NEW DELHI: Some may call it a burning example of a snail-paced justice delivery system while others may term it as “law catching up with the culprit when he is at his weakest”.However one may describe it, a person who committed the crime as a hot-headed college student, now dreads spending the rest of his…
Elderly woman dumped on Ayodhya road at night, dies AYODHYA: Two unidentified women and a man abandoned an ailing elderly woman, aged around 80 and wrapped in bedsheets, by an Ayodhya roadside in the dead of night Thursday before cops rescued her and shifted her to hospital where she died hours later.The bone-numbing cruelty, caught…
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NEW DELHI: Over 7.2 crore electors in Bihar – covering 99.8% of state’s electorate after accounting for 64 lakh electors reported deceased, permanently migrated, untraceable or registered at more than one location – turned in their signed enumeration forms before the deadline for first phase of SIR expired on Friday, earning themselves a place in…
This is a representational AI image (Pic credit: Lexica) NEW DELHI: In a sweeping crackdown on digital obscenity, the ministry of information and broadcasting has directed internet service providers to block public access to 25 OTT platforms, including Ullu, ALTT and Desiflix, for hosting sexually explicit, obscene, and, in some cases, pornographic content. The directive,…
NEW DELHI: BJP on Friday rejected Rahul Gandhi‘s statement regretting that he could not get the UPA regime to conduct a caste census in its 10 year-tenure at the Centre.“He makes it look like a confession but it actually is a camouflage, because the real problem is Congress leadership’s DNA. It started with Nehru ji…
BENGALURU: Elephants never forget – and these trunks in the sky will never forget their first flight.Four Asiatic elephants from Bannerghatta Biological Park (BBP) in south Bengaluru were airlifted to Osaka in Japan late Thursday aboard a chartered Boeing 777-200F cargo flight. The shipment – three females and one male – broke new ground in…
Counterfeit crisis: J&K government bans machine-made products from handicrafts showrooms SRINAGAR: Famed for its centuries-old handicraft tradition from intricate hand-knotted carpets to the world-renowned Pashmina shawls, first introduced to Europe by Queen Josephine of France, Kashmir’s artisan legacy now faces a credibility crisis. Following complaints about Kashmiri handicrafts dealers misguiding tourists and selling them machine-made…
SRINAGAR: Hurriyat Conference chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, was allowed to deliver the Friday sermon at Srinagar’s historic Jamia Masjid after two weeks, and he used the occasion to ask the J&K administration to desist from preventing people from exercising their fundamental rights with regard to religious practices.In a statement issued after the prayers, Mirwaiz, who…
UK theatre halts Indian movie screening midway; debate over audience behaviour (X/@UB1UB2) A video circulating on social media has gone viral after a UK theatre halted an Indian movie screening midway. capturing a rather dramatic pause during a screening of the Telugu film Hari Hara Veera Mallu at a UK theatre has gone viral, igniting…