Mandya: A 33-year-old contract worker died after falling into a boiler at MySugar factory in Mandya, with the deceased’s family and villagers alleging that the tragedy was a result of negligence by the factory management.The deceased has been identified as Charan Kumar of K Shettihalli in Maddur taluk. He had been working as a contract…
Dimapur: The Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) has urged Centre and Nagaland govt to replace National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (NHIDCL) as the implementing agency for the Dimapur-Kohima stretch of NH-29, alleging poor workmanship, prolonged delays and inadequate maintenance.In a release dated Sept 13, the federation said commuters faced serious risks on the highway,…
Patna: More than 71,000 pending traffic and transport challans were settled across Bihar during a six-day special campaign from Sept 7 to 12, giving vehicle owners an opportunity to clear cases pending for months.A total of 71,126 challans were disposed of through the National Lok Adalat held across all districts. The settlements involved challan amounts…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured the people of Jammu and Kashmir that terrorist attacks won’t stop development in the Union Territory. This as he flagged off the first train service to the Kashmir Valley. He also accused Pakistan of attacking ‘insaniyat’ and Kashmiriyat by targeting tourists in Pahalgam attack earlier this year, saying the intent…
AI image, for representation only Belagavi: Efforts to establish Jamboti honey as a recognised brand have received a fresh push, with the horticulture department submitting a proposal to the Centre under the National Horticulture Mission for setting up a honey processing centre and quality-testing laboratory in Jamboti.The move comes even as a separate Rs 5-crore…
Varanasi: Police arrested the mother of a minor rape survivor on Thursday after investigators found her alleged involvement while probing a case registered under the Pocso Act.Police said the woman had initially filed a complaint accusing her husband, the girl’s stepfather, of raping the minor, threatening to kill her when she resisted, and later luring…
A BJP functionary confirmed that a formal announcement will follow their decision, alongside a strategy to ensure their candidate secures an F&CC seat. Ludhiana: Ahead of the Ludhiana municipal corporation House meeting scheduled for August 25, preparations have begun as opposition political parties meet to select their candidate for the Finance and Contracts Committee (F&CC).The…
Private universities are filing weak patent applications to improve their rankings. The government should change the rules. The S&P 500 is one of the world’s best-known stock market indexes. The companies in it are worth about $70 trillion altogether. But here is something interesting: about 92% of their value now comes not from things such…
Ara: A woman with learning difficulties was allegedly raped and murdered in Bhojpur, with her half-naked body found along the Ara-Sasaram main road near Bagwa village under Agiaon (Garhani) police station area on Monday, police said. A person was arrested for the committing the crime, police added.Ara Sadar SDPO in charge and DSP, Ara Cyber…
On Sunday afternoon, a fire broke out at a wooden godown in the Dallupura area of Delhi, prompting the dispatch of 16 fire tenders to manage the situation. NEW DELHI: A fire broke out at a godown storing wooden items in east Delhi’s Dallupura area on Sunday, an officer of the Delhi Fire Service said.The…
