Lucknow, Jun 28 (PTI) Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday alleged irregularities in the acquisition of land for the heritage corridor being built in Gorakhpur, the pocket borough of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. In a press conference held at the SP headquarters, Yadav demanded that the land compensation for the heritage corridor be determined based on market value rather than consent-based agreements. He alleged that "the government is forcibly getting traders and ...Read More
New Delhi, Jun 28 (PTI) SoftBank-backed Meesho has received shareholders' approval to raise up to Rs 4,250 crore through an initial public offering, according to the company's regulatory filing. The resolution for IPO was passed in the Extraordinary General Meeting on June 25, the filing by the e-commerce company said. According to the filing dated June 27, the shareholders approved raising up to Rs 4,250 crore through issuance of fresh equities. The development comes after Meesho completed i...Read More
New Delhi, Jun 28 (PTI) Senior IPS officer Parag Jain, widely known for his expertise in intelligence gathering and affairs related to India's neighbourhood, has been appointed as the new head of the country's external intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), officials said on Saturday. Jain is currently the second senior-most officer in the RAW, after outgoing chief Ravi Sinha. He will serve a two-year tenure after taking over from Sinha, who retires on June 30, the official...Read More
New Delhi, Jun 28 (PTI) Actors Jaideep Ahlawat and Nimrat Kaur are the new nemesis of Manoj Bajpayee's spy Srikant Tiwary in the upcoming third season of "The Family", streaming service Prime Video has announced. The OTT platform on Friday shared the first glimpse of the new season of the series, which will see Bajpayee reprise his character of Tiwari, a middle-class guy and a world-class spy. "The wait is over. New season. New mission. #TheFamilyManOnPrime, coming soon in 2025," Prime Video p...Read More
Jamshedpur, Jun 28 (PTI) Commemorating a decade of MOSAIC, the diversity and inclusion initiative, private steel major Tata Steel on Saturday said it aimed to have 20 per cent diversity in its workforce across the group by 2028. For Tata Steel, the commitment to diversity goes beyond policy implementation. It actively seeks to redefine norms in typically male-dominated sectors, the company said in a statement. Tata Steel's progressive HR policies offer equal benefits for LGBTQIA+ partners, gen...Read More
New Delhi, Jun 28 (PTI) The Union government has extended an armed security cover to GVG Yugandhar, the director general of the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau, who is leading the probe into the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad, official sources said on Saturday. Commandos of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) had taken over the charge of his X-category security sometime back based on a Union Home Ministry order, a source said. The security cover was provided to the Aircraft Acci...Read More
Srinagar, Jun 28 (PTI) A court in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district has rejected the bail plea of a man accused of raping a 70-year-old tourist from Maharashtra. While rejecting the bail plea, the court delivered a scathing remark on the moral fabric of society and said the incident is a reflection of the prevailing "depravity and sick mentality" in the society. Principal Sessions Judge Anantnag, Tahir Khurshid Raina, rejected the bail application of the accused, Zubair Ahmad from Ganeshba...Read More
Puri, Jun 28 (PTI) The chariots of sibling deities - Lord Balabhadra, Devi Subhadra and Lord Jagannath - on Saturday reached the destination Gundicha Temple, a day after the Rath Yatra began in Puri. Gundicha Temple is considered the aunt's place of the deities who go there every year after leaving the 12th-century Jagannath temple, situated at a distance of 2.6 km. They will go back to the main temple after nine days. The return car journey, known as 'Bahuda Yatra', will held this year on 5 J...Read More
Kochi, Jun 28 (PTI) Kerala Culture Minister Saji Cherian on Saturday alleged that since the BJP came to power at the Centre there have been several instances of creative freedom being questioned with the most recent being the denial of certification to upcoming Malayalam film 'Janaki Vs State of Kerala (JSK)' over its name. Cherian said that despite a BJP Union Minister of State, Suresh Gopi, acting in the film, it has been denied clearance for public viewing and asked, "What is wrong with the ...Read More
Hyderabad, Jun 28 (PTI) Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, his cabinet colleagues and other leaders paid rich tributes to former Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao on his 104th birth anniversary. Revanth Reddy paid floral tributes to the portrait of Narasimha Rao, who hailed from Telangana, an official release said. Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka and other ministers visited 'PV Gyan Bhoomi', Narasimha Rao's memorial here, and paid tributes to the departed leader. Laxman, f...Read More
