THANE: A video has gone viral showing an unidentified suburban railway commuter being thrashed by fellow passengers at Diva station in Thane. Police said the incident occurred late Monday evening and are now trying to locate the victim before registering a complaint.It is learnt that the incident was reported when the 7.10pm Karjat local pulled into platform number 3 at Diva. Few commuters who probably...

KOLKATA: A youth in his late 20s turned up at Narayanpur police station in Rajarhat near Greater Kolkata in West Bengal’s North 24 Pargana district claiming he had killed his mother and that the body was lying at home. Police immediately arrested Somnath Santra who was ready to surrender and found the lifeless body of Lakshmi Santra (49) at the bed of his home.The incident happened early on Tuesday...

RANIPET: A 22-year-old man from Chennai was charred to death when his two-wheeler caught fire after a speeding tipper truck hit him from behind and trapped him with his bike under the heavy vehicle near Kaveripakkam in Ranipet district. The accident happened on the Chennai-Bengaluru National Highway. The deceased has been identified as R Manu Kashyap from Mambakkam, Chennai, a designer in a private firm...

FARIDABAD: An 18-year-old class 12 student was stabbed to death while he was sleeping in his house in Sanjay colony in Haryana’s Faridabad, police said on Tuesday. Hearing him scream, the younger brother of the victim woke up and tried to chase the assailant but lost him, PTI quoted police as saying.According to a complaint filed by the victim's father, Santosh Bhagat, Vishal, his elder son, was...

MUMBAI: Mumbai Airport on Tuesday said both its runways will remain temporarily closed for operations for five hours on May 2 as part of the facility's monsoon contingency plan. The scheduled temporary runway closure is an annual exercise and a contingency plan on the same will help maintain operational continuity and ensure passengers' safety, PTI quoted the private airport operator as saying in a...

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PARIS: Lionel Messi is "much more likely" to leave Paris Saint-Germain at the end of the season than sign a new deal, a source close to the club told AFP on Tuesday."The dynamics have completely changed with PSG less pushing to renew (his contract)," the source said, adding that there was "no deal, no exit yet. But exit is much more likely."Messi, who will turn 36 in June, joined in 2021 on a two-year...

Apr 04, 2023, 05:43PM ISTSource: ET NowIndia's net direct tax collections surged by 17.63 per cent to Rs 16.61 lakh crore in the financial year 2022-23 (FY23), against Rs 14.12 lakh crore in the preceding financial year. The Budget Estimates (BE) for direct tax revenue in the Union Budget for FY23 were fixed at Rs 14.20 lakh crore which were revised and the Revised Estimates (RE) were fixed at Rs 16.50...

PALGHAR: Police in Palghar district averted potential mob violence against two 'sadhus' (ascetics) in a village after the residents mistook them as child lifters, nearly three years after three persons were lynched in the district over similar suspicion, an official said on Tuesday. Palghar rural superintendent of police Balasaheb Patil said two men were spotted at Chandranagar village, within the...

KOLKATA: Bengal is getting three more Vande Bharat trains — Howrah-Puri, Howrah-Ranchi and Howrah-Patna. Talks are on for a fourth — Howrah-Varanasi, too.The Howrah-New Jalpaiguri Vande Bharat, flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 30 last year, will be followed by at least three more, Eastern Railway general manager Arun Arora while speaking on ER’s “superlative performance in...