NEW DELHI: Over 1.7 lakh persons were killed in road accidents in 2023. That translates to an average of 474 lives lost every day or one death almost every three minutes, as per data shared by states with central govt. This is the highest number of people killed in a year since govt started collating…
RANCHI: INDIA bloc’s election campaign in Jharkhand hit choppy waters on Saturday after an alleged unilateral seat-sharing arrangement between JMM and Congress left RJD fuming.Trouble began in the afternoon after CM and JMM executive president Hemant Soren, accompanied by netas of Congress, announced that JMM and the grand old party would field candidates in 70…
NAGPUR: As the flash of guns light up the Russia-Ukraine war front and rockets fly in West Asia, cash registers are ringing at explosives manufacturing units in Nagpur, more than 4,500 km from the battle zones. The city is already informally known as India’s explosives capital where representatives of global arms corporations window-shop along a…
NEW DELHI: At a time when social media is being misused for posting and circulating fake and defamatory messages, Supreme Court sent a clear signal that one has to pay the price for indulging in such activity and directed ex-chancellor of Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU), Firoz Bakht Ahmed, to publish an unconditional apology…
Trouble had a way of finding me, writes retired wrestler Sakshi Malik in her memoir, ‘Witness’. It found her at age 19 when fresh from winning gold at 2012 Asian Junior Championship at Kazakhstan’s Almaty, Malik faced what she describes as one of the most traumatic experiences of her life.In the autobiography, Malik, who became…
West Bengal Chief minister Mamata Banerjee KOLKATA: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee made a surprise phone call to fasting junior doctors on Saturday afternoon and set up a meeting with them for Monday in yet another stab at restoring normalcy in the state health sector.The nearly one hour interaction – on state chief secretary Manoj…
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: The aviation sector faced an unprecedented wave of hoax bomb threats Saturday, with 30 to 40 flights across Indian carriers and five Delta Air Lines flights being targeted. This marks the highest number of threats in a single day, adding to the disruption the industry has endured over the week since Monday.The hoaxes…
HARIDWAR: The Haridwar district administration demolished a mazar, allegedly constructed illegally about 15-20 years ago in Mirpur village, on Saturday. The structure was on the right bank of Gang Nahar (Upper Ganga Canal), about 15km from the district headquarters. Officials said a demolition notice was issued in March.Former head of Mirpur gram panchayat, Rao Zubair,…
NEW DELHI: Military leaders must think critically, adapt to unforeseen circumstances, and leverage latest technological advancements to gain a strategic advantage in today’s ever-evolving geopolitical landscape, defence minister Rajnath Singh said on Saturday.Present-day warfare has surpassed traditional battlefields and now operates in a multi-domain environment, where cyber, space and information warfare are as critical as…
After Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav demanded that his party be given 12 seats in the MVA alliance, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray spoke to him late on Friday. Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut said Uddhav had a “positive conversation” and SP will be “taken along” in MVA. Akhilesh is currently touring Maharashtra to…
