A nine-year-old boy died in Rajasthan’s Phalodi district after falling into a 1,050-foot-deep borewell, bringing a nearly 39-hour rescue operation to a tragic end early Saturday. Despite sustained efforts by disaster-response teams and the local administration, rescuers were unable to save the child. The boy was finally brought out of the borewell at around 3:30...
The Union government has sought detailed reports from the Punjab government on three recent deaths allegedly connected to opposition to the state’s drug trade, intensifying an already heated political dispute over the handling of narcotics and organised crime in the state. The Union home ministry has asked Punjab’s chief secretary to provide information on three...
The Union Territory of Ladakh has added a new district to its administrative map with the creation of Sankoo as its eighth district, a move aimed at bringing government administration closer to residents and improving the delivery of public services in the region. Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena announced the creation of Sankoo on Friday,...
Uttarakhand Women and Child Development Minister Rekha Arya’s husband, Girdhari Lal Sahu, has rejected allegations that he conspired to kill her, while accusing the minister of corruption and administrative neglect. The developments came a day after Uttarakhand Police registered a case following Arya’s complaint against her husband. Police said the allegations are being investigated and...
Seven people were killed and 10 others injured after a Tempo Traveller carrying pilgrims plunged into a drain along the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Rajasthan’s Kota district on Saturday morning. The accident took place at around 7 am in the Simliya police station area. The vehicle was reportedly carrying around 20 passengers who were travelling from...
Delhi Police has asked the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to consider closing entry and exit gates at 57 metro stations as part of heightened security arrangements ahead of a planned protest on October 10. The proposed measures are intended to manage the expected movement of demonstrators, prevent overcrowding around sensitive locations and maintain law...
Three residents of Gujarat who were travelling towards the United States through an alleged illegal migration route have gone missing in Ethiopia, with their families claiming that they were abducted and that a ransom of ₹1 crore has been demanded for their release. The missing individuals have been identified as Rutvik Jansari, Mamta Chavda and...
Four people were arrested in Bihar’s Samastipur district on Thursday after a video showing a young woman being physically assaulted and verbally abused in broad daylight surfaced on social media, triggering police action. The incident has emerged only days after another disturbing video from Jamui district showed two minors being confronted and harassed by a...
A devastating fire broke out aboard a sleeper bus travelling on the Yamuna Expressway in Greater Noida late Wednesday night, killing nine passengers and leaving several others injured. Preliminary findings indicate that a spark or blast in the bus’s air-conditioning system ignited lubricating oil in the engine, causing the fire to spread rapidly through the...
Entrepreneur and former BharatPe co-founder Ashneer Grover has questioned the proposed merchant fee on certain high-value UPI transactions, arguing that costs introduced into the payment ecosystem could eventually affect consumers. Grover’s remarks came after the government clarified that the proposed Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) would apply to certain merchant transactions above ₹2,000, while person-to-person UPI...