A 12-year-old student of a private school allegedly sent a bomb threat e-mail to the institution in an attempt to shift to online classes, police said on Saturday. An FIR was registered at the Cyber Crime (South) police station and the student was identified, they said. According to a Gurugram police spokesperson, on December 18,…
The defence ministry on Friday sealed a contract with Larsen & Toubro Ltd for procurement of K9 Vajra artillery guns for the Indian Army at a total cost of Rs 7,628 crore that is expected to significantly bolster the force’s strike capability. The gun, equipped with cutting-edge technology, is capable of delivering long-range lethal firing…
A major landslide occurred on Dharchula-Tawaghat-Lipulekh road here in Uttarakhand, resulting in the closure of the road. There was no casualty, officials said. The landslide occurred around 11 am near Tawaghat in Pithoragarh, District Magistrate Vinod Goswami said. While there was no casualty in the incident, the landslide led to the closure of the road,…
Rescue operations were underway after a multistorey building collapsed in the Sohana village of Punjab’s Mohali district on Saturday, officials said. Locals said some people were feared trapped under the debris. The district authorities launched a rescue operation. Two excavators were pressed into service as part of the operation. A National Disaster Response Team (NDRF)…
It is “humiliating”, said Telugu superstar Allu Arjun, adding that a “lot of misinformation” is going around in the Hyderabad stampede case in which a woman died. “A lot of misinformation is going around. I am not trying to blame anyone, any department or political leader…It is humiliating and feels like character assassination. Please don’t…
A case has been registered against a woman’s neighbour, husband and in-laws after she accused them of singeing her and putting chilli powder in her private parts in Madhya Pradesh’s Rajgarh district, police said on Saturday. The alleged crime was committed at a village under Karanwas police station limits on December 13, said an official….
Incomplete construction, sudden cuts and a lack of traffic sense might have caused the Jaipur-Ajmer highway accident that killed 14 people, experts said on Saturday and called for a comprehensive statewide road safety action plan. They also attributed the absence of proper signages and road markings for the accident. “The stretch of the Jaipur-Ajmer highway…
On being told that a woman died in a stampede during the premiere of ‘Pushpa 2’, an actor allegedly said that the “film will now be a hit”, Telangana MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi claimed in the state assembly on Saturday, teeing off a fresh controversy. A 35-year-old woman died and her eight-year-old son was hospitalised on…
A 16-year-old school girl died of asphyxiation while bathing following a geyser gas leak in the bathroom at her house here, police said on Saturday. The incident happened in Kuldeep Vihar colony on Friday when Mahi’s mother had gone to a nearby shop, according to family members. They said that upon returning she found the…
The government has tweaked an election rule to prevent public inspection of certain electronic documents such as CCTV cameras, webcasting footage, and video recordings of candidates to prevent their misuse. This has led to the Opposition accusing the government of “eroding integrity of the electoral process”. EC officials have said misuse of CCTV camera footage…
