CHENNAI: A 29-year-old man employed with a private airline in Chennai was murdered by his girlfriend and three men in Pudukottai. His body was cut into pieces, transported 400 km and buried in the sands at Kovalam, police said on Tuesday. They have arrested the woman, Bhagyalakshmi, 38, and are on the lookout for the men.Police said M Jeyanthan, ground staff for Thai Airways at the Chennai international...
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NEW DELHI: Heavy rainfall along with thunderstorms lashed several parts of the city and National Capital Region (NCR) in the wee hours of Tuesday.Waterlogging was witnessed in several parts of Delhi after the rainfall, which is likely to create inconvenience for commuters during peak morning hours.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted thunderstorms with light to moderate-intensity rain...
MUMBAI: The west region Cyber police is probing a case where an unidentified cyber fraudster used a 'man-in-the middle' (MITM) attack modus operandi, created a fake email ID, similar to a Portugal-based company's, and duped a Mumbai company of Rs 54 lakh.In the MITM attack, a cyber attacker generally impersonates one of the two parties interacting and sends a message to the other party that believes it...
AYODHYA: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi received support from one of the priests of Ayodhya's Hanumangarhi temple, one of the most revered temples in the holy town, who offered him residence on the premises of the 10th-century temple.Mahant Sanjay Das of Hanumangarhi temple, who is the heir to the temple's head priest Mahant Gyan Das, said that the seers welcome Rahul Gandhi to the holy city and offer him...
A highly drug-resistant bacteria that was linked to eyedrops imported from India and that spread from person to person in a long-term care center in Connecticut, US, has prompted concerns that the strain could gain a foothold in US health care settings, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Specialists said the strain had not been previously detected in the US, and that it was...
CHANDIGARH: Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday expressed regret for his previous day's “inappropriate comments” about a high court judge, acknowledging that his remarks regarding the judiciary were inappropriate.“It was not an intentional remark against any particular judge, still I withdraw my remarks. Judiciary, executive and legislature function together for the public...
In a move seen as a reiteration of its claim over Arunachal Pradesh, China has standardised the names of 11 places in the state, which it calls "Zangnan, the southern part of Tibet". The development comes just a week after India held a G20 meeting in Arunachal that China chose to skip.The names were released on Sunday by China's ministry of civil affairs in Chinese, Tibetan and Pinyin. This is in...
BHUBANESWAR: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday left for Tokyo via Singapore on a week-long Japan tour, his third foreign tour in more than 23 years as CM, to attract foreign investment to Odisha.On his first day in Japan on Tuesday, Naveen is scheduled to meet Nippon Steel’s representative director and president Eiji Hashimoto. The meeting assumes significance because AMNS India, a joint venture...
TRICHY: The Trichy district administration has declared local holidays for the district on April 18 and 19 (Tuesday and Wednesday) in view of the Chithirai temple car festivals at Samayapuram Mariamman and Srirangam Ranganathaswamy temples. All state government offices shall remain closed, but examinations in schools and colleges that were already scheduled would be conducted as per the plan, the...
NEW DELHI: A Nigerian national was arrested in Delhi for duping a Gurgaon woman of Rs 2 lakh on the pretext of custom clearance after they met on a matrimonial site, police said on Monday.The accused, identified as Ignatus Ngosine, was arrested from Delhi on Sunday night, they said. According to the complainant, she started talking to the accused, who posed as a project manager working with a Turkish...