Category: Events

A police sub-inspector and four associates allegedly stormed a Dehradun polytechnic college, vandalizing property and threatening staff after his son was caught cheating. DEHRADUN: Teachers at a polytechnic college in Pitthuwala in Dehradun have alleged that a police sub-inspector (SI), accompanied by four others, forcibly entered the examination control office on June 5, vandalised property...

KOLKATA: The Bengal Police on Sunday arrested Mohammad Jasimuddin, a Trinamool Congress councillor of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), on charges of molestation and harassment of a minor girl.Jasimuddin, a councillor from Ward No. 39 in the Jorasanko area of central Kolkata, was taken into custody from his residence in the afternoon, police said.He has...

ANI file photo NEW DELHI: The sudden rainstorm that hit IGI Airport’s Terminal 2 (T2) on Sunday evening left three aircraft damaged when they were hit by ground support equipment which moved from their positions in strong winds. Of the three Air India single aisle aircraft, one will now be grounded for a few days...

File photo NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday will launch the Land Port Management System (LPMS), a state-of-the-art platform that will enable end-to-end digital workflows for cargo processing and passenger movement at all land ports, on par with the systems at airports and seaports, and enable interoperable, efficient and transparent border management.LPMS is...

NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has once again come to the defence of the “noble idli,” this time weighing in on a viral social media post that declared “chai and idli” to be the “best combination to ever exist.”Responding to the post on X, the Thiruvananthapuram MP offered a detailed and characteristically witty critique...

File photo The global airline industry is set for a sharp downturn in profitability in 2026, with earnings almost halved compared to earlier forecasts, as the ongoing Middle East conflict pushes up fuel prices, disrupts key flight routes and strains airline operations worldwide.The International Air Transport Association said on Sunday that it now expects the...

File photo NEW DELHI: Former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot has reignited discussions around the 2022 Congress presidential race and internal party turmoil, saying he would not have refused the top post if offered by Sonia Gandhi and the party leadership.His comments are being seen as reopening old fault lines within the Congress over the...

KOLKATA: A Trinamool worker accused of extortion took shelter under a huge pile of clothes kept inside a godown of the state government organization “Tantuja” at Amta in Howrah on Saturday when BJP workers of Basantpur Panchayat in Udaynarayanpur came looking for him at Amta Block 1. They spotted Brahmananda Chakrabarty at the state-owned Tantuja...

Donald Trump (File photo) US President Donald Trump on Sunday asserted the conditions around the Iran peace deal, saying that no sanctions would be lifted or assets be unfrozen upfront till the peace deal is reached.In a recent interview with NBC News’ “Meet the Press”, Trump , on being asked he would consider unfreezing assets...

NEW DELHI: Thirteen shops were gutted in a major fire that broke out in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir early on Sunday, officials said.The blaze erupted around 5 am in Bufliaz Central Market along the Mughal Road, rapidly spreading through a row of mostly wooden and tin-roofed shops, PTI reported.Local residents, assisted by Army...