Chandigarh, Jun 28 (PTI) Police have formed multiple teams and were scanning CCTV footage to identify and nab the assailants of the mother of jailed gangster Jaggu Bhagwanpuria and another person accompanying her, officials said on Saturday. Bhagwanpuria's mother Harjit Kaur (52) and the other person, Karanvir Singh, were grievously injured after bike-borne assailants fired upon their car on the Qadian Road in Punjab's Batala last Thursday night. While Karanvir was declared dead at the Batala ...Read More
Mumbai, Jun 28 (PTI) A 70-year-old doctor was cheated by cyber criminals of Rs 3 crore and kept under "digital arrest" for eight days after being accused of involvement in a non-existent money laundering scam, a Mumbai police official said on Saturday. In the month of May, the victim got a call from a person identifying himself as telecom department staffer Amit Kumar, who told her a SIM card had been bought with her personal details for use in criminal activities. "She then got a call from an...Read More
Mumbai, Jun 28 (PTI) Police have arrested seven Bangladeshi nationals, six of them women, from different localities in Mumbai and Pune for staying in the country illegally, an official said on Saturday. Earlier this week, a team from the MIDC police apprehended Bayajid Khan (24), who had entered India through Guwahati, Assam and was living in Palghar, the official said. He said Khan, who was employed in the western suburb of Andheri, informed the police that he had facilitated accommodation an...Read More
Bhopal/Ratlam (MP), Jun 28 (PTI) After the vehicles in Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav's convoy stopped working as water-mixed fuel was filled in them, the Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) on Saturday said "unusual heavy rainfall" caused water to enter fuel storage tanks at its petrol pump in Ratlam. It also said that samples of fuel from the petrol pump were collected and sent for testing in the wake of the incident. The incident occurred on June 26 around 10 pm at the Shakti...Read More
New Delhi, Jun 28 (PTI) For the first time, India will host the prestigious 2029 World Police and Fire Games, which Union Home Minister Amit Shah termed as a moment of great pride for every citizen. Ahmedabad has been selected as the venue of the event. The world police and fire games are organised once every two years since 1985. The Indian police contingent first participated in these games in Adelaide world police and fire games in 2007, an official release said. Since its participation i...Read More
Jalna, Jun 28 (PTI) BJP MLA and former Maharashtra minister Babanrao Lonikar, under flak for his "we gave you everything" remark, is no stranger to controversies, landing himself in legal trouble and BJP in a tight spot. He had not spared his political opponents as well as government officials. The latest row erupted after Lonkiar told a gathering of farmers in his assembly constituency Partur in Jalna district that "people who criticise his party and government should know they are getting cl...Read More
Chennai, Jun 28 (PTI) A 22-year-old man has been arrested allegedly for sexually harassing an intern at the IITM (Madras), police said on Saturday. The arrested was working at a food court inside the institute and he allegedly sexually harassed a 20-year-old intern on the campus on June 25 night, police said. Taking suo moto cognizance of the offence, the National Commission for Women chairperson Vijaya Rahatkar wrote to Tamil Nadu DGP calling for a fair and time-bound investigation under rele...Read More
Kozhikode (Kerala), Jun 28 (PTI) The Kerala government on Saturday stood firm in its decision to introduce Zumba dance in state schools as part of its anti-drug campaign, saying the opposition to it is "more venomous than narcotic substance". Explaining the government's stance over the matter here, General Education Minister V Sivankutty said a section of people are deliberately creating issues over the matter and nothing harmful for children is being implemented. "The government is ready to h...Read More
From Lucknow To Stars: 5 Lesser-Known Facts About Shubhanshu Shukla - 1st Indian On International Space Station Nearly a year after the horrific RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape and murder case that jolted Kolkata, another gang rape of a student at a law college in South Kolkata has once again raised concern over safety of women in the City of Joy. The father of the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape and murder victim spoke out against the alleged gangrape case in Kolkata's law c...Read More
Kolkata, Jun 28 (PTI) The police on Saturday arrested a security guard of the Kolkata law college where a first-year student was raped allegedly by three men including an alumnus earlier this week, an officer said. With this, the total number of arrests reached four in the crime that took place inside the guard's room on the college premises. The guard, who was detained by the police for questioning, was arrested later, the officer said. "The security guard was arrested this morning after we ...Read More
