Spread the love       Ram Temple in Ayodhya (file photo) LUCKNOW: The SIT has zeroed in on the role of Ramashankar Yadav alias Tinnu, with investigators pointing to serious procedural irregularities that allegedly allowed him to wield considerable control over the temple’s donation collection system despite lacking any formal authorisation.According to the SIT report, Tinnu retained custody of the keys to...

Spread the love       Representative image NEW DELHI: The personnel department (DoPT) on Friday afternoon cancelled a food ministry order to suspend an executive director of Food Corporation of India (FCI), treating it as “non-est” — which means legally non-existent from the beginning.Officials said such an order is a rare instance. ED in FCI is equivalent to a joint secretary level...

Spread the love       Transport minister Byrathi Suresh experienced commuter problems firsthand. BENGALURU: Transport minister Byrathi Suresh experienced first hand the problems routinely faced by the city’s bus commuters during a surprise inspection Saturday night, when a BMTC conductor asked him to get off the bus for not carrying exact change.Travelling incognito as part of a reality check of the city...

Spread the love       India vs England (Photo by Dan Istitene/Getty Images) England completed a dominant 4-0 T20I series win over India with a 56-run victory in the fifth and final match at Southampton on Saturday. Jos Buttler starred with a brilliant 131 off 64 balls, while captain Harry Brook remained unbeaten on 95 as England piled up a massive 257/3...

Spread the love       File photo: Sonam Wangchuk (left) and J&K CM Omar Abdullah SRINAGAR: Leh Apex Body representatives shelved Saturday a planned trip to New Delhi after fellow member and climate activist Sonam Wangchuk refused to end his 22-day hunger strike, while J&K CM Omar Abdullah accused Centre of double standards by discussing Article 371-like safeguards for Ladakh but denying...

Spread the love       TUTICORIN: A 40-year-old man electrocuted his two minor children to death before killing himself at Saveriyarpuram near Pudukottai in Tuticorin district on Friday. Police said the man was distraught after his wife left him for another man.The deceased were identified as Mary Michael, a truck driver, his daughter Mary Nirosha, 14, a Class IX student, and son...

Spread the love       Britain’s Princess Kate presents the champion trophy to Linda Noskova of Czech Republic (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) Linda Noskova won her maiden Grand Slam title after defeating fellow Czech Karolina Muchova 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 in the Wimbledon women’s singles final on Saturday. The 21-year-old looked in complete control before a dramatic second-set collapse, but recovered strongly in the...

Spread the love       Pakistan-based gangster-turned-terrorist Shehzad Bhatti (File Photo) NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday filed a chargesheet against eight accused, including Pakistan-based gangster-turned-terrorist Shehzad Bhatti, in connection with the IED car bomb blast at the parking area of Baldev Nagar police station in Ambala, Haryana, earlier this year.According to a statement issued by the NIA, the...

Spread the love       Climate activist and educator Sonam Wangchuk at CJP protest (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Educator and climate activist Sonam Wangchuk has rejected being labelled a “modern Gandhi” or a hero, saying he is “just an ordinary citizen” and urging people to take responsibility for their own lives instead of looking for someone else to lead.Wangchuk made the remarks...

Spread the love       BALASORE: A gang of thieves uprooted an ATM in Odisha’s Balasore district, tied it to a Mahindra Thar with a rope and dragged it away before fleeing with the cash inside, police said.The incident occurred around 2 am on Saturday under the jurisdiction of Khaira police station and was captured on CCTV.According to preliminary information, more than...