NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the redeveloped Deshnoke station in Rajasthan’s Bikaner on Thursday and virtually launch another 102 revamped stations across 18 states.He will also lay foundation stone, inaugurate and dedicate to the nation multiple development projects worth over Rs 26,000 crore.In a statement, the Prime Minister’s Office said the 103…
NEW DELHI/RAIPUR: CPI (Maoist) chief Nambala Keshava Rao, alias Basavaraju – mastermind of some of the deadliest Maoist attacks in the country – was killed in Chhattisgarh‘s Narayanpur on Wednesday in an intelligence-based operation conducted by the state police’s District Reserve Guard (DRG).Twenty-six other Maoists were also eliminated. A massive haul of modern weapons and…
AMRITSAR: The ‘Panj Pyare’ (five beloved ones) at Takht Sri Harimandir Patna Sahib in Patna Wednesday declared Akal Takht officiating jathedar and two other jathedars as “tankhaiya” (guilty of religious misconduct) for reinstating excommunicated Takht Patna Sahib jathedar Giani Ranjit Singh Gauhar and summoning the Takht head granthi and additional head granthi among others to…
NEW DELHI: For the first time since Jet Airways’ collapse, Air India will no longer be the only Indian airline with flights to Europe and the UK. Expanding its footprint, IndiGo will from July 1 launch thrice weekly flights between Mumbai & Manchester. And from next day, IndiGo will start nonstops between Mumbai & Amsterdam.Both…
VISAKHAPATNAM: Police on Wednesday busted a Myanmar and Cambodia-style cybercrime network operating out of half a dozen buildings near Atchutapuram SEZ and industrial area in Andhra Pradesh’s Anakapalli district for two years, and detained over 100 people, including women.The accused were taken to an undisclosed location and questioned about their daily activities, recruitment process, and…
Anakapalli SP Tuhin Sinha said that two of the raidedcall centres were earning about Rs 5 crore per month. “Their modus operandi primarily targeted US citizens. The youths would lure them with lucrative offers and schemes, gaining their trust before persuading them to transfer money. They had a tutorial book-like script. Based on that, the…
The Maharashtra First Year Junior College (FYJC) admission process for the academic year 2025 has officially commenced today, May 21. Managed by the Maharashtra School Education and Sports Department, this process is aimed at Class 10 pass-outs seeking admission to Class 11 across Arts, Commerce, and Science streams.This year, a total of 9,281 junior colleges…
A one-time tax relief proposed under the new Income Tax Bill, 2025 could significantly reduce capital gains tax liabilities for many individual taxpayers. The new Income Tax bill allows long-term capital losses (LTCL) incurred up to March 31, 2026, to be set off against any short-term capital gains (STCG) from tax year 2026–27 onwards. This…
File Photo: Microsoft engineer Vaniya Agrawal was removed from a company event after causing a disruption. The Indian-American engineer Vaniya Agrawal who disrupted Microsoft’s 50th anniversary celebrations in April this year again created disorder at another high-profile Microsoft event. In the latest incident, she disrupted Microsoft’s ongoing developer event, Build 2025. Microsoft Build is the…
HYDERABAD: An engineering graduate who once trained in explosives with LTTE and roamed Dandakaranya forests of Chhattisgarh flanked by his “Company 7” guard, AK-47 slung over shoulder, was killed Wednesday in a gunfight with security forces.CPI(Maoist) general secretary Nambala Keshava Rao alias Basavaraju, 70, was the highest-ranking Maoist leader ever killed in action. His death…
