Latest News, Updates & Breaking Headlines
(L) Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra PANAJI: The original landowner of the fire-ravaged Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub in Goa has claimed that a portion of his property was illegally converted from a salt pan to a settlement zone without his knowledge, according to news agency PTI.Pradeep Ghadi Amonkar, who is currently in a legal battle…
NEW DELHI: Amid reports of widespread non-compliance of safety norms in sleeper coach buses, road transport minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday directed officials to carry out checking of all such buses by govt-approved testing agencies — ARAI, CIRT and iCAT — and ensure compliance.He was chairing a review meeting on the recent bus fires in…
A 45-year-old Bengaluru software professional ended his life on Wednesday, accusing a local family and officials of the erstwhile BBMP, now Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA), of driving him to suicide through harassment. BENGALURU: A 45-year-old Bengaluru software professional ended his life on Wednesday, accusing a local family and officials of the erstwhile BBMP, now Greater…
BENGALURU: A 45-year-old techie’s dream of building a house ended on a sad note as he died by suicide, accusing a family and officials of the erstwhile BBMP, now Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA), of abetting his extreme act through harassment.Murali Govindaraju, a resident of Brookbong Layout in Whitefield, worked with a private software company at…
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s son Kasim Khan on Monday accused the jail authorities of doing “something irreversible” to his father amid the ongoing speculations about his whereabouts.Speaking to news agency Reuters , Kasim said that the family has had no direct or verifiable contact with Khan, despite a judicial order for weekly meetings.“Not…
The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has implemented a key constitutional clause following a Supreme Court directive. This clause prevents officials from simultaneously holding positions in both national and state football organisations. The Supreme Court had instructed AIFF to adopt Article 25.3 (c) and (d) within three weeks of its October 15 order. These articles…
NEW DELHI: An Indian citizen from Arunachal Pradesh was held for over 18 hours in Shanghai airport after Chinese officials declared her Indian passport invalid.Prema Wangjom Thongdok, said she is an Indian citizen living in the UK for about 14 years. The ordeal occurred while she was traveling from London’s Gatwick to Janan via a…
Image used for representative purposes NEW DELHI: Amid attempts to link the deaths or alleged suicides by booth-level officers (BLOs), particularly in West Bengal, to “pressure” of work related to the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, election-related officials pointed out that Phase-2 of the exercise was progressing at a much more relaxed pace…
Farhan Akhtar held a special screening in Delhi of his latest film ‘120 Bahadur,’ which was attended by the top Indian Army officials. The film, which is based on the backdrop of the 1962 India-China war that averted the potential occupation of a region in Ladakh in the Battle of Rezang La, released in the…
NEW DELHI: An Air Force Tejas fighter jet crashed during an aerobatic display at the Dubai Airshow on Friday, killing the pilot, Wing Commander Namansh Syal. The single-engine Tejas Mark-1 plunged straight into the ground during a low-altitude demonstration, erupting into flames and scattering debris across the venue. The aircraft reportedly failed to recover from…
