Fake Air Force officer held at Parade grounds while posing for photos Hyderabad: A Bihar native was taken into custody by Begumpet police on Thursday after he was allegedly found posing in an Air Force uniform during a photoshoot at Parade Grounds, reportedly to create a false identity on social media and lure women.According to…
CHENNAI: The Deccan Centre for International Relations (DCIR), an independent think tank under the Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR), in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-Madras), organised a one-day international conference on ‘Building India’s Nuclear Ecosystem: Policy, Technology an Industry’ at IIT Madras on Thursday.The event saw active participation from…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat High Court has upheld the conviction of a man accused in fake Indian currency notes (FICN) case by a special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court and reduced his seven-year sentence to the period already served in prison.Mohammed Mahefuz Shaikh has already spent four years and eight months in prison out of the seven-year…
Prayagraj: After 38 years of his conviction in a rape case, the Allahabad high court set aside the conviction in an appeal filed by the accused, holding that the prosecution failed to prove the case beyond reasonable doubt and that the survivor, being a major, was aware of her actions and was a consenting party.In…
Indian Coast Guard ships during a sea drill of Paradip coast on Thursday Bhubaneswar: India has taken a major stride in satellite-aided maritime search and rescue by commissioning the Medium Earth Orbit Search and Rescue (MEOSAR) system, a technology that significantly improves the speed and accuracy of locating distressed vessels and persons at sea, Indian…
COIMBATORE: He wears no khaki uniform and carries no challan books, yet motorists in Coimbatore often mistake 55-year-old V S Suresh Kumar for a vigilant traffic officer. Armed with high-visibility reflective tape, a microphone and an uncompromising stance on road discipline, Suresh roams at city junctions and on arterial bypasses, coaxing drivers to choose life…
ACP (crime) Aman Yadav briefing media following the arrests Gurgaon: Days after the murder of a 45-year-old man, two accused were arrested after an encounter in Faridabad. One of the accused sustained a bullet injury to his leg after he opened fire at the joint team of Uncha Gaon crime branch and Faridabad’s Sector 65…
Guwahati: Naga National Council president, Adinno Z Phizo, the eldest daughter of Naga nationalist leader Angami Zapu Phizo, died at the age of 94 at a hospital in Kohima on Thursday evening.She headed the NNC (Adinno) faction, which holds to the original NNC position that the Nagas have a right to sovereignty.Her death removes one…
Hubballi: A recent study conducted by Karnataka Monitoring and Evaluation Authority (KMEA) has revealed significant progress in improving literacy outcomes in the state, especially among women, while also highlighting persistent gaps in outreach, retention, and functional integration.The study titled ‘Impact Evaluation of the Literacy Programme for Illiterates in Karnataka (2018-19 to 2023-24)’, was conducted under…
Kanpur: CISF VIIth National Chess Championship (boys & girls) U-14, 17 & 19) was officially inaugurated at Sheiling House School on Thursday. Over 450 participants from various states and a team from UAE is participating in it.Chairman of the host school and also the chief guest Parvez F Rustamji lit the inaugural lamp. Vice-chairman S…
