Fire breaks out in Delhi metro train pantograph, no injuries reported

A pantograph of a Delhi Metro train caught fire at Rajiv Chowk station on Monday evening due to some external material getting caught between it and the overhead equipment for electrification, the DMRC said in a statement.

Human trafficking case: Social media influencer Bobby Kataria arrested

CONTROVERSIAL social media influencer Bobby Kataria was arrested for alleged human trafficking on Monday, officials said.

Court denies bail to Kejriwal's aide

A Delhi court on Monday denied bail to Bibhav Kumar, an aide to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, accused of assaulting AAP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal at the CM's official residence and is under judicial custody.

Safety inspections at Noida gaming zones

Buddh Nagar authorities launched a fire safety inspection campaign at gaming zones in the city on Monday after 27 people were killed in a blaze at a gaming zone in Gujarat's Rajkot.

EVMs locked up, 2-tier security in place

THE Delhi poll body on Monday said it has implemented two-tier security arrangements for the polled EVMs and VVPATS stored in the strong rooms of the seven parliamentary constituencies.

Govt directs all hospitals to submit fire audit report by June 8

IN the aftermath of the blaze at a neonatal facility that killed six newborns, the city government has issued directions to all private and state-run hospitals to complete a fire audit and submit a compliance report by June 8, health minister Saurabh Bharadwaj said on Monday.

Prajwal apologises to family, says will appear before SIT on May 31

HASSAN MP Prajwal Revanna, who is wanted by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the sexual abuse cases against him, posted a 2.57-minute video on Monday stating that he would appear before the SIT at 10 am on Friday (May 31).

Below normal monsoon in east, northeast

IN its updated long-range forecast for the upcoming Southwest monsoon season, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday predicted above-normal rainfall over central and south peninsular India and normal rains over northwest India.

Lost faith in state neces, says HC

Roasts Rajkot civic body for not enforcing fire safety rules

Hosp owner, duty doc sent to 3-day police custody

A city court on Monday remanded Dr Navin Khichi, owner of Baby Care New Born Child Hospital, where a fire broke out claiming seven newborns, to three-day police custody till May 30. Dr Akash, who was on duty during the incident late on Saturday night, was also sent to police custody.

Wow Kolkata! Starc Contrast In Happy Tidings

Thanks to clinical bowling show against SRH at Chepauk in final, KKR clinch 3rd IPL title

Organ racket: Donors have not received post-operative care, reveals probe

STARTLING revelations have emerged from the investigation into the international human trafficking racket for organ harvesting recently busted in Kochi. It has come to light that several donors coerced into donating their organs by the racket have not received the necessary post-operative care.

Compensation still unpaid, misery continues for kin of firecracker mishap victims

M Mahalakshmi (18) was devastated when she heard that her mother was injured after an explosion at a firecracker unit in Sengamalapatti on May 9. Mahalakshmi's mother, M Malliga (34) suffered 45% percent burns in the mishap, which claimed 10 lives and injured 14 workers.

Cambodia human trafficking racket: 2 more agents arrested in Visakhapatnam

VISAKHAPATNAM Police have arrested two more agents involved in the human trafficking racket, in which unemployed youth were lured with lucrative job opportunities in Chinese companies in countries like Cambodia, Myanmar, and Thailand.

Odisha police arrests BJP leader for damaging EVM

Police arrested BJP leader Prasanta Kumar Jagadev for allegedly damaging an electronic voting machine (EVM) and manhandling polling officers at a booth in Bolagarh during the third phase elections on Saturday.

9 die as rain wreaks havoc in T'gana

IMD forecast says dry weather, with rise in temperature, will prevail in the upcoming days

It's high time Naveen should retire from politics: Pradhan

UNION Minister Dharmendra Pradhan called on the people of Odisha to make a decisive change and replace the BJD government. Speaking at a campaign rally in Satabhaya village, Suliapada block, within the Morada constituency of Mayurbhanj district on Sunday, Pradhan criticised the BJD Government for its lack of vision and alleged corruption.

Getting rape, death threats, claims Maliwal; calls out one-sided’ video

AAP Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal has reportedly received rape and death threats amid the ongoing row with her party over an alleged assault by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's aide, Bibhav Kumar. Maliwal also criticised YouTuber Dhruv Rathee for releasing a \"one-sided video\" against her, claiming it escalated threats.

DELHI HAS VOTED; AND, DELHI HAS LOST

DELHI has voted. Data says Delhi has not voted as aggressively as in 2014 or even 2019. The question is, has Delhi voted differently from the previous polls just in numbers or in spirit too. One should try and find an answer.

RAMPANT VIOLATIONS, LAME EXCUSES

NO fire certificate, NO extinguishers, NO emergency exit, licence expired Unqualified docs that’s city’s shame

Don't need too many matches to be at my best: Alcaraz after taming Wolf

CARLOS Alcaraz maintained his record of never losing in the first round of a Grand Slam by taming JJ Wolf at the French Open on Sunday, shrugging off his injury-hit build-up by insisting: \"I don't need too many matches to be at my best\".

Sindhu squanders lead to miss out on Malaysia title

STAR Indian shuttler PV Sindhu blew away a massive 11-3 lead in the deciding game of the Malaysia Masters final against Wang Zhi Yi, missing out on a great opportunity to end her title drought here on Sunday.

As precaution, Neeraj to skip Ostrava competition

IT was before the National Federation Senior Athletics Competition at Bhubaneswar did Neeraj Chopra and his team decided to participate at the Ostrava Golden Spike meet on Tuesday.

BharatPe, PhonePe settle long-standing trademark disputes over Pe’ suffix

FINTECH unicorns BharatPe Group and PhonePe Group on Sunday announced that they have amicably settled all longstanding legal disputes pertaining to the use of the trademark with the suffix 'Pe'.

SIMULATING MARKET IMPACT OF ELECTION RESULTS

I do not claim to be a political soothsayer or expert by any yardstick, and my area of limited domain expertise remains the financial markets.

All you want to know about KYC rule relaxation for MF investors

Now, investors can continue to put in their hard earned money into mutual funds without presenting additional documents to the fund house or unit registrar

WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE NEW GOVERNMENT

IN MATTERS Na few days, the biggest democratic exercise in the world will determine the fate of the incumbent Narendra Modi government.

‘Shriram Finance looking for strategic partner’

THE Shriram Group, which earlier this month exited the housing finance arm selling its entire 85% stake to the American private equity major Warburg Pincus for ₹4,630 crore, is looking at a strategic partner for its flagship Shriram Finance, the largest auto-focused non-bank lender today.

Hamas ups the ante by firing eight rockets into Israel

IDF says a number of projectiles, which came from Rafah, were intercepted. No immediate reports of casualties or damage in what appeared to be a long-range attack since January

Renewed flash floods kill 15 in Afghanistan

RENEWED heavy rains have triggered more flash floods in Afghanistan, killing at least 15 people, including 10 members of the same family in the northeast, officials said Sunday.