New Delhi: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized 137 kg of crystal methamphetamine, a banned synthetic drug, worth about Rs 100 crore from a coastal village in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu. In one of the biggest narcotic seizures in the coastal region in recent years, DRI officers conducted an intensive surveillance and…
Karachi: At least 18 workers were abducted, and another was injured after unidentified armed men attacked a marble mining site in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province on Sunday, police said. The incident took place in the remote Naal area of Khuzdar district when armed men riding motorcycles and other vehicles stormed the mining site early in…
Imphal/ Kamjong: At least 15 houses belonging to the Kuki community were set on fire in a hill village in Manipur’s Kamjong district, forcing a large number of civilians to flee and take shelter in forest areas and a nearby Army camp, officials said on Sunday. Suspected militants attacked Chassad village late on Saturday night…
Kolkata: Lack of crowd management and misleading announcements following a sudden downpour during Saptami celebrations may have triggered panic among visitors, leading to a stampede at the Chorbagan Durga Puja pandal in north Kolkata, a senior police officer said on Sunday. Circumstantial evidence, along with accounts from locals and eyewitnesses, suggests that inadequate crowd control…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday expressed grief over the loss of lives in an accident in Gwalior and announced ex gratia relief of Rs 2 lakh to the next of kin of each deceased and Rs 50,000 for each injured. Thirteen people were killed, and nearly 40 others injured when a truck…
Special Correspondent The Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) appears determined to prove that it has learnt absolutely nothing from its repeated administrative failures. Despite repeated warnings, public criticism and calls for corrective action, the same old culture of complacency, questionable decision-making and apparent indifference to accountability continues to haunt Hyderabad cricket. The latest casualty is the…
New Delhi: Postponing his scheduled programmes in Kolkata for Sunday in the wake of a stampede at a Durga Puja pandal, Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit those injured in the incident. At least 17 people died and 25 others were injured in a stampede-like situation at a Durga Puja pandal in north Kolkata…
Online Sports Desk Naman Dhir introduced himself to the world despite the fifth T20I between India and West Indies ending in a washout at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Saturday (October 17) as the two teams ended the series by sharing the trophy with a 2-2 draw. Only 7.4 overs were possible in the…
Bengaluru: India and the West Indies fittingly shared a closely-fought T20 series 2-2 after the rain-marred fifth and final match was called off 7.4 overs into the hosts’ innings here on Saturday. But before the match was called off at 10.18 pm due to rain, Ishan Kishan and Naman Dhir played powerful cameos as India…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the stampede in Kolkata is extremely distressing and announced an ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh to the next of kin of each deceased and Rs 50,000 for the injured. At least 17 people died and 25 others were injured in a stampede-like situation at a…
