Category: Events

No pressure was put on Champat Rai to resign, says VHP NEW DELHI: VHP international president Alok Kumar Sunday said there was “no pressure” on Champat Rai to resign from Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust and accused opposition of trying to use the row over alleged misappropriation of Ram temple donations for political gain....

Investigators are zeroing in on Ram Shankar Yadav and Anukalp Mishra as potential masterminds in the Ram Temple donation embezzlement case. LUCKNOW: Investigators probing the alleged embezzlement of donation at the Ram Temple are focusing on whether two of the eight arrested accused — Ram Shankar Yadav alias Tinnu Yadav and Anukalp Mishra — were...

Authorities are investigating Ram Temple donation theft accused Anukalp Mishra for amassing assets potentially disproportionate to his income. LUCKNOW: A Rs 65-lakh house in Ayodhya. A newly built farmhouse in his native village. A motorcycle with a price tag of over Rs 1 lakh. A Mahindra Scorpio booked recently. All this and more — at...

Thousands of Hyderabad homebuyers face significant delays, with nearly 63,000 units now pushed back by at least a year HYDERABAD: Thousands of homebuyers in Hyderabad have been left in limbo as the delivery of their long-awaited homes is set to be delayed by at least another year due to supply chain and logistics disruptions triggered...

MEA rejects Pakistan claim of India’s hand in Karachi attack NEW DELHI: India has slammed Pakistan for alleging Indian involvement in an attack on a military base in Karachi Saturday, saying Pakistan needs to look inwards and dismantle terror infrastructure on its territory. Four paramilitary personnel were killed in a terrorist attack on a Sindh...

MADURAI: A man accused of gang rape will no longer be treated the same way as a youth booked in an elopement case involving a minor. A repeat stalker will not be monitored like a first-time accused. This is the idea behind ‘Spectrum’, a new Tamil Nadu police project launched in the south zone to...

Ladakh fines tourists for driving into lake SRINAGAR: Four tourists have been fined a total of Rs 2 lakh for off-roading in Ladakh’s Pangong Lake and other protected wildlife areas in the Union Territory’s first such punitive action against such illegal incursions.Four vehicles used during the trips over the past fortnight were impounded. A viral...

India crash out of Women’s T20 World Cup Australia ended India’s Women’s T20 World Cup campaign with a convincing six-wicket victory on Sunday, raising fresh questions over Harmanpreet Kaur’s future as India’s T20 captain. Chasing 171, the six-time champions completed the target in 19 overs thanks to a match-winning 100-run partnership between Ellyse Perry and...

NEW DELHI: Investigators probing the murder of 26-year-old realtor Ketan Agarwal have alleged that his fiancée, Siya Goyal, gave a pre-arranged signal to her alleged lover, Chetan Chaudhary, to push Agarwal off Lohagad Fort by simply sitting down.According to police, the duo had carefully planned the murder so that Goyal would not be standing close...

31-year-old Pakistani national held after crossing LoC in Poonch A 31-year-old Pakistani national was apprehended by Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday after allegedly crossing the Line of Control (LoC) into Indian territory in the Balakote sector of the Mendhar subdivision in Poonch district, officials said.The man was identified as Rayees Khan, son of Bazia...