Devotees at the ancient Siddhi Vinayak Temple in Panchama village on the outskirts of Berhampur on Ganesh Chaturthi Berhampur: The sleepy village of Panchama on the outskirts of Berhampur transformed into a sea of devotion on Monday as thousands thronged its ancient Siddhi Vinayak Temple on Ganesh Chaturthi. Worshippers from across Odisha and neighbouring Andhra…
BBMP (NOW GBA) COUNCIL WITH EMPTY CHAIRS Bengaluru has gone six years without an elected civic council, after the term of the erstwhile Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) council ended on Sept 10, 2020. The administrative machinery has continued to run the city, but a key layer of local governance has been missing: elected representatives…
After Dhurandhar 2 success, Ranveer Singh Turns Hands-On Dad As Deepika Shoots for King Abroad Ranveer Singh is embracing fatherhood while Deepika Padukone shoots for King in Cape Town. As Dhurandhar: The Revenge continues its strong box office run, Ranveer has stepped away from the spotlight to care for daughter Dua. Sources reveal he’s being…
India is set to get another major weapon and missile testing range at Junput in West Bengal’s Purba Medinipur district. The project, proposed by DRDO in April 2024, will complement the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur in Odisha. Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said he has approved the project and called it a major development initiative…
Surat: A seven-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 22-year-old co-worker of her parents at a textile-related unit in Khatodara, police said on Sunday.The incident allegedly took place on Friday morning when the girl had accompanied her mother to work. Khatodara police have arrested the accused, a native of Odisha.According to the FIR registered on…
Earlier this week, the Telangana Standards Authority for Food and Essential Drugs (TG SAFE) conducted a special enforcement drive in Hyderabad’s Kukatpally area HYDERABAD: The Telangana government on Saturday imposed a one-year statewide ban on the production, distribution and sale of artificial and non-dairy analogue paneer to safeguard public health, according to news agency ANI.Commissioner…
Varanasi: A state-of-the-art Orbital Navigation System was inaugurated at the Regional Institute of Ophthalmology (RIO), IMS-BHU on Thursday, marking a significant advancement in precision orbital and craniofacial surgery. The system is the first-of-its-kind orbital navigation technology to be introduced in Uttar Pradesh.The advanced navigation system was inaugurated by BHU Vice-Chancellor Prof. Ajit Kumar Chaturvedi in…
(L-R) Karim Lala, Haji Mastan and Varadarajan Mudaliar. MUMBAI: Long before Dawood Ibrahim became synonymous with Mumbai’s underworld, the city had already produced a generation of crime bosses who controlled smuggling routes, gambling dens, illicit liquor networks and local rackets.They were different from the gangsters who followed them.Their power was often rooted in particular neighbourhoods…
Vadodara: Victims of cyberfraud in Anand district have received some relief after the cybercrime police restored Rs 1.13 crore that had been frozen in connection with cybercrime cases over the past two months.According to the Anand Cybercrime police station, the amount was returned to victims following intervention by the cybercrime team.As part of the process,…
Patna: A 15-year-old girl, who was allegedly raped by a 55-year-old neighbour in Patna district around seven months ago, was found pregnant during a medical examination conducted at a hospital after she complained of persistent abdominal pain and swelling on Friday. The girl’s mother subsequently lodged a complaint, following which police registered a case under…
