Category: Events

PM Modi with BJP’s Mithun Chakraborty during a rally in Kolkata on Saturday KOLKATA: Chun-chun ke hisab liya jayega (One by one, everyone will be held accountable),” PM Modi said at BJP’s Brigade Parade Ground rally here on Saturday, calling for “change” at state secretariat Nabanna in upcoming polls. He touched on BJP’s key themes,...

NEW DELHI: 92,700 tonnes of LPG — equivalent to 1.25 days of India’s cooking gas demand — have crossed the Strait of Hormuz, blocked by Iran for a fortnight, and are scheduled to reach Indian ports on Monday and Tuesday. Another 10 ships carrying crude and gas remain on standby in the Persian Gulf. Although...

JODHPUR/NEW DELHI: Ladakh social and climate activist Sonam Wangchuk was released from Jodhpur Central Jail Saturday afternoon after the Centre revoked his detention under the National Security Act. His release comes almost six months after he was detained on Sept 26, 2025, two days after protests had broken out in the region while he was...

HYDERABAD: A 24-year-old transport supervisor working with an IT company here has been arrested for allegedly injecting his own HIV-infected blood into a 24-year-old relative after she refused to marry him because of his medical condition. The man has been booked for attempted murder. The incident occurred around 5 pm on March 11 at the...

CHANDIGARH: Haryana State Commission for Women on Saturday directed police to arrest rapper Badshah alias Aditya Prateek Singh Sisodia in cases registered against him at three places over his controversial song ‘Tateeree’. One of the three is a criminal case. HSCW chairperson Renu Bhatia issued directions to Panchkula DC and Panipat SP, where the cases...

DEHRADUN: Police in Dehradun arrested a 19-year-old man and apprehended two 15-year-old boys for the alleged gang rape of a 14-year-old girl after offering her a sedative-laced cold drink on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday, officials said on Saturday.Circle officer (sadar) Ankit Kandari said the case came to light after the girl’s mother,...

Days after a 25-year-old HPCL engineer was arrested in Moradabad soon for allegedly murdering his twin sister in a knife attack, details from the post-mortem report brought out the extent of the assault. MEERUT: Days after a 25-year-old HPCL engineer was arrested in Moradabad soon for allegedly murdering his twin sister in a knife attack,...

The home minister indicated that the party would go alone in 2027 polls KILLI CHAHAL (MOGA): Union home minister Amit Shah sounded the bugle for the 2027 Punjab assembly election with a ‘badlav rally’ in Moga, urging people to give BJP “ik mauka” (one chance), and promising that the party’s first legislation would be an...

JAMMU: Panun Kashmir has expelled its chairman, Ajay Chrungoo, for alleged links with US-based separatist lobbyist Ghulam Nabi Fai, a proclaimed agent of Pakistan’s ISI, and has named Tito Ganju as its new chief.The prominent organisation representing displaced Kashmiri Pandits said in a statement on Saturday that senior office-bearers met Chrungoo earlier in the day...

PC: faroeislands.org.uk Sørvágsvatn, the largest lake in the Faroe Islands, which is also known as Leitisvatn, lies above the Atlantic Ocean and is an intriguing example of a masterclass in geology and forced perspective. The famous optical illusion caused by Sørvágsvatn challenges the laws of gravity. The photos captured from the Trælanípa cliff have created...