BHUBANESWAR: Prasanta Jagadev, the 55-year-old BJP candidate from Khurda assembly constituency, was arrested on Sunday for allegedly vandalising an EVM and assaulting polling personnel in a booth during the third phase of voting in Odisha on Saturday.The two-time BJD MLA, who was earlier booked in 11 criminal cases and is known for unruly conduct, had…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police on Sunday said it has uncovered major lapses that led to the death of 7 newborns in a blaze that gutted a hospital in Vivek Vihar.Among several oversights, the police discovered that the hospital did not have adequate fire safety measures in place, and was overcapacity which ultimately resulted in…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police on Sunday arrested the owner of children’s hospital Naveen Kichi after seven newborn babies were killed in fire.In a tragic incident, a massive fire engulfed a private children’s hospital in east Delhi’s Vivek Vihar late Saturday night, claiming the lives of seven newborns. The Delhi Fire Services (DFS) officials said…
NEW DELHI: At least three coal miners are trapped inside an illegal rat-hole mine in the rugged terrains of Patkai hills, Tinsukia district, Assam, following a landslide. Officials confirmed the incident on Sunday, highlighting the precarious conditions rampant in such unauthorized mining operations.The mishap unfolded around 12:30 am at the illicit Tikok West mining site,…
NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that the central government will give statehood to Jammu and Kashmir after the assembly elections are over. He further assured that the assembly polls would be completed within the SC deadline of September 30.“I have said in Parliament that we will give the statehood after…
Bengal witnessed polling at a brisker pace till 5pm on Saturday in the penultimate phase, compared to the earlier ones, but it was marred by the poll-eve murder of a Trinamool Congress worker in East Midnapore‘s Mahisadal and a near fatal attack on another in Moyna in the same district. Despite sporadic incidents of violence,…
GORAKHPUR: Congress star campaigner Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, criticising PM Narendra Modi‘s “mujra” remark targeting the INDIA bloc, said on Saturday the PM should “maintain decorum”, while her brother, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, posted on X saying, “Pradhan Mantri ki bhasha ki garima aur Bhajpa ki seatein – dono hi lagatar girti chali ja rahi hai…
MUMBAI: Observing that it is tragic that a patient who is healthy cannot be discharged because the person who admitted the patient is absent, Bombay high court directed a man to remain present for the discharge of his wife from Thane Mental Hospital where he had admitted her earlier this month.“You can check in but…
PUNE: The grandfather of the 17-year-old Porsche Taycan car driver was arrested Saturday on charges of abducting, threatening and confining their family driver at their home after the May 19 crash in a bid to force him to own up the crime. Two techies were killed in the accident.The teen‘s grandfather, 77 was produced in…
BHOPAL: In a spine-chilling case of serial rape in MP’s Sidhi district, a 30-year-old man sexually assaulted at least seven tribal girls by using a voice-changing app to pose as a woman teacher and lure them into his trap. Following CM Mohan Yadav’s orders, a nine-member SIT was constituted on Saturday to probe the crime…
