THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:The Kerala Police, which recorded the arrest of three members of a family in the Kollam child abduction case on Saturday, said that the crime was committed after a year of planning. Those arrested have been identified as engineer-turned-businessman K.R.Padmakumar (52), his wife M.R. Anitha Kumari (45) and their 20-year-old daughter P. Anupama. ADG of […]
MOSCOW:While the focus is on whether incumbent Vladimir Putin contests again, more important is whether there is any alternative, and more significantly, will some other leader’s emergence mean a major change in policies. Under the law, the Russian presidential elections are to take place in mid-March. The Federation Council, the upper house of the Parliament, […]
NEW DELHI:At least 20 Delhi-bound flights were diverted to Jaipur, Lucknow, Ahmedabad and Amritsar due to low visibility on Saturday, an airport official said. According to officials at the city’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport the 20 flights were diverted between 7.30 a.m. and 10.30 am. “A total of 13 flights were diverted to Jaipur, […]
VIJAYAWADA:The sensational midnight abduction and murder of a nine-year-old student of a tribal welfare residential school in Eluru district by two students of the same school shocked Andhra Pradesh recently. The accused, both students of class 10, not only killed the boy studying in class 4, but also left a letter in his hand threatening […]
RANCHI:The Jharkhand government has put its hospitals on alert, asking them for surveillance, preventive measures and testing of respiratory illness cases in the backdrop of a mysterious pneumonia outbreak in China, officials said on Saturday. In a letter to the district administrations, Additional Chief Secretary for Health Arun Kumar Singh directed them to remain prepared […]
NEW YORK:Three Indian-origin men are facing criminal charges in the US for holding a 20-year-old student from India captive and repeatedly beating, starving, forcing him into labour for several months. The victim, who was forced to work at three homes at St. Charles County in Missouri state, was rescued by police officers on Wednesday, County […]
LONDON:A 23-year-old Indian student, who moved to the UK from India on September 19, was found dead on the bank of the Thames River, four days after being reported missing by his family. Mitkumar Patel’s body was found on the riverbank at Caledonian Wharf, on the Isle of Dogs, at roughly 10.45 a.m. on November […]
NEW DELHI:The Indian Navy has appointed the first woman commanding officer in a naval ship in sync with its philosophy of ‘all roles-all ranks’ for female personnel, Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar said on Friday. Addressing a press conference ahead of Navy Day, Admiral Kumar said the Indian Navy’s ships, submarines, and aircraft have […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:Aditya L1 spacecraft, India’s first space-based mission to study the Sun, is nearing its final phase, and maneuvers to enter the L1 point are expected to be completed by January 7, 2024, according to ISRO Chairman S Somanath. “Aditya is on the way. I think it has reached almost its final phase,” the ISRO chief […]
RAIPUR:An alleged courier arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the Mahadev betting app case on Friday submitted before a special court here that he had been framed up as part of a conspiracy and he had never delivered cash to politicians. Asim Das, the alleged cash courier, and constable Bhim Singh Yadav were arrested […]