New Delhi: A Delhi court sentenced five men to two years’ rigorous imprisonment for their role in the 2020 North East Delhi riots, observing that they had launched a “frontal attack on the state machinery” involved in maintaining law and order.The court said the unlawful mob and assault on police were aggravating circumstances warranting a…
Gandhinagar: Moving beyond a one-week anti-corruption awareness exercise, Gujarat govt will keep its vigilance machinery on “alert mode” for three months to identify and plug systemic loopholes that can enable corruption.The preventive vigilance campaign will run from Sept 10 to Dec 9, with Vigilance Awareness Week to be observed from Oct 31 to Nov 6…
Pune: A retired Army officer (85) was cheated of Rs 12 lakh by fraudsters who posed as Enforcement Directorate (ED) officers.The incident happened between Sept 1 and 5, and a case was registered with Chikhali police on Wednesday. According to the complaint, on Sept 1, the complainant answered a video call from an unknown number….
Sawant said there were no faults or major changes in the alignment of the elevated road Panaji: Entry to Atal Setu for traffic from Porvorim will be reopened Friday, with chief minister Pramod Sawant on Thursday saying a complete traffic management solution for the six-lane elevated road at Porvorim would be put in place within…
Traffic police have planned diversions and will close 25 major roads on visarjan day Surat: With nearly 90,000 small and large Ganesh idols expected to be immersed across the city during the Ganesh Visarjan procession on Friday, Surat Police have put in place an elaborate security and traffic management plan, deploying more than 11,000 personnel.In…
MUMBAI: Tata Sons has formally rebuffed Noel Tata’s objections to N Chandrasekaran‘s reappointment as chairman, backing the Sept 17 board decision with legal opinions from three lawyers – senior advocate Sudipto Sarkar, former Chief Justice of India Uday Lalit, and former Supreme Court judge B N Srikrishna. The company said the vote was validly carried…
Satnam Singh and Salman Khan won India’s first-ever Asian Games medal in men’s double sculls (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Satnam Singh and Salman Khan won India’s first-ever Asian Games medal in men’s double sculls on Thursday, with the Indian pair claiming bronze at the Nagaragawa International Regatta Course.But for Satnam, the medal meant much more…
Anees Bazmee mourns the demise of ‘Welcome’ star Mushtaq Khan; calls him ‘a truly remarkable artist and a beautiful soul’ Filmmaker Anees Bazmee has paid an emotional tribute to actor Mushtaq Khan, who won hearts as ‘Balu’ in the 2007 comedy hit ‘Welcome’. Sanjay Mishra has also remembered Khan as a “guardian”, while fans continue…
Image(s): Shelley E. Huguley Henry Froese was told he couldn’t farm without family ties, couldn’t grow organic crops in Gaines County’s sandy soils, and certainly couldn’t grow grapes there. His answer was always “Why not?” According to Farm Progress, Froese quit school at 12 to bag peanuts for a local farmer, later leased his own…
The eco-moorings used at Studland Bay are designed to avoid that movement across the seabed (Photo: National Trust via The Guardian) At England’s Studland Bay, damage to seagrass caused by traditional boat anchors has fallen sharply after eco-moorings were introduced, with scars in one trial area shrinking by 94% between 2021 and 2025. Researchers say…
