PATNA: Diwakar Sharma remembers the past two elections clearly. His wife Deepti voted both times without trouble. Now her name has disappeared from the electoral roll, and the couple has just a week to prove she still belongs.Across Bihar, thousands are scrambling to reclaim their place on the rolls before the Sept 1 deadline –…
Chennai: Madras HC recently reduced a one-year sentence to four days for a Kerala man convicted in a 2013 car crash that killed three pedestrians and grievously injured two bikers – ruling he was rushing a stranger who had attempted suicide to a hospital.Justice D Bharatha Chakravarthy said driver S Sagul Hameed was not acting…
A road is damaged after heavy rains, at Peer Kho in Jammu. (ANI file photo) JAMMU: A 52-year-old woman and her son were among three persons killed in two separate rain-related accidents while a fourth died after he was swept away in a flash flood Saturday.Several districts in Jammu region were lashed by rain since…
Jammu: CJM court in Jammu has denied bail to a 19-year-old man who allegedly ran over a 68-year-old under his SUV, leaving him with a fractured skull and brain hemorrhage, after the elderly man’s scooter grazed his recklessly driven vehicle. The court termed the accused’s act a deliberate ‘attempt to murder’ a helpless senior citizen.“Running…
New Delhi: A day after ED conducted searches at 30 premises associated with Karnataka Congress MLA KC Veerendra and on his alleged nationwide illegal betting and gambling network, the agency Saturday arrested him from Gangtok where he had gone to set up a casino.ED searches Friday led to the seizure of Rs 12 crore cash,…
CHASOTI (KISHTWAR): The poem began with a warning, a child’s voice — high-pitched, but intense — carrying through the govt-run Chasoti Middle School. The video, recorded hours before the flood, shows Suman Devi, 11, rehearsing ‘Dharti’ on Aug 14 for the Independence Day event — something that didn’t happen. Among the 14 villagers swept away…
SRINAGAR: The Ladakh administration’s move to cancel the land allotment of Himalayan Institute of Alternative Learning (HIAL), founded by environmental activist Sonam Wangchuk, has led to sharp criticism from the region’s two biggest political movements — Leh Apex Body (LAB) and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA).“We believe this is a witch hunt. It seems like a…
A security official stands guard outside a school at Wanabal Rawalpora, in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. SRINAGAR: A day after ordering the takeover of schools allegedly run by the banned Jamaat-e-Islami’s (JeI) educational organisation, Falah-e-Aam Trust (FAT), Jammu and Kashmir government moved swiftly on Saturday to enforce the directive despite opposition from all political parties,…
The announcement by President Donald Trump – 7 months after he assumed office – that he’s promoting close aide Sergio Gor to be the next US ambassador is a welcome development for India, suggesting a willingness to intensify bilateral engagement at a time the relationship seems to be in a free fall. The appointment, subject…
NEW DELHI: Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) president and actor Kamal Hassan on Saturday said that no one should be forced to learn another language. At one event, Hassan said, “I will learn whatever languages I need to learn, but my mother tongue will always be Tamil. I know 6 languages, still trying to learn more….
