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Surat: Two sanitation workers died of suffocation while cleaning a sewer in the Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT) campus in Surat on Tuesday. Another sanitation worker is in a critical condition and being treated in Surat government hospital. Talking to mediapersons, Surat Mayor Hemali Boghawala said: “A fire brigade team had received a […]

The hearing on the Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh challenging the KWDT judgement in the Supreme Court has been posted for December 6.

New Delhi: Congress on Tuesday questioned the Union government for the preferential treatment given to the Bilkis Bano case convicts, alleging that it has been done for elections. Addressing a press conference, Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi said that the Gujarat government affidavit “proves beyond a shadow of doubt that the release was a political […]

Mumbai: Asian Cricket Council president Jay Shah on Tuesday said that Team India will not travel to Pakistan for the Asia Cup 2023 and the prestigious tournament will be held at a neutral venue. Flagship tournaments are supposed to be held in Pakistan as the Asian giants will host the forthcoming edition of the Asia […]

Hyderabad: Not long ago videos of people welcoming 11 convicted rapists of Bilkis Bano with garlands and sweets went viral on the internet. Today #BilkisBano trends on Twitter again, courtesy, an approval by the Modi government. Earlier, reports suggested that the Gujarat government released 11 rapists by the grant of remission to prisoners as part […]

Hyderabad: Want to be a prisoner for one day? You can now live behind the bars as a jail in Uttarakhand is renting out rooms for those seeking to rule out their bandhan yog. One can stay in Haldwani Jail by paying a day’s rent which is just Rs 500. The superintendent of the jail […]

TRS (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao on Tuesday found it shocking that the affidavit filed by the Gujarat government in the Supreme Court

Hyderabad: The internet is full of adorable videos of toddlers eating, playing, or dancing. But have you seen a video of a toddler in a police station to lodge a complaint? In a clip that is now doing rounds on the internet, a three-year-old boy is seen complaining to a police constable. “Chocolate bhi churaya […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday listed for hearing on November 29 pleas challenging the decision of the Gujarat government to grant remission to the 11 convicts, who had gang-raped Bilkis Bano and murdered her family members during the 2002 Godhra riots. A bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and CT Ravikumar granted time to […]

Hyderabad: Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in India affecting one in 28 women and it is also the leading cause of cancer related deaths among women. Doctors of various healthcare institutions in Hyderabad say lack of early detection of the disease is the main reason causing death of women when they […]

Mumbai: Former Indian cricketer Roger Binny was elected as the 36th President of the Indian cricket body, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), replacing Sourav Ganguly on Tuesday. The 91st Annual General Meeting of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) was held in Mumbai. Notably, Binny was the only candidate […]

Kurnool: Congress’ Bharat Jodo Yatra entered Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday as party leader Rahul Gandhi along with others reached Halaharvi village in the Kurnool district after a day’s break. The 3,500-km yatra from Kanyakumari to Kashmir on Monday observed a “rest day” on the 40th day of the march in Sanganakallu since its commencement on […]

Chennai: Arumughaswamy Commission of Inquiry constituted to probe the death of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK leader J Jayalalithaa has called for an investigation against Sasikala, among three others. The report of the Arumugasamy Inquiry Committee, which probed the death of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK leader J Jayalalithaa, was tabled […]

New Delhi: India witnessed a decline in fresh Covid cases with 1,542 infections in the last 24 hours, against the previous day’s 2,060 count, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday. In the same period, eight more Covid related deaths were logged, taking the national fatalities tally to 5,28,913. Meanwhile, the active caseload stands at […]

Rudraprayag: A helicopter carrying Kedarnath pilgrims crashed in Uttarakhand’s Garud Chatti on Tuesday, killing all six onboard. The victims comprised two pilots and four pilgrims. The chopper is reported to belong to Aryan Aviation and was taking the pilgrims to Kedarnath. A police official said they were awaiting more information. Teams of SDRF and NDRF […]

A one-year-old toddler died after being attacked by stray dogs in Noida, police said.

At least six people were killed and 13 others injured when a bus collided with a container truck on the Ahmedabad-Mumbai National Highway in Gujarat's Vadodara in the wee hours on Tuesday.

Two hundred electric buses will soon ply on the roads in J&K's Jammu and Srinagar cities as part of the government's initiative to establish an environmentally, socially, and financially sustainable network of public transport.

Basavaprabhu Sri, attached to Davanagere Virakta Mutt, has been chosen as the interim pontiff of the Chitraduga Murugha Mutt in place of rape-accused Lingayat seer, Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, sources confirmed on Tuesday.

Earlier on October 14, the NIA had conducted searches at multiple locations including the Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir in connection with a drone delivery case.

The police apprehended two accused namely Hussain (24) and Chotu (18) into custody in this connection.

A hybrid terrorist belonging to terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), who lobbed a grenade in which two non-local labourers from Uttar Pradesh were killed in Harmen area of South Kashmir's Shopian district, has been arrested, Police said on Tuesday.

Hyderabad: Hyderabad-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) is part of the world’s largest and most diverse genomic study covering 54 lakh individuals, which has identified 12,222 places in human genome that are associated with human height. The study — ‘A saturated map of common genetic variants associated with human height’ — was published […]

Hyderabad: Proving its apparent anti-farmer leanings, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is once again at the receiving end of the farmer’s ire in a State ruled by the saffron party itself. The BJP-led Centre, after making Telangana’s paddy farmers suffer by refusing to procure the crop in time earlier this year, is remaining silent even […]