The SSP said that all the arrested suspects were males (Representational) Colombo: As many as 137 Indian nationals who were allegedly involved in a large-scale online financial scam across multiple locations in Sri Lanka have been arrested by police, according to a media report on Friday. They were arrested on Thursday from the Colombo suburbs … Read more
“The budget is a torrent of assurances,” Uddhav Thackeray said (File) Mumbai: The opposition in Maharashtra on Friday targeted the Eknath Shinde government over its last budget before the state goes to the polls later this year, describing it as a “torrent of assurances” but said there was no clarity on how the money will … Read more
The region received rains in the morning. Noida: Three children lost their lives while five others were hospitalised with injuries after a wall collapsed at an under construction house in Greater Noida on Friday, police said. All the children belonged to an extended family and the incident took place at Khodna Khurd village in the … Read more
Manish Tiwari, holding shoes in hands, makes his way out of his house to attend parliament New Delhi: Monsoon’s first spell in Delhi early Friday inundated the most posh areas of the city alike, including the Lutyens’ Delhi which is home to several ministers and MPs, giving them a hard time reaching Parliament for the … Read more
On being informed, police team reached the spot and rushed him to hospital (Representational) Gurugram: A 35-year-old food delivery agent was killed as a tractor allegedly hit his motorcycle in the in the Sector 40 area here on Friday while he was returning home after work, police said. Efforts are on to arrest the tractor … Read more
India has called for prompt action against those responsible for Satnam Singh’s death (File) New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday condemned the negligence in the treatment of Satnam Singh, an Indian worker who died in north Italy, stating that his employer, responsible for his medical care, has been arrested. MEA official … Read more
The disease has a mortality rate of 95-100 per cent (Representational) Kozhikode (Kerala): A 12-year-old boy has been afflicted by amoebic meningoencephalitis, a rare brain infection caused by a free-living amoeba found in contaminated waters, in Kozhikode district of Kerala, according to sources in the private hospital where he is being treated. This is the … Read more
Putin said Russia had pledged not to deploy such missiles but US had resumed their production (File) Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Russia should resume production of intermediate and shorter-range nuclear-capable missiles and then consider where to deploy them after the United States brought similar missiles to Europe and Asia. Putin’s … Read more
The annual waterlogging of Minto Bridge became a focal point for memes. New Delhi: Heavy rains lashed Delhi on Friday, causing widespread flooding and traffic chaos. The downpour, the heaviest in a single day of June in 88 years, brought the national capital to a standstill. Streets were inundated, flights were suspended at Terminal-1 of … Read more
New Delhi: The BJP on Friday demanded the resignation of the AAP government in Delhi over the chaos caused due to heavy rain triggering massive water logging across the city. AAP’s INDIA bloc partner Congress too trained guns at the party blaming failure of its government in Delhi. Senior AAP leader and Water Minister Atishi … Read more
The victim was running a grocery store in Brindavan Colony, police said (Representational) Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh): A physical education teacher was arrested for allegedly killing a grocery store owner who warned him to stay away from his daughter, police said on Friday. The murder happened in the Bandar Road area under the Krishna Lanka police … Read more
The collapsed bridge in Bihar’s Madhubani An under construction bridge collapsed in Bihar’s Madhubani region on Friday in the fifth incident of its kind in the state over the last nine days. This incident took place at Madhepur Block of Bheja police station in Madhubani district where a 75 m long bridge was under construction. … Read more