BHOPAL: Two Indian Navy kayakers, including an Asia Cup gold medallist, were killed after a speeding truck rammed into their motorcycle and dragged it for nearly 20 metres in Bhopal early Sunday, reports Ramendra Singh. The deceased – chief petty officer Vishnu Raghunathan, 27, and petty officer Ananth Krishnan, 18, both from Kerala – were…
Lucknow: Cricketer Vipraj Nigam registered a case against a woman for issuing threatening messages from multiple international numbers for over two months.An FIR was lodged at Kotwali Nagar police station of Barabanki district late Saturday night.Vipraj, a resident of Awas Vikas Colony, Barabanki, said that he had been receiving threat calls and abusive messages from…
NEW DELHI: India has seen its highest foreign tourist arrival (FTA) growth in percentage terms from Somalia between pre-Covid 2019 and 2024. At over 144%, the poor east African country is the only one to register a triple digit growth rate, surging from 5,044 in 2019 to 12,320 in 2024, according to Union tourism ministry…
Lucknow: Veteran journalist Qamar Waheed Naqvi on Sunday highlighted the growing pressures from political and corporate forces that often compel journalists to compromise. “Journalism may have lost some of its old prestige, but there is no other profession as vital to democracy,” he said at an event to celebrate the professional journey of veteran journalist…
TARAKESWAR: A four-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped in her sleep, raped and dumped in a locality in Tarakeswar in Bengal’s Hooghly district Saturday. Police arrested one of her close relatives, reports Falguni Banerjee. The child lived with her grandparents. Hours after she went missing, locals allegedly found her gravely injured, bleeding profusely, and crying for…
Lucknow: UP Special Task Force on Sunday arrested two active members of an interstate gang involved in large-scale smuggling and illicit manufacturing of oxytocin injections. Acting on intelligence inputs, STF raided a house in Vijayant Khand-1, Gomtinagar and seized oxytocin injections worth nearly Rs 1 crore, along with raw materials and packaging equipment used for…
SERAMPORE: A 27-year-old homemaker in Bengal’s Hooghly district consumed pesticide along with her six-year-old daughter in a suspected suicide attempt amid claims she did so as she was not given SIR forms and feared being struck off electoral rolls. Asha Soren was married eight years ago but had been staying with her parents in Kananadi…
Lucknow: A 44-year-old cleric allegedly raped a 16-year-old girl studying at a madrassa in Sitapur district. The survivor narrated the incident to her family members, who reported it to the police. Although the cleric managed to escape before the police arrived, he was arrested on Sunday.Circle Officer (CO) Sitapur, Sadar, Neha Tripathi, said that the…
After the Delhi High Court directed authorities to ensure legal access for Major (Retd.) Vikrant Kumar Jaitly, who has been detained in the UAE since September last year, actress Celina Jaitly has shared an emotional note for her brother. The Bollywood star, who has been relentlessly fighting to bring him home, poured her heart out…
PALAKKAD: Three young men were killed and three others injured after the driver lost control of their car and crashed into a tree at Kallingal junction near Kodumba in Kerala’s Palakkad late on Saturday night. The accident took place when the driver swerved to avoid a wild animal, likely a wild boar, on the road,…
