Thane: An alert by Mumbra station officials told the Thane engineering department about the slight displacement of ballast under the railway tracks along platforms 3 and 4, due to heavy rains in the previous days, which allegedly remained unresolved. This is believed to be one of the primary reasons for the June 9 early morning…
Janshakti Janta Dal chief Tej Pratap Yadav (PTI) NEW DELHI: Janshakti Janata Dal (JJD) chief Tej Pratap Yadav on Tuesday took a jibe at his younger brother and Mahagathbandhan’s chief ministerial nominee, Tejashwi Pratap Yadav, calling him “still a child.”Responding to a question about Tejashwi’s campaign in Mahua, Tej Pratap said, “Bachaa hai, chunaav baad…
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee addresssing rally in Kolkata NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday led a massive protest rally in Kolkata against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, which her party, the Trinamool Congress (TMC), has described as “silent invisible rigging” by the BJP-led Centre and the Election…
Guntur: The long-awaited dream of a modern, high-capacity highway network in the Palnadu region is finally materializing, with widening works on the national highway gaining significant momentum. The Rs 881.61 crore project spans 49.92 km between Guntur (Perecherla) and Piduguralla (Kondamodu), promising to transform regional connectivity, reduce traffic congestion, and enhance road safety across Palnadu…
NEW DELHI: Air India will operate a relief flight on Tuesday to bring back 228 passengers stranded in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. This comes after the airline’s San Francisco–Delhi flight was diverted on Monday due to a technical issue.The airline said the special relief flight, numbered AI183, will depart from Delhi on Tuesday afternoon and return with…
JAIPUR: For them, destiny was hidden in the small pause taken for a cup of tea. For three men returning from Sikar to Jaipur after cooking at a wedding, a brief tea break became the thin line between life and death.Gyrasi Lal Meena, Chotu Lal Meena, and Nathu Lal Meena, all from Rajdhirpura village in…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday launched a sharp counterattack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of “staging a drama” over Chhath Puja. Slamming the NDA government, Gandhi also accused CM Nitish Kumar of turning the youth of Bihar into labourers, and “destroying” all employment options for them.“He put on this whole…
Conrad Sangma (IANS file photo) NEW DELHI: A rare show of unity is taking place as leaders in the Northeast make a bid to forge a new regional force. On Tuesday, leaders from four regional parties, including Meghalaya chief minister and National People’s Party (NPP) chief Conrad Sangma, announced plans to merge into a single…
COIMBATORE: A 20-year-old postgraduate student who was in a car with her boyfriend in Coimbatore on Sunday night was abducted and gang-raped by three men. Police said the couple had parked the car at Brindhavan Nagar behind Coimbatore airport around 10.30pm on Sunday when three men came there on a moped. “They broke the windshield…
External affairs minister S Jaishankar (Image credits: PTI) NEW DELHI: India reaffirmed its commitment to the Gaza Peace Plan on Tuesday, with external affairs minister S Jaishankar expressing confidence that the initiative will help achieve a “durable and lasting solution” to the ongoing crisis in the region.Jaishankar made the remarks during his meeting with Israeli…
