GHAZIABAD: A law student was arrested in connection with the celebratory firing that led to the death of a two-year-old boy watching a wedding procession pass by in the city last week. Another of the groom’s friends, Hitesh alias Happy Singh is a 25-year-old second-year student who lives in Gurgaon’s DLF Phase 3.He is the…
File photo of EAM S Jaishankar (Pic credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar said Saturday that govt is looking into statements by the Trump administration suggesting foreign interference in Indian elections and that “facts will come out”. US President Donald Trump had earlier said USAID had allocated $21 million to boost voter…
File photo of PM Modi and Shaktikanta Das (Pic credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: Former RBI governor Shaktikanta Das has been appointed as principal secretary-2 to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a post that has been created for the first time. The notification was made on Saturday by the appointments committee of the cabinet.The appointment of Das,…
NDRF personnel assist in rescue operations after a portion of the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel near Domalpenta collapsed, in Nagarkurnool on Saturday. (Pic credit: ANI) HYDERABAD: Eight people were trapped inside when a portion of the tunnel roof at Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) collapsed on Saturday morning near Domalpenta in Telangana’s Nagarku-nool…
This is a representational image (Pic credit: PTI) SILCHAR: Mahbabul Haque, chancellor of a private varsity, who also heads a foundation that runs schools in Assam, was arrested Saturday in connection with alleged irregularities in CBSE exams at a school run by him.After Haque, chancellor of USTM, was picked up from home in Guwahati, six…
Won’t give in to ‘blackmail’, Centre makes it clear to TN (Pic credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: In the midst of its escalating political standoff with Tamil Nadu govt over National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, Centre has made it clear that it is firmly committed to implementing the three-language policy at school level. Centre is steadfast…
This is a representational image (Pic credit: Lexica) NEW DELHI: As many as 84 batches of certain drugs, including some of the commonly prescribed steroids and cholesterol lowering drugs, have been found to be ‘not-of-standard quality’ in the latest round of inspections carried out by the drug control authorities across the country. The CDSCO, the…
File photo of Rajasthan chief minister Bhajanlal Sharma (Pic credit: PTI) JAIPUR: An inmate at Dausa’s high-security jail was arrested Saturday for ringing up Jaipur police control room and threatening to kill Rajasthan CM Bhajanlal Sharma, making the third death threat against him in the past year, reportsThe caller, identified as 29-year-old Rinku, is serving…
This is a representational AI image (Pic credit: Lexica) NEW DELHI: Simplifying the import procedure to ensure welfare of pets and their owners, the Centre has come out with a new rule making it easier for owners of pet dogs and cats to get ‘no objection certificate’ (NOC) of final quarantine clearance for their imported…
Doctor leaves mop inside woman’s body after C-sec (Pic credit: Lexica) MANGALURU: In an alleged case of medical negligence, a doctor at a Mangaluru hospital left a surgical mop inside a woman’s stomach during a C-section, putting her life in danger and requiring an emergency, life-saving surgery at another hospital two months later, after a…
