KOLKATA: At least two people were killed and six others injured in Bengal’s Jalpaiguri as a mortar shell floating on flood waters blew up. The mortar shell, as believed by the local police officers, belonged to the Army and was carried away by flood waters flowing down from the hills.Deputy superintendent of police, Crime, of Jalpaiguri Bikramjit Lama said that the identities of the two killed in the...
NEW DELHI/GURGAON: A man who had allegedly raped a three-year-old girl in January this year was arrested from Madhya Pradesh on Thursday, police said. Thirty-six-year-old Dare alias Govind was arrested from Narsinghpur district in Madhya Pradesh, they said. He is also accused of pushing his wife from the second floor of a building with the intention of killing her, police said.Shocking! 24-year old...
NAVI MUMBAI: Arham Gandhi, a 16-year-old student of Wilson College, sustained severe injuries after being struck by a recklessly driven car in Vashi Sector 17 earlier this week. Although the 19-year-old accused driver has been booked by the local police, immediate arrest was not made, and the teen driver has been summoned to appear in court at a later date.CCTV: Speeding car rams into two-wheeler in...
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2023 is awarded to Jon Fosse on October 5. The Norwegian author was announced as a winner of the prestigious award “for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable.”The news was announced by the Nobel Prize on their social media today.The Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded annually by the Swedish Academy. The prize is worth 11 million Swedish...
Atul Rao, an Indian-American student currently studying in London, has made the life-changing decision to pursue a career in medicine, inspired by the dedicated healthcare professionals of the UK's National Health Service (NHS) who saved his life after his heart stopped six times in a few hours.Rao, who is originally from Seattle and a student at Baylor University in Texas, faced a critical health...
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday summoned comedian Kapil Sharma, and actors Huma Quresha and Hina Khan in connection with the Mahadev betting app case.The summons come two days after the agency called actor Ranbir Kapoor for questioning on October 6 in connection with the case.Several A-listers are under the ED scanner for carrying out promotional activities for the app.Agency...
THANE: A 44-year-old housewife from Navi Mumbai has been duped of nearly Rs 23 lakh through a "task" fraud.The woman said she first received an offer through the Telegram app saying she would be paid well if she completed a few simple online tasks.An official said on Thursday that in her complaint to the Panvel police on Wednesday, the woman said she lost the money between September 17 and October 4.The...
KOLKATA: The Kolkata Traffic Police has received 16 online complaints about excess fees being charged by parking attendants from New Market, Gariahat, Kidderpore, Dalhousie and hospitals off EM Bypass. Lalbazar has also said a joint crackdown by local police and traffic guards will be carried out at these spots. “Since the KMC has a major role in keeping a check, we will be writing to them and seek...
CHENNAI: The Chennai city police on Thursday removed more than 5,000 people from the Directorate of Public Instruction (DPI) campus where they had been staging a protest for 10 days. The protesters, including teachers and their families, were detained in seven marriage halls. The teachers were agitating in three groups. Their demands included equal pay for equal work and making temporary teachers...
AHMEDABAD: Tarun Jinaraj — a murder suspect who allegedly killed his wife Sajni Nair in 2003 — was nabbed by the Gujarat's Ahmedabad Cyber Crime team at a paying guest facility in Delhi's Najafgarh area on Thursday.Jinaraj had jumped the interim bail and failed to report back. He is accused of killing Sajni by choking her on Valentine’s Day in 2003, three months after their wedding in...
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