COIMBATORE: A bus conductor was crushed to death under the wheels of a private minibus while he was sleeping on the ground in front of the vehicle at Tirupur bus stand in the early hours of Thursday.The deceased has been identified as Surya, 23, a temporary bus conductor with the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation….
Two BJP MLAs present at the meeting separately raised allegations against the civic body’s functioning Gurgaon: Two days after Union minister and Faridabad MP Krishan Pal Gurjar publicly lashed out at officials of the Municipal Corporation of Faridabad (MCF) during a stormy District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee (DISHA) meeting, the civic body on Thursday…
Guwahati: The four ministers who took oath alongside chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma have been allocated their portfolios.Rameshwar Teli, a former union MoS, will oversee the labour welfare, tea tribes and adivasi welfare, and transformation and development departments. Ajanta Neog, who previously held the finance portfolio, has been given charge of women and child development…
Bhubaneswar: Tribal students of Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) in Odisha significantly improved their pass rate in Class XII exams, the results of which were announced by CBSE on Wednesday, by almost 15% points this year, with three schools registering remarkable progress. The pass rate rose from 66.53% in 2024-25 to 81.7% in 2025-26, the…
NAMAKKAL: When a 19-year-old woman from Bihar resisted their attempt to rape her, two of her coworkers in a rubber factory near Rasipuram in Namakkal district allegedly pushed her towards a railway track as a train was fast approaching in the early hours of Wednesday. The woman escaped their attempt to kill her, but she…
Prayagraj: Amid the Centre’s appeal to curb gold purchases and a hike in customs duty on imports, bullion markets in the city have witnessed a sharp slowdown, with daily sales dropping by around 50% — from Rs 12–13 crore to Rs 5–6 crore, said people associated with the industry.Prayagraj Jewellers Association president, Dinesh Singh, said…
A local court on Thursday cancelled bail to Heera Group chief Nowhera Shaik in a money laundering case filed by Directorate of Enforcement, allowing the agency’s petition. Also, another local court has issued a fresh non-bailable warrant (NBW) against the Heera Group chief for failing to comply with the Supreme Court’s order to surrender by…
Chennai: Two AIADMK factions, one led by AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami and another led by former ministers S P Velumani and C Ve Shanmugam, met Assembly Speaker J C D Prabhakar on Thursday and sought action against MLAs of the rival group. The EPS faction said it had also submitted a complaint to…
Prayagraj: At least 41 people were killed and 20 others injured after severe thunderstorms, accompanied by lightning and strong winds, swept through the Prayagraj region on Wednesday. The storm caused widespread destruction and significant damage to buildings and infrastructure.The casualties included 26 deaths in Prayagraj, 11 in Fatehpur, and four in Pratapgarh. Relief and rescue…
