CUDDALORE: A 25-year-old man in Tamil Nadu‘s Cuddalore district accused of raping an 80-year-old woman attacked cops when they went to arrest him on Tuesday, but was shot in the leg. He is undergoing treatment.Police said that they were forced to open fire as the accused, S Sundaravelu, of SK Palayam near Panruti, attempted to…
PM Modi and Canadian PM Mark Carney Prime Minister Narendra Modi kicked off his engagement in Canada with participation in the welcome session of the G7 Outreach Session on Tuesday. Soon after landing in Calgary, he said he would be meeting various leaders at the summit and sharing his thoughts on important global issues.According to…
NEW DELHI: ‘Thug Life’ may soon be screened in theatres of Karnataka despite Kamal Haasan’s remarks on the Kannada language as Supreme Court on Tuesday asserted that the rule of law, not people’s sentiment, must prevail and that a censor-board-cleared film’s screening cannot be stopped through the threat of mob violence.“As democratic state, Karnataka cannot…
Tamil Nadu govt suspended ADGP HM Jayaram Tuesday, a day after Madras high court remanded him in police custody for questioning in connection with the kidnapping of a 16-year-old boy in Tiruvallur on May 10, reports A Selvaraj. Jayaram was released from Thiruvalangadu police station after nearly 25 hours of questioning Tuesday. KV Kuppam MLA…
MUMBAI: Captain Sumeet Sabharwal’s mortal remains arrived at his residence in Powai’s Jal Vayu Vihar Tuesday morning. A hush fell over the housing complex, with AI crew, fellow aviators, and family and friends filing in quietly. Residents of the locality gathered in clusters – some in grief, others in disbelief – outside the building where…
Israel ambassador to India Reuven Azar on Tuesday said Israel is in touch with the ministry of external affairs about possible requests for evacuation of Indians. In a media briefing, the ambassador also said Israel will continue to do what is within its capabilities to “degrade” Iran’s nuclear programme. He said it would be better…
Falguni Dey, a Kolkata-based geography professor stranded in Tehran, on Monday evening embarked on a dangerous journey to Astara in Iran’s Gilan province bordering Azerbaijan in a bid to escape Israeli missile attacks, reports Rohit Khanna. Dey spoke to a travel agent on Monday and left the city in a car for a 1000km journey…
MEERUT: Among the 60,000-odd candidates appointed this week in UP’s largest-ever police recruitment drive, a 41-year-old retired Army havildaar and his 21-year-old son from a village in Hapur received their constable appointment letters together from Union home minister Amit Shah and CM Yogi Adityanath in Lucknow. Their selection, confirmed after over two years of joint…
RAIPUR: Maoists killed three relatives of surrendered cadres in a village in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh’s Bastar division on Tuesday, and are feared to have abducted over a dozen villagers in a bid to terrorise the locals. One of those killed was a student. Security forces were sent to the area to track down the…
Liquor warehouse owners in UP’s Kaushambi have sought police protection while distributing supplies after some retailers uncapped a ruckus demanding more of a particular beer brand and indicated they aren’t ready to grin and bear it, reports Kapil Dixit. “With retail shops of liquor and beer witnessing excessive consumption in summers, licensees (retailers) of liquor…
