A 19-year-old class 12 student, Jia Khandelwal, died by suicide in Kota Tuesday night. Police said Jia’s father, a doctor, had dropped her off around 7pm at the entrance of a multi-storey residential building, where her aunt lives in a third-floor apartment. Instead of going to her aunt’s house, she ended her life, they added….
RAIPUR: Two Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF) jawans were killed and as many injured when their colleague fired at them in a camp in north Chhattisgarh’s Balrampur district Wednesday, reported. The accused jawan, Ajay Sidar, was overpowered by other colleagues and is now in police custody. Balrampur SP Rajesh Agrawal said the fragging took place at…
NEW DELHI: Aiming to further strengthen the cooperative movement in the country, Union home and cooperation minister Amit Shah will on Thursday launch multiple initiatives including cooperative-led White Revolution 2.0 to transform the dairy sector and standard operating procedures (SOP) for nationwide rollout of ‘cooperation among cooperatives’ campaign.Besides, he will also launch guidelines on formation…
NEW DELHI: To bolster India’s media and entertainment industry, the Union Cabinet Wednesday approved the establishment of the National Centre of Excellence (NCoE) for animation, visual effects, gaming, comics and extended reality (AVGC-XR).To be set up in Mumbai, the Centre will be modelled after premier institutes such as IITs and IIMs, and will serve as…
AGRA: Plant growth on the marble wall of the Taj Mahal‘s central dome has sparked concerns about the monument’s upkeep after a tourist shared a photo on social media. The plant, sprouting between marble stones on the northern side of the dome, comes days after rainwater seeped through the ivory-white marble structure, resulting in droplets…
NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday abstained in the UN General Assembly on a resolution demanding that Israel end its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory within 12 months, “without delay”.The 193-member General Assembly adopted the resolution with overwhelming support, as 124 nations voted in favour, 14 against and 43, including India, abstained.The vote came…
Peaceful polling amid high security JAMMU/SRINAGAR: The first phase of the three-part J&K assembly elections recorded a voter turnout of 59% across 24 constituencies Wednesday, covering seven districts in south Kashmir and Jammu division on either side of the Pir Panjal range.The voting process proceeded peacefully amid high security, according to J&K’s chief electoral officer…
India has served a notice to Pakistan for a review and modification of the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), calling upon Islamabad to begin negotiations with the Indian government for the same. While India had issued a similar notice for IWT modification last year too, it has cited on this occasion the impact of what…
NEW DELHI: The first phase of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections concluded on Wednesday with a voter turnout of 58.85 per cent across the Kashmir Valley and Jammu regions. Kishtwar recorded the highest turnout at 77 per cent, while Pulwama saw the lowest at just over 46 per cent. This marks the first assembly…
NEW DELHI: A 38-year-old man undergoing treatment in Kerala‘s Malappuram was confirmed with monkeypox (Mpox) infection on Wednesday after showing symptoms of the disease, following his return from Dubai, the State health department said.Earlier on Tuesday, the State health minister Veena George said that the man had taken precautionary measures by isolating himself from his…
