NEW DELHI: Assam minister Pijush Hazarika on Monday alleged that chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma was attacked by Congress workers during an event, accusing the party of attempting to “sabotage democracy” in the state.In a strongly worded statement posted on X, Hazarika claimed that Congress-backed individuals targeted the chief minister with bottles. “This is how…
NEW DELHI: In a heart-wrenching repeat of a past tragedy, a one-and-a-half-year-old girl died after she accidentally fell into a boiling pot of chickpeas in Uttar Pradesh’s Sonbhadra district, almost two years after her elder sister lost her life in a similar accident.The incident occurred around 9 am on Friday in the Duddhi bazaar area,…
NEW DELHI: A day after rolling back the decision to implement the three-language policy in Maharashtra amid opposition’s “morcha” threat, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday snubbed Uddhav Thackeray, calling him “palturam”.While addressing the media, Fadnavis said that the BJP-led government was not against Hindi or any other language of the nation.“We are not against…
NEW DELHI: On Monday, a Delhi court permitted the CBI to conclude the case of Najeeb Ahmed, a first-year JNU student who vanished on October 15, 2016.According to a PTI report, Jyoti Maheshwari, an additional chief judicial magistrate, acknowledged the agency’s closure report but gave permission to review the case in the event that new…
Man fell unconscious after a police officer slapped him (Image source: X) NEW DELHI: A police officer allegedly slapped a shopkeeper in the middle of the road, causing him to collapse and lose consciousness, according to a social media post by the NGO NCMIndia Council For Men Affairs.The shocking video was widely shared across multiple…
In this combo of three pictures, the accused who were arrested in connection with the alleged ‘gang-rape’ of a first-year student of a law college in south Kolkata, being produced at a city court, in Kolkata. (PTI) NEW DELHI: Three of the four people arrested for the alleged gangrape of a female student at a…
An Indian professional working in the United States claimed that they were asked to “stop speaking” in meetings as co-workers couldn’t understand their accent. The 32-year-old shared the ordeal on reddit saying that they felt “dismissed and insulted”.“I’m 32, originally from India, currently working in the U.S. with a client team where everyone else is…
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday went all out in its attack against Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav, after he vowed during a rally in Patna to “throw the Waqf Act into the dustbin” if the Mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) is voted to power in…
5-storey building collapses in Shimla (Video credit: X/Chaudhary Parvez) NEW DELHI: A five-storey building has collapsed in Mathu Colony on the road leading to Chamyana Super Specialty Hospital in Shimla.Local residents said due the construction of the four-lane road, huge cracks had developed under the building and this morning the building collapsed, while other buildings…
INS Tabar responding to distress call NEW DELHI: A vessel, named MT Yi Cheng 6, with 14 crew members of Indian origin onboard, encountered a major fire in the engine room and total power failure. Responding to the distress call, an Indian Naval ship deployed in the Gulf of Oman for maritime security operations provided…
