Dhaka, Dec 26: A 29-year-old Hindu man was beaten to death by a mob in Rajbari district, Bangladesh, in an incident that police have linked to an alleged extortion attempt, local authorities said. The attack took place late on Wednesday night in Pangsha upazila, and the victim was later declared dead at a nearby health facility. Police responded to reports of the assault and said the violence escalated after local residents confronted the man over alleged extortion, leading to the mob beating. The incident occurred amid a tense atmosphere in the country following recent mob violence, including other attacks on…
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At least nine persons were killed when a speeding truck crashed against a luxury sleeper bus, which caught fire under the impact, in this district early on Thursday, a senior police official said. The bus with 32 passengers, which was on its way to Gokarna was engulfed in flames under the impact of the collision and most of the deceased were burnt alive inside the vehicle, East Zone Inspector General of Police Ravikanthe Gowda told reporters. The accident happened after the truck jumped a road divider and collided with the oncoming bus, Gowda told reporters. The bus driver and cleaner…
The Union railway ministry officially notified the hiked train ticket prices on Thursday. The new prices will come into effect from today. The Union ministry announced revised ticket prices recently as part of measures to rationalise fares. The ministry announced its decision to increase the passenger fares on December 21. This is the second time in a year that passenger train fares have been revised. Earlier, fare hike was implemented in July. “Under the revised fare structure, there is no change in fares for suburban services and season tickets, including both suburban and non-suburban routes. For ordinary non-AC (non-suburban) services,…
A school teacher was shot dead by unidentified assailants on the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) campus, police said on Thursday. AMU Proctor Mohammad Waseem Ali identified the deceased as Rao Danish Ali, a teacher at ABK Union High School, affiliated with the university. On Wednesday night, Rao Danish Ali was walking near the Kennedy Auditorium with two of his colleagues when some masked men accosted him and fired at him from point-blank range after briefly talking to him, the proctor told PTI. He collapsed on the spot and was rushed to the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College Hospital, where doctors declared…
Domestic carrier IndiGo on Thursday cancelled 67 flights from multiple airports due to “forecasted” bad weather and operational reasons, according to the airline’s website. Of the 67 cancelled flights, only four were for operational reasons, and the rest were due to “forecasted” bad weather at various airports, including Agartala, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Varanasi, Bengaluru, among others, as per the website. Aviation regulator, DGCA, has announced the period between December 10 and February 10 next year as the official fog window this winter. As part of the DGCA fog operations (CAT-IIIB) norms, airlines have to mandatorily roster pilots who are trained to…
The CBI will immediately challenge the suspension of life sentence and bail to former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the Unnao rape case in the Supreme Court, officials said on Wednesday. The decision was taken after studying the orders of a division bench of the Delhi High Court in the Unnao rape case of 2017, a CBI spokesperson said in a statement. It was decided to file an SLP before the Supreme Court at the earliest against the orders of the high court, which granted bail to Sengar after suspending his life sentence, the CBI spokesperson said. Sengar, however,…
Chennai and large parts of Tamil Nadu have been experiencing misty and hazy early mornings, and the weather department says these conditions are likely to continue until around December 29. The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) has forecast that mist and haze will persist in the early hours of the day over the coming days. Meteorologists attribute this to seasonal weather patterns and atmospheric conditions. During this period, cooler night-time temperatures combined with moisture in the air lead to condensation of water vapour near the ground, forming mist or haze. Moisture from the Bay of Bengal and lingering cloud cover also…
A series of recent mishaps involving government buses, including the tragic collisions in Cuddalore, Tiruvannamalai and other parts of Tamil Nadu, has sparked growing concern among commuters over road safety and accountability. In one of the latest incidents near Tiruvannamalai, three people were killed when a car collided head-on with a government bus. Earlier, major accidents in Cuddalore ( nine people died) and other districts had already triggered alarm among passengers and road safety advocates. For many in Tamil Nadu, government buses remain the most affordable and dependable mode of transport, particularly for the poor and middle-class. However, repeated accidents…
Authorities have inaugurated two dedicated dining halls for sanitation workers in the Saidapet area as part of ongoing efforts to improve welfare facilities for this essential workforce. The new facilities, opened by Health and Family Welfare Minister Ma. Subramanian, are located on Gangai Amman Koil Street and West Jones Road. The larger of the two halls on Gangai Amman Koil Street covers around 600 square feet at a cost of ₹19.70 lakh, while the West Jones Road facility spans about 500 square feet with an investment of ₹12 lakh. Both dining halls are expected to offer sanitation workers a clean…
The recent call by former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan for street protests against what he terms the “Asim Law” underscores the deep political fault lines currently gripping the country. From his jail cell, Khan has urged party leaders and supporters to prepare for a broad movement, framing it as a constitutional struggle for justice and the rule of law. Supporters in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, led by Chief Minister Sohail Afridi, have already begun organising for peaceful demonstrations and mobilising student activists, claiming the right to protest is guaranteed by Pakistan’s constitution. However, the backdrop to this agitation is fraught with…