Haryana DGP Shatrujeet Kapur sent on leave CHANDIGARH: Haryana DGP Shatrujeet Kapur, in the eye of a storm following the suicide of IPS officer Y Puran Kumar, was on Monday sent on leave.Rajiv Jaitly, media adviser to Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini, confirmed the development but the official order was yet to be released till…
NEW DELHI: US PresidentDonald Trump on Monday surprised attendees at the Sharm el-Sheikh Summit on Gaza by inviting Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to address the gathering. Interrupting his own speech, Trump asked Sharif, “Do you want to say something” and further told him to “say what you said to me the other day.“During his…
Student ‘sexually assaulted’ at Delhi’s South Asian University NEW DELHI: A female student of South Asian University (SAU) in South Delhi has alleged sexual assault on campus, police said on Tuesday. Officials said to news agency ANI, a PCR call was received at Maidangarhi Police Station around 3:00 pm on Monday, October 13. The call,…
CHENNAI: In a suspected case of caste killing, a 24-year-old man, Ramachandran, was hacked to death by his father-in-law near Nilakottai in Dindigul district on Sunday.Dindigul superintendent of police A Pradeep said Chandran, father of Ramachandran’s wife Aarthi, has been arrested and police were investigating if others were involved. Aarthi said, “They have arrested only…
A tragic well collapse in Kollam claimed the lives of a fire officer and two others during a rescue attempt THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A fire and rescue officer was among three killed after a well collapsed during an attempt to rescue a woman who had jumped into the well following a dispute with her lover at Neduvathoor…
NEW DELHI: Congress youth leaders expressed strong resentment over the selection of candidates for Bihar Assembly elections, demanding a higher representation of youth and not just “sons of leaders.” After Central Election Committee (CEC) meet chaired by party president Mallikarjun Kharge concluded on Tuesday, a number of workers came out dissatisfied, with one claiming that…
NEW DELHI: The surrender by CPI(Maoist) politburo member Mallojula Venugopal alias Sonu along with senior and mid-level cadres is being seen as a sign of a vertical split in the Naxal outfit already grappling with an erosion in its leadership and armed strength as well as a rapidly-shrinking arc of influence.The split was evident when…
NEW DELHI: Biocon Chairperson Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw expressed concerns about Bengaluru’s infrastructure after an overseas business visitor criticized the city’s poor roads and garbage situation during a visit to Biocon Park on October 14. The incident sparked responses from multiple Karnataka ministers who defended the city’s ongoing development work.Shaw shared the visitor’s feedback on social media…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday expressed sorrow over the loss of lives after a private bus traveling from Jaisalmer to Jodhpur caught fire.Twenty passengers died in the fire, and 16 others were critically injured.“Distressed by the loss of lives due to a mishap in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. My thoughts are with the affected…
PM Modi, Mongolian President plant saplings under ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam’ initiative (Photo credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Mongolian President Khurelsukh Ukhnaa jointly planted a sapling at Hyderabad House in a symbolic gesture of environmental conservation.Both PM Modi and President Ukhnaa aim to promote environmental sustainability and encourage citizens to…
