Protesters blocked key traffic points in Ludhiana, including the Ladowal stretch on the Amritsar-Delhi highway, Jalandhar Bypass, and Samrala Chowk, though demonstrators permitted emergency vehicles such as ambulances to pass through. Ludhiana: The statewide Punjab bandh called by the Qaumi Insaaf Morcha to demand the release of Bandi Singhs (Sikh prisoners) evoked a mixed response…
Ahmedabad: In the bootlegging race, eastern Ahmedabad is so far ahead of the west that the value of booze seized in the east (from Jan to July) accounts for 71.5% of the value of police’s total liquor haul from the city. The western belt’s seizures were concentrated in Sarkhej and Sola, which recorded combined values…
Agartala: Ahead of a scheduled meeting between senior netas of BJP and its ally TIPRA Motha in Agartala on Friday, TIPRA chief, Pradyot Kishore Debbarman, reiterated that his party would not enter into a seat-sharing arrangement with BJP unless the Centre gives a written commitment on implementing the tripartite agreement signed ahead of the last…
Deceased Praveen Kumar (L); arrested (clockwise): Nandheesh, Manikandan, Ezhumalai, Gowtham CHENNAI: A 23-year-old man died after he was hacked by a group near Kelambakkam following a dispute over his relationship with a woman.Three people were arrested initially, while another suspect was arrested after the victim’s relatives staged a road blockade demanding action against those involved.Police…
A view of partially submerged houses amid a flood-like situation following the rising water level of the Pandu River, in Kanpur on Friday Kanpur: Rising water levels in Pandu river have increased people’s difficulties in Varun Vihar, Barra-8.As the water started entering the houses, several families have moved to safer places with children and essential…
Building was being constructed on a 50-square-yard plot HYDERABAD: A seven-storey under-construction building collapsed in Anjaiah Nagar in Madhapur on Saturday afternoon.Officials of the Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA) said at least one person died in the incident and rescue teams are searching for other possible victims.Upon learning about the incident, Madhapur…
Pic for representation only Gadag: A recent incident in which a peacock and a leopard were electrocuted at a transformer in Kabbinakere village of Chitradurga district has renewed demands for safety measures around electrical infrastructure to protect wildlife. The peacock reportedly flew towards a transformer while trying to escape a leopard. As it came into…
All smiles: (from left) Pramila, Unnathi, Aiyappa and Martin Owens BENGALURU: 16 years ago, a five-year-old Unnathi Aiyappa watched her mother Pramila return from the Asian Games with a bronze medal. Next month, when Unnathi steps onto the continental stage in Japan for her Asian Games debut, she will carry not just her mother’s legacy…
Security personnel verify passengers before their departure as the Imphal–Dimapur–Guwahati bus service resumes after more than three years Imphal: Interstate passenger services between Imphal and Guwahati via Dimapur resumed on Friday after a gap of more than three years, marking a tentative restoration of road connectivity along a route disrupted by the ethnic conflict in…
(Image used for representative) A 31-year-old M.Sc. Physics student at IIT Delhi died Saturday morning after jumping from a building on campus NEW DELHI: A 31-year-old M.Sc. Physics student at IIT Delhi died after allegedly jumping from the sixth floor of a building on the institute’s campus on Saturday morning, police said.At around 8.33 am…
