren Singh‘s attempts to project himself as the “saviour” of Manipur’s majority Meitei community throughout the 648 days of the ethnic conflict found an echo in his resignation letter as the chief minister on Sunday. He highlighted the state’s “territorial integrity” as one of the “most important” priorities, indirectly appealing to the Centre…
PUNE: For hours, the Chavans didn’t know what had gone wrong with their son. He had been unwell for a few days, down with a bout of diarrhoea, but on January 12, seven-year-old Sai Chavan suddenly fell to the ground, and stopped moving. Mother Noor Jahan and father Suraj rushed him to hospital where doctors…
HYDERABAD: The grandson of Velamati Chandrashekara Janardhan Rao, founder of Telangana’s Veljan Group of Industries, was arrested Sunday on charges of brutally murdering the 86-year-old over a property dispute three days ago.Police said they had recovered the murder weapon from Kilaru Kirti Teja, 29, who had recently returned from the US after completing his master’s…
JAMMU: PDP’s Iltija Mufti Sunday claimed she was detained in Jammu and stopped from addressing a press conference after her return from Billawar, in Kathua district, where she had gone to offer condolences to the family of Makhan Din. Twenty-five-year-old Makhan died by suicide allegedly after police torture during questioning. Kathua DM and police have…
Thakur was commenting on a leaked video purportedly showing Atishi celebrating her victory from the Kalkaji Assembly constituency. NEW DELHI: Former Union minister and BJP leader Anurag Thakur on Sunday alleged that outgoing Delhi chief minister Atishi danced after learning that Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener Arvind Kejriwal’s “ploy to engineer her defeat had failed.”Thakur…
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Sunday criticised the timing of Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh’s resignation, arguing that his removal should have come earlier to prevent the deepening crisis in the state.Reacting to Singh’s resignation, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said, “For nearly two years, BJP’s CM Biren Singh instigated division in Manipur. PM Modi…
NEW DELHI: Nongthombam Biren Singh, the first Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief minister in Manipur, stepped down from the top post in the northeastern state on Sunday.Singh’s resignation was a much sought-after demand of the opposition parties after the state witnessed horrific ethnic clashes, which broke out on May 3, 2023. In his resignation letter…
