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Varanasi: Three members of a family were killed and two others sustained critical injuries after a truck suffered a tyre burst, veered off the Varanasi-Shaktinagar highway and crashed into their house in Mirzapur’s Ahraura area early Thursday. The incident triggered violent protests, with angry villagers blocking the highway, damaging several vehicles, including a police jeep, and forcing police to use mild force to disperse the crowd.Mirzapur Additional SP (Operations) Rajkumar Meena said Ahraura police rushed to the spot after receiving information from locals. Preliminary investigation revealed that a truck travelling from Varanasi to Sonbhadra lost control after a tyre burst,…
Kerala health minister K Muraleedharan T’puram: Health minister K Muraleedharan on Thursday said the state govt would not allow any compromise on food safety and warned that inspections and legal action against violators would be intensified, particularly in the wake of recent food poisoning incidents.Launching the state-level training programme for food business operators and officially announcing the ‘Youth for Food Safety’ initiative at Food Safety Bhavan in Thycaud, Thiruvananthapuram, the minister said it was the responsibility of every food business operator to prepare and serve safe, hygienic and quality food.He said the ‘Youth for Food Safety’ initiative aims to strengthen…
Koel meets BJP Bengal observer and Union minister Bhupender Yadav in New Delhi after submitting her resignation as Rajya Sabha MP Kolkata: Actor Koel Mallick joined the growing list of Trinamool Congress defectors on Thursday when she wrote to Rajya Sabha chairman CP Radhakrishnan to resign as an MP a little more than three months into her six-year term.Mallick met Union environment minister and BJP Bengal central observer Bhupender Yadav in New Delhi soon after she quit to follow in the footsteps of three of her one-time Rajya Sabha colleagues, Sukhendu Sekhar Ray, Sushmita Dev and Prakash Chik Baraik. All…
DR ASIF HASSANIn recent years, our society has been engaged in loud debates about politics, economy, and geopolitics, yet some of the gravest dangers to our collective future are unfolding quietly within our homes, schools, and streets. Drug addiction, rising crime among youth, online obscenity, gambling, domestic violence, and a disturbing erosion of basic manners are no longer distant phenomena that we read about in reports; they are realities that many families confront every single day. While it is convenient to blame the government, the education system, or technology, we often refuse to look at the foundational institution that shapes every…
The French captain and star player Kylian Mbappé experienced a tough loss against Spain in the quarter finals of the 2026 World Cup as it crushed the dreams of millions in the country, sparking chaos among fans. While France gears up to face England in the next few hours, a rumor about Kylian Mbappé changing his nationality because of his girlfriend, Ester Expósito, has sparked chaos. The French captain and star player Kylian Mbappé experienced a tough loss against Spain in the quarter finals of the 2026 World Cup as it crushed the dreams of millions in the country. While…
The victim, Roshani Suraj Sahoo (21), a resident of Vapi in Gujarat, told police that she had left her home following a dispute with her husband and was travelling to Kalyan with her six-month-old son, Aryan, to stay with a friend. Kalyan: A six-month-old baby was allegedly abducted from outside Kalyan railway station in the early hours of Thursday, prompting a massive search by the police.The victim, Roshani Suraj Sahoo (21), a resident of Vapi in Gujarat, told police that she had left her home following a dispute with her husband and was travelling to Kalyan with her six-month-old son,…
New Delhi: The city saw the warmest July day and night in two years. The maximum temperature rose to 39.2 degrees celsius, four degrees above normal, while the minimum temperature settled at 30.2 degrees, three notches above normal Thursday. The heat index or the ‘feels-like’ temperature stood at 48 degrees celsius at 2.30 pm.Higher maximum and minimum temperatures in July were last recorded in 2024 at 39.3 degrees celsius and 30.4 degrees celsius, respectively, according to IMD. Hot and humid conditions are likely to continue till Saturday. There are chances of rain from Saturday evening to July 22. IMD explains…
Bengaluru is bracing for a sleepless Sunday. As Spain and Argentina face off in the FIFA World Cup 2026 final on July 19, the city’s football lovers are lining up watch parties, lucky rituals and late-night plans. And this year, they have more room to do it in style. The Karnataka government has allowed pubs, clubs, bars and restaurants to stay open till 3.30 am on the match day. Sunday night will be much more than just 90 minutes of football as fans are gearing up to make a night of the biggest game of the tournament.’I set an alarm…
Frog processions, forest prayers: T villages’ desperate plea for rains Women Perform Frog Ritual to Invoke Rain God: In a unique display of rural tradition and faith, women of Nednur village in kandhukur mandal of Rangareddy district performed an age-old frog-related folk ritual on Wednesday, praying for good rainfall and a prosperous farming season. As part of the ritual, a live frog was gently tied to a small wooden stick and carried in a procession through every street of the village. Women walked together singing traditional rain-invoking folk songs, believing that the ceremony would appease the rain god and bring…
Chennai: Two men were arrested on charges of abducting and assaulting a 39-year-old lodge owner in Nolambur over a ₹15lakh debt. The two had also attempted to transfer ownership of his house in lieu of the debt.The complainant, Priyadarshan of Brindavan Avenue in Nolambur, had borrowed ₹22.5lakh from Senguttuvan to construct a lodge and repaid ₹7.5lakh. On May 29, three unidentified men approached Priyadarshan near his house, forced him into a car, assaulted him and took him to Senneerkuppam.Senguttuvan demanded Priyadarshan to transfer his house in lieu of the outstanding loan. The victim was later confined in a private lodge…