VARANASI: Two airport screening personnel were injured after a licensed pistol accidentally discharged during mandatory security checks at Varanasi airport on Sunday, officials said. The incident occurred around 9.30am when passenger Kamlesh Kedarnath Rai, who was scheduled to travel to Mumbai on Air India Express flight IX 1810, declared a…

CHENNAI: Vice President C P Radhakrishnan on Sunday urged young Indians to use their knowledge, innovation and skills for nation-building, calling on them to make “Nation First – Rashtra Pratham” their guiding principle. Addressing the 22nd convocation of S R M Institute of Science and Technology (SRMIST) at Kattankulathur near…

BENGALURU: Union minister H D Kumaraswamy has urged the Karnataka government to immediately stop what he termed “unauthorised” toll collection by NICE, alleging violations in the implementation of the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor Project (BMICP). Kumaraswamy has written to Chief Minister D K Shivakumar seeking action against the company and shared…

CHENNAI: PMK leader Anbumani Ramadoss has demanded a CBI probe into the deaths of three Tamil Nadu-origin men in a firing incident near the Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary in Karnataka’s Chamarajanagar district. The deceased have been identified as Antonysamy, John Rose Peter and Kumar. According to the Karnataka Forest Department, the…

BENGALURU: Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly R Ashok has demanded a judicial inquiry into the killing of three people in a firing incident involving forest department personnel in Hanur taluk of Chamarajanagar district. Ashok alleged discrepancies in the versions given by forest officials, local representatives and the…

Surat: The Gujarat Food and Drug Control Authority has seized suspected adulterated ghee and edible oils worth more than ₹35 lakh during raids in Surat and Deesa following directions from Health Minister Praful Panchsheriya. Officials raided Keval Food Products in the industrial area of Stad Pardi in Kamrej taluk, Surat,…