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Days after a devastating fire at an upscale nightclub in India's Goa state killed 25 people, the spotlight remains on the two brothers who co-owned the place. On Tuesday, Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra were deported to India from Thailand, where they fled hours after the incident on 7 December. A third partner in the nightclub, Ajay Gupta, was detained in Delhi last week. Until a few weeks ago, the brothers who grew up in Delhi, were not known beyond India's hospitality and nightlife circuit. Tho ...Read More >
Harpinder alias Middu, a resident of Naushehra Pannuan in Punjab's Tarn Taran district, was injured in an exchange of fire during a chase and later succumbed to injuries in hospital, police said. A suspect in the killing of a 30-year-old kabaddi player-cum-promoter in Mohali was shot dead by police in an encounter on Wednesday. Harpinder alias Middu, a resident of Naushehra Pannuan in Punjab's Tarn Taran district, was injured in an exchange of fire during a chase and later succumbed to injurie ...Read More >
A critically injured Kanwar Digvijay Singh, alias Rana Balachauria, was rushed to the Fortis Hospital in Mohali where he was declared brought dead, they said. Rana had got married on December 4. Unidentified assailants shot at a 30-year-old kabaddi player-cum-promoter, moments after clicking a selfied with him, after he and his team were leaving the ground following a match in Mohali on Monday, police said. A critically injured Kanwar Digvijay Singh, alias Rana Balachauria, was rushed to the F ...Read More >
New Delhi: To curb rising air pollution in the national capital, the Delhi government has enforced strict new rules affecting commuters, particularly those using private vehicles or working in the city. From December 18, the Rekha Gupta government will roll out three major changes affecting lakhs across Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR), including daily commuters, cab drivers operating older vehicles and travellers who routinely enter the capital. What Are The Major Changes? Rule 1: ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 17 (PTI) Samtel Avionics on Wednesday said it has raised Rs 75 crore from True North Private Credit to fund growth and expansion. The deal also carries a green shoe option of Rs 140 crore for additional funding as the company scales up. "This funding marks a significant milestone in Samtel Avionics' expansion strategy as it strengthens its capabilities in high-tech electronics for defence, aerospace, railways, as well as emerging sectors like satellites, and unmanned systems (UA ...Read More >
Beed: A young woman from Baramati was allegedly gang-raped in Ambajogai after being lured there on the pretext of employment at a Kala Kendra, police said on Tuesday. A case has been registered against four persons, including a woman, following a complaint lodged by the victim's mother with Baramati police station in Pune district. After registering the case with Baramati, the case is transferred to Ambajogai Rural Police Station. According to the complaint, the survivor, who has an interest in ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 17 (ANI): As India pushes its ambition of Atmanirbhar Bharat through deep-tech research and a stronger intellectual property framework, Roberta Romano-Goetsch, Chief Sustainability Officer of the European Patent Office (EPO) told ANI on Wednesday that the patents are emerging as powerful strategic assets that go far beyond protection, enabling global knowledge-sharing and innovation-led growth. Speaking to ANI in an exclusive interview on the sidelines of the Confede ...Read More >
New Delhi: As Delhi's air quality worsens, the Delhi government has introduced emergency traffic curbs under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP). From Thursday, only BS6-compliant vehicles registered outside Delhi will be allowed to enter the city when GRAP Stage III or IV is in force, a move that could keep nearly 12 lakh vehicles off Delhi's roads during peak pollution days. During winter, Delhi's weather traps pollutants close to the ground, causing air quality to drop. Vehicle emissions ...Read More >
NEW DELHI/IMPHAL: Enforcement Directorate (ED) has carried out raids at five locations in Imphal, Manipur, linked to Yambem Biren and Narengbam Samarjit, who had proclaimed themselves in 2019 as the 'Chief Minister' and 'External Affairs & Defence Minister' of a so-called "Manipur State Council". In a statement, the agency said both the accused were involved in money laundering through the Salai Group of Companies. According to the ED, the case relates to a press conference held in London in 2 ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Special Cell of Delhi Police on Wednesday arrested five shooters associated with the Arzoo and Anmol Bishnoi-Harry Boxer gang. The accused include main shooters involved in three sensational murders. The operation to nab the accused was carried out by the Special Cell team under the leadership of ACP Dharmendra Kumar. Additional Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) PS Kushwaha told media that accused are Piyush Piplani, Ankush Solanki, Kunwarbir, Lovepreet Singh, and Santosh al ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Telangana Jagruti President Kalvakuntla Kavitha on Tuesday extended full support to women workers protesting against Shahi Exports at Nacharam. Here To Join Us On WhatsApp Kavitha asserted that the agitation highlights the government's failure to address labour issues despite a prolonged protest by thousands of women workers. A delegation of Shahi Exports workers met Kalvakuntla Kavitha at the Telangana Jagruti office in Banjara Hills. During the interaction, the workers explained ...Read More >
