SRINAGAR: The Ladakh government said on Saturday that the Centre “stands committed to holding a dialogue and addressing the aspirations of the people of Ladakh, especially of the younger generation, and would be keen to start the dialogue process soon”.Talks between a high-powered Union home ministry committee and Ladakhi groups, including Leh Apex Body (LAB)…
A 22-year-old senior deck cadet, Karandeep Singh Rana, went missing from a merchant navy vessel DEHRADUN: A 22-year-old senior deck cadet, Karandeep Singh Rana, from Uttarakhand has gone missing from aboard a merchant navy vessel on its way to China from Iraq, said his family on Friday.According to his father, Narendra Rana, the last contact…
BHOPAL: The deaths of seven out of nine children in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara district were traced to a poisonous cough syrup, Coldrif, which was found to contain a highly toxic industrial chemical, diethylene glycol (DEG). Laboratory tests conducted in Tamil Nadu confirmed the presence of the substance in the syrup, prompting the Madhya Pradesh govt…
Representative image (AI) NEW DELHI: Those who violate traffic and other motor vehicle (MV) rules will soon be required to either accept and pay challans or contest them with supporting evidence within 45 days, says a draft notification proposing amendments to the MV Rules related to the issuance and payment of challans.As per the proposed…
Himanta Biswa Sarma; Zubeen Garg (File photos) NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday announced that he will provide all future updates on the Zubeen Garg case and make all statements regarding the singer’s death only through Facebook Live to prevent “miscommunication.”The Assamese cultural icon, 52-year-old Zubeen Garg, passed away on September…
A 27-year-old gym trainer, Sandeep, was brutally assaulted with an iron rod by his clients and their friends in Bengaluru on September 23 (Screengrab) BENGALURU: A 27-year-old trainer was assaulted allegedly by his clients and their friends in a gym at Ananthanagar in Hebbagodi on Sept 23. The trainer, identified as Sandeep, working at a…
Geetanjali Angmo and Sonam Wangchuk NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court will hear a plea filed by Ladakh-based climate activist Sonam Wangchuk’s wife against his detention on October 6, ANI reported. A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and NV Anjaria will consider social entrepreneur Geetanjali Angmo’s plea, which also seeks Wangchuk’s release.Wangchuk, a former educationist, was…
GUWAHATI: “During Zubeen Garg’s final moments, when he was gasping for breath and frothing at the mouth and nose, Siddharth Sharma dismissed the symptoms as ‘acid reflux’ and was heard shouting, ‘Jabo de, jabo de’ (let him go, let him go),” alleged Shekhar Jyoti Goswami, the singer’s bandmate. Goswami added that Garg, an expert swimmer…
Telangana ML Harish Rao with bereaved family NEW DELHI: A student from Hyderabad was killed in shooting by “miscreants” in Dallas, United States, his family said on Saturday.Also Read: Indian-origin man beheaded at motel in front of wife & son in Dallas The victim, 26-year-old Chandrashekar Pole, who completed his Bachelors in Dental surgery (BDS)…
NEW DELHI: An Uttar Pradesh man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for raping a seven-year-old girl — nine years after he was convicted in a similar case and later acquitted on technical grounds by the Supreme Court, a lawyer said on Saturday.Additional district judge (POCSO Act) in Shravasti, Nirdosh Kumar, on Friday found Chhotkau…
