2023

GHAZIABAD: A 20-year-old MCom student was shot inside her house in Nandgram by her boyfriend, who locked himself in a bathroom when neighbours arrived and consumed poison. While Deepmala, a student of a private university in Ghaziabad, succumbed to the bullet wound before she could be taken to a hospital, Rahul died during treatment at GTB Hospital in Delhi.Police said they were probing an honour...

MUMBAI: Stamp paper vendors across the city are on an indefinite strike against the new rules issued by the state government which state that those wanting a stamp paper will now have to go in person to buy it and can't purchase it through a third party. The new rules also require a person to be physically present to buy a stamp paper from a vendor. The circular laying out the new rules was issued in...

NEW DELHI: With disengagement in eastern Ladakh still incomplete, the government on Thursday reiterated that return to normalcy in ties with with China would require restoration of peace and tranquillity in the border areas.“The restoration of normalcy in our relationship will require restoration of peace and tranquillity in the border areas which have been disturbed since April 2020,” MEA...

THANE: While the Thane police have started investigating the alleged assault on a Shiv Sena UBT activist, Roshani Shinde Pawar, following permission from the Thane magistrate court, the state women's commission on Thursday issued a notice to the Thane police and asked the Thane police chief to remain present before it on April 11 with its report. The commission, chaired by Rupali Chakankar, said it was...

NEW DELHI: Both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were adjourned sine die on Thursday, bringing to an end a disruption-ridden Budget session which was among the least productive in recent times as BJP insisted on an apology from Rahul Gandhi for his “democracy under threat” remarks in UK while the opposition persisted in its demand for a JPC probe into the Adani issue.Marred by these protests, the 11th...

THANE: The kasarwadavali police has registered a Non-Cognizable offence in the alleged Roshni Shinde assault case and mentioned two ‘unidentified’ women as the opponents. After a huge Morcha was taken out by the Sena led by Uddhav Thackeray and the alias of Maha Vikas Aghadi against the incident, only after that Thane police swung into action. Had the police taken swift action earlier, the situation...

KOLKATA: Sealdah divisional railway manager (DRM) Deepak Nigam and commissioner of Customes inspected the border railway station in Gede on Wednesday facilitate faster movement of cargo and passengers trains across the border. The officers conducted a joint inspection of the facilities available at the Customs checking point at railway station on April 5.It is well-known that, apart from handling two...

GHAZIABAD(UP): A 26-year-old man allegedly shot dead his girlfriend before dying by suicide after consuming poison in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad on Thursday, police said. They said Rahul Chowdhary allegedly shot dead Deepmala Yadav (24) with a countrymade pistol at her home in Ghukna village, which falls under Nandgram police station, Thursday morning when her parents had gone to a temple. He then...

PUNE: Four persons died on the spot when the compact SUV they were travelling in first hit a median before veering to the extreme left to crash into a stationary truck near the Urse toll post around 40km from Pune on the Pune-Mumbai expressway on Thursday evening.The Pune-bound traffic on the expressway disrupted for some time after the accident."The victims included architect Mauli Babasaheb Dhumal...

Even as thousands of Indians face over year-long delays in getting interview dates for B-1 & B-2 US visitor visas, and in some cases for H-1B and L-1 work permit visas, a trend has emerged of using the ‘third country’ option to schedule interviews much faster. Some travel industry experts believe that this has opened a new post-pandemic tourism trend, with those Indians, who can afford it,...