Panaji: A court in North Goa Wednesday remanded Gaurav and Saurabh Luthra, co-owners of the 'Birch by Romeo Lane' nightclub, in police custody for five days. The brothers, brought to Goa from Delhi after being deported from Thailand in connection with the December 6 blaze that killed 25, were produced in the court after undergoing health check-ups twice at the District Hospital in North Goa. Judicial Magistrate First Class Mapusa Puja Sardesai remanded the two brothers in police custody for fi ...Read More >
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin announced a compensation of Rs 3 lakh to the boy's family. Chennai: A Class 7 boy died, and another student was injured after a wall collapsed at a government school in Tamil Nadu's Tiruvallur district. The incident occurred while students were sitting outside their classrooms and having their midday meal. Tiruvallur District Collector Pratap told NDTV that a preliminary investigation revealed four students were eating when the compound wall suddenly colla ...Read More >
Chairing a high-level meeting to review action plans of the municipal bodies of Delhi and Sonepat, he also said that construction and demolition work should not be allowed in the region until construction and demolition waste handling and processing infrastructure is created and identified within a 10 km radius of the site. The minister asked all agencies to work in mission mode to achieve a 40 per cent reduction in the air quality index over the next one year. Stressing the importance of a "W ...Read More >
KARIMNAGAR: A long-standing land dispute between the forest department and the Kondagattu Anjaneya Swamy Temple management in Jagtial district is moving towards resolution, with the district forest officer (DFO), M. Ravi Prasad, seeking a joint inspection by the Survey and Land Records Department to demarcate boundaries between forest land and temple property. The dispute intensified after the forest department issued a show-cause notice alleging that the temple had encroached upon about six ac ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Telangana Legislative Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar dismissed the disqualification petitions filed against five MLAs of the state. Speaker Prasad Kumar said the petitioners failed to prove that the MLAs had switched to the Congress. He clarified that they are technically still in the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and dismissed the disqualification petitions against Arikepudi Gandhi, Mahipal Reddy, Tellam Venkat Rao, Bandla Krishnamohan Reddy, and Prakash Goud. BRS leaders had ...Read More >
Muscat - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Oman on Wednesday, marking the final leg of his significant three-nation tour. He was received with a formal guard of honour and greeted by senior Omani officials upon his arrival in the Sultanate. During the visit, PM Modi is scheduled to hold high-level talks with His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik. Discussions are expected to focus on the finalisation of the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), alongside enhancing coop ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Dec 17 (Maxim News): The alleged involvement of a Hyderabad man in a mass shooting at a beach in Australia has drawn sharp political reaction in Telangana. Telangana BJP chief N Ramchander Rao on Wednesday described the incident as an "insult" to India. He also termed it a serious security concern that needs careful examination by authorities. Here To Join Us On WhatsApp The comments came after Telangana Police confirmed that Sajid Akram, one of the suspects in the recent shooting a ...Read More >
Agartala: As many as four persons died, and three others suffered serious injuries after a fire broke out inside the chimney of a brick kiln, causing it to collapse at Kamalpur in Tripura's Dhalai district, officials said on Wednesday. Three of the deceased died on the spot, while the fourth passed away at Dhalai District Hospital after being initially rescued from the site. The deceased have been identified as Subal Debnath (55), Pinku Shil (37), Anil Goutam (49), and Sajal Malakar (40). The ...Read More >
Mysore/Mysuru: Alok Kumar, who has been newly appointed as the Director General of Police (DGP), Prisons and Correctional Services, gave a surprise visit to the Central Prison in city this noon and personally inspected each and every barracks in the Prison premises. During his inspection, he heard the grievances of the inmates and also from the Prison staff. The DGP instructed the Prison authorities to not only be vigilant inside the jail premises but also keep a watch in the jail surroundings ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Dec 17 (Maxim News): The Telangana Inter exam dates have been revised following a government holiday declared for Holi. The Board of Intermediate Education made minor changes to the examination schedule to avoid inconvenience to students. The announcement was made on December 17. The change mainly affects exams that were earlier scheduled on March 3. Here To Join Us On WhatsApp According to the revised schedule, the exams that were to be held on March 3 have been postponed by one da ...Read More >
