NEW DELHI: In a rare yet culturally rooted event, two brothers from Himachal Pradesh’s Hatti tribe have married the same woman, reviving an age-old tradition of polyandry. The ceremony took place in Shillai village of Sirmaur district’s Trans-Giri area, with hundreds attending the three-day celebration that began on July 12.The bride, Sunita Chauhan from Kunhat…
CHANDIGARH: AAP MLA Anmol Gagan Maan, dropped from the Punjab cabinet a year ago, resigned from the assembly on Saturday and announced her exit from politics. Maan, who represented Kharar, made the announcement on X. “My heart is heavy but I have decided to leave politics. My resignation as MLA should be accepted by the…
5 men gun down Chandan Mishra in ICU Five men linked to killing of murder convict Chandan Mishra in a Patna private hospital on July 17 were arrested in a guest house in Kolkata’s Anandapur late Saturday by a joint team of Bihar SIT and Bengal STF. A white sedan used to flee Patna was…
This image shows the impact location of India’s missile strike on Pak’s Kirana Hills in May, geo-intel researcher Damien Symon posted on X NEW DELHI: More than two months after the Indian govt denied targeting Kirana Hills, where a chunk of Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal is believed to be located, fresh imagery from Google Earth, captured…
RAJKOT: A 25-year-old ASI, Aruna Jadav, was killed by her live-in partner, a CRPF jawan, Dilip Jadav, in Kutch’s Anjar after an argument late Friday. “In the heat of an argument, Jadav throttled Aruna to death. After realising what he had done, he attempted suicide but survived and surrendered Saturday,” police said. Police have recovered…
Uttar Pradesh Police arrests school van driver for allegedly sexually assaulting four-year-old girl LUCKNOW: A school van driver in Lucknow was arrested on Saturday on charges of raping a four-year-old girl. He has been booked under SC/ST Act and Pocso Act. Police investigation revealed the survivor’s mother approached the school manager on July 17 with…
RAIPUR: ED informed a special court that former Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel’s son Chaitanya Baghel laundered Rs 16.7 crore through shell firms and under-invoiced real estate deals tied to a Rs 2,100 crore liquor scam. Chaitanya was arrested under Prevention of Money Laundering Act on July 18 (his 38th birthday) following searches at his home.A…
Jammu: At least 12 people including three women were injured after a bus travelling from Udhampur to Jammu met with an accident near Jhajjar Kotli on Saturday morning, police said.Police said the driver lost control and the bus turned turtle.A police team, along with locals, began a rescue operation and took the injured passengers to…
PDP’s Waheed Parra; CM Omar Abdullah Srinagar: Urdu has become the latest political hot potato in Jammu and Kashmir. After the row over mandatory knowledge of the language for naib tehsildar recruitments, People’s Democratic Party (PDP) legislator Waheed Parra on Saturday accused Omar Abdullah-led National Conference govt of digitising the land records in English, instead…
BARNALA: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday dedicated eight public libraries, constructed at a cost of Rs 2.80 crore, to people here. Speaking at the event, the chief minister said that eight libraries in the assembly constituencies of Bhadaur and Mehal Kalan have been dedicated to people. Mann said that Rs 2.80 crore has…
