Pilibhit: A 22-year-old man was arrested from Kotwali Sadar police station area in Lakhimpur Kheri district on Tuesday night for allegedly molesting an 18-year-old girl while she was on her way to a library.Kheri circle officer Vivek Kumar told TOI “Accused Mohammad Shahdab alias Aman has been sent to jail on Wednesday. His family members…
NEW DELHI: Under the Rs 66,500-crore contract inked by Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) with the defence ministry on Thursday, 97 additional Tejas Mark-1 A fighter aircraft will be delivered by the PSU over a six-year period beginning 2027-28.Significantly, the Indian Air Force (IAF) is yet to get even the first of the 83 ‘improved’ Tejas Mark-1A…
CHANDIGARH: Punjab and Haryana HC said drunk driving cannot be viewed in isolation as a mere act of mischief as it is a grave menace to public safety and “strikes at the very root of societal order”, and denied bail to a trucker accused of crushing an MBBS student while driving under the influence two…
NEW DELHI: In what could prove a game-changer in the Bihar polls, PM Narendra Modi will launch via video-conferencing on Friday Bihar’s Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana and directly transfer Rs 10,000 each into the bank accounts of 75 lakh women across the state.Officials said the scheme was aimed at making women “atmanirbhar” (self-reliant) and promoting…
NEW DELHI: EC on Thursday revised the rules relating to counting of postal ballots, making it mandatory for all postal ballot papers to be counted before the penultimate round of EVM/VVPATs counting is taken up.The new practice will be first implemented in Bihar where assembly polls are due in Nov.This restores the arrangement prior to…
AHMEDABAD: A man allegedly set his wife and mother-in-law ablaze at a beauty parlour in Kubernagar area of Ahmedabad on Wednesday over a domestic dispute. The wife, Jaya (32), succumbed to her injuries during treatment, while her mother, Shobhana, was battling for life at Civil Hospital with over 70% burns.According to Sardarnagar police, the accused,…
NEW DELHI: India successfully tested the new-generation nuclear capable Agni-Prime ballistic missile, which has a strike range up to 2,000km, from a rail-based launcher system for the first time on Wednesday night.With the road-mobile Agni Prime already being inducted into the tri-Service Strategic Forces Command (SFC), the specially designed rail launcher will enhance the operational…
RAIPUR: Calling each other names is typically dismissed in a spousal relationship. Not anymore. The Chhattisgarh HC, on Sept 3, upheld a family court decision to dissolve a marriage holding that the wife calling her husband “paaltu chuha” (pet rat) for obeying his parents amounted to cruelty.A division bench of Justices Rajani Dubey and Amitendra…
Agastya Goel among five other US Olympiad winners getting photographed with Donald Trump. Seventeen-year-old Agastya Goel isn’t used to the spotlight. But this summer, his picture with Donald Trump put him right there. The California teen was part of the US team of five that struck gold at the International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) in Paris….
JAMMU: Alert BSF personnel thwarted an infiltration attempt along the international border in RS Pura sector, Jammu, on Thursday and detained a Pakistani intruder who had sneaked into Indian territory.Officials said BSF troops manning the border noticed the suspect’s movement and kept a close watch, apprehending him as soon as he crossed over around 1.30pm….