Agartala, Dec 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tripura is set to have its own tea auction centre by next year, a move expected to give a major impetus to the state's beverages industry. The information was shared by Samir Ranjan Ghosh, chairman of Tripura Tea Development Corporation, while flagging off the 'Run For Tea - 2025' program, organised in the city, this morning. This year's run saw participation of over a thousand people, including ministers, public representatives and other dignitaries. The eve ...Read More >
Mumbai: Mumbai's Air Quality Index (AQI) turned severe on Wednesday. Live recording of AQIV showed a reading of 202, which falls in the 'severe' category, even as the carbon monoxide level stood at 302, considered 'good'. The dashboard showed that Mumbai's AQI was 1.01 times higher than in Maharashtra. The overall AQI of Maharashtra was recorded at 181. The AQI record in the city over the last fortnight has remained mostly below average. The minimum AQI recorded was on December 16, at 155 at 2: ...Read More >
Agra: Thirteen people were charred to death and more than 100 suffered injuries in a deadly pile-up involving 18-19 vehicles - including eight passenger buses, cars and SUVs - on the Yamuna Expressway in UP's Mathura district early Tuesday.The accident was reported around 3.40am near milestone 127 under Baldeo police station. Sources said a car and a bus first collided, and as these two vehicles stopped on the road, others coming from the Agra side and heading towards Noida started piling up one ...Read More >
Rider Siddhesh Pardeshi (19), a class VII drop out, was arrested on Sunday Thane: A Rapido bike taxi rider was arrested in Kalyan in Thane district for allegedly molesting a 26-year-old woman passenger and stealing Rs 1000 from her, a police official said on Monday. Rider Siddhesh Pardeshi (19), a class VII drop out, was arrested on Sunday for the incident which took place on Saturday, Mahatma Phule police station senior inspector Baliramsingh Pardeshi said. "The accused picked up the victim ...Read More >
Seasonal crop fires across northern India are increasingly ignited later daily, satellite scientists warn, complicating monitoring and air quality assessments during the October to December stubble-burning season, NASA said on 2025-12-16. For decades, smoke corridors have stretched across the Indo-Gangetic Plain each autumn. Farmers traditionally burned rice residue soon after harvest completion. In 2025, the season's overall spread appeared broadly familiar. Yet scientists observed a clear shi ...Read More >
Faridabad: An incident has come to light purportedly from Haryana's Faridabad, which raises concern over the safety of passengers using the Rapido app for booking taxis and the conduct of drivers. A passenger was reportedly assaulted with an iron rod by a Rapido driver. The exact location where the incident took place is not known. However, the numberplate of the car suggests the car is from Haryana's Faridabad. The incident reportedly took place after the man requested the driver to stop holdi ...Read More >
Guwahati: Tension has escalated in the peripheral areas of Manipur's Bishnupur district following suspected militants firing. No one was injured. However, the incident has happened when groups of Internally Displaced People have returned home. A police official said that several rounds were fired near the Torbung and Phougakchao Ikhai areas of Bishnupur district, which borders the Churachandpur district, late Tuesday night. The police officer said that additional security forces, led by senio ...Read More >
Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh): The district administration has taken strict action against farmers involved in stubble burning after the paddy harvest on Wednesday. A total of 17 farmers have been fined ₹42,000 after satellite images confirmed that crop residue was set on fire in their fields. Watch the video below : Officials said the move is part of ongoing efforts to control air pollution and discourage the harmful practice of stubble burning. According to the administration, incidents of stu ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 17 (PTI) The satellite-based toll collection system will be operational across the country by 2026-end, which will eliminate the waiting time at toll plazas for commuters and bring more revenue for the government, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari informed the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Responding to supplementaries during the Question Hour, the road transport and highways minister said the new technology will be satellite and AI-based and commuters will not have to wait at toll plazas ...Read More >
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