Thiruvananthapuram, Jun 28 (PTI) Heavy rains lashed various parts of Kerala with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing an orange alert in five districts of the state for the day. The IMD sounded the orange alert in Pathanamthitta, Kottayam, Idukki, Malappuram and Wayanad districts of the state for the day. An orange alert means very heavy rain of 11 cm to 20 cm. Rains in the state during the last few days raised water level in various rivers leading to flooding of various low-lyin...Read More
New Delhi, Jun 28 (PTI) "It is a sinister move to bring NRC (National Register of Citizens) through the backdoor," said Trinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien on Saturday about the special intensive revision of electoral roll announced by the Election Commission. Questioning the timing of the drive, the Trinamool Congress, at a press conference here, said the INDIA bloc parties will take up the issue both inside and outside Parliament. The Election Commission last Monday issued instructions t...Read More
Mumbai, Jun 28 (PTI) Senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan has alleged that a controversy over the 'imposition' of Hindi language in Maharashtra was being created to divert people's attention from core issues and underlined the need to improve the quality of education. Claiming a drastic cut in the budgetary allocation for education, the former Maharashtra chief minister said the focus should be on providing quality education to students and strengthening infrastructure in the educational se...Read More
Hyderabad, Jun 28 (PTI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah would inaugurate the National Headquarters of Turmeric Board in Nizamabad on June 29. Shah would also attend a 'Kisan Maha Sammelan' (farmers' convention) in Nizamabad on Sunday, BJP sources said. Union Coal and Mines Minister and state BJP president G Kishan Reddy inspected the arrangements for the event in Nizamabad two days ago. He said the Centre aims to increase turmeric exports to USD one billion by 2030. The establishment of the Tu...Read More
New Delhi, Jun 28 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday paid tributes to former prime minister P V Narasimha Rao on his birth anniversary, saying India is grateful to him for his "effective leadership" during a crucial phase of its development trajectory. His intellect, wisdom and scholarly nature are also widely admired, PM Modi said on X. Rao's premiership during 1991-96 is considered the most defining period in the country's economic journey as, with India facing a serious balance ...Read More
Mumbai, Jun 28 (PTI) After a controversy triggered by the use of Kolhapuri chappals in a collection, Italian luxury fashion brand Prada has acknowledged the connection, saying the design is "inspired" by the Indian handcrafted footwear. The Italian house, however, said that sandals featured in the men's 2026 fashion show are still at the design stage and none of the pieces worn by models on the ramp are confirmed to be commercialised. "We acknowledge that the sandals featured in the recent Pra...Read More
Kozhikode (Kerala), Jun 28 (PTI) Kerala General Education Minister V Sivankutty on Saturday strongly criticised Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar for displaying Bharat Mata portrait during official functions at Raj Bhavan and labelled the act a "blatant violation" of constitutional norms. The minister also termed the portrait, depicting a woman holding a saffron flag, as a "religious image". A person holding a constitutional post worshipping such an image during official events is "tantamou...Read More
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said the quality of police investigation has decreased and it needs to be improved. "Although it is a matter of relief that the crime rate in the state has decreased, the quality of police investigation has decreased, and this needs to be improved," Karnataka CM said. He gave these instructions after holding a meeting of senior police officers and a progress review meeting of the police department at the office of the State Director Ge...Read More
Guwahati, Jun 28 (PTI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma paid obeisance to goddess Kamakhya at the temple premise atop Nilachal hills in Guwahati on Saturday, visiting the 'shaktipeeth' at the end of the annual Ambubachi Mela. Accompanied by his wife and their two children, he prayed for the well-being and peace of all. "Jai Ma Kamakhya. Let the blessings of Ma be endowed on everyone's families forever," Sarma posted on X after the 'darshan'. In another post on social media, he said, "...Read More
Firozabad (UP), Jun 28 (PTI) Three people died when a private bus collided with a truck on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway in the Firozabad district on Saturday morning, police said. Circle Officer (CO) Anivesh Kumar said that the bus going from Delhi to Jalaun collided with a truck loaded with tiles on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway in Nagla Khangar police station area, in which three people died on the spot. He said that the injured passengers have been admitted to Saifai Medical College. The CO s...Read More