BENGALURU: Around 5,300 auto tippers and 700 garbage trucks will be off roads from Wednesday evening as cleaners and drivers launch an indefinite strike against the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Solid Waste Management wing, demanding the regularisation of their services. Hundreds of protestors gathered at the BBMP head office to voice their concern. Anticipating a volatile situation, the police took them into preventive custody but released them later in the evening. The protestors u

MADURAI: The Perungudi police on Monday opened fire at an auto driver injuring him on the leg after he allegedly attempted to escape by attacking police at a crime scene, where he murdered a police constable on March 18. The injured auto driver, M Karthick alias Moovendran (25) of Avaniyapuram, was undergoing treatment at Government Rajaji Hospital in Madurai. Police said the police constable, Malaiarasan (36) attached with the Kalaiyarkoil police station in Sivaganga district was found murdered

CHENNAI: Thoothukudi is rapidly emerging as a key player in Indias automotive sector, with works of Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer VinFasts new plant nearing completion in the region. According to sources in the Industries Department, 90% of the construction is complete, and production is expected to commence within the next two to three months. Thoothukudi is now emerging as the states fourth major auto cluster after Chennai, Krishnagiri, and Coimbatore, further strengthening our

LUCKNOW: A man, 53, reportedly died after being assaulted by a group of Holi revellers while he was on his way to a mosque following a dispute over the throwing of colours in Unnao district. The deceased was identified as Sharif Khan. As per police authorities the autopsy report established it to be a death due to heart failure and not assault. As per the police sources, the incident, which occurred a day after Holi, triggered tensions in the area, prompting a heavy deployment of law enforcement

CHENNAI: A 20-foot-tall cutout of Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin placed near the Tiruvallur collectors office fell on an autorickshaw on Tuesday. The cutout was placed by DMK workers ahead of the event scheduled at Thirupachur near Tiruvallur on Wednesday, in which Chief Minister MK Stalin took part. Police said the cutout got dislodged owing to rain and wind on Tuesday afternoon. The driver who was inside the vehicle escaped unhurt, they added. Several flags that were placed along the

PATNA: At least seven people were killed and several others injured when their auto-rickshaw was hit by a speeding truck near Dhanichak Mor on Masaurhi-Naubatpur road in Bihars Patna district n Sunday evening. The deceased had been identified as Matendra Bind (25), Vinay Bind (30), Umesh Bind (38), Ramesh Bind (52), Umesh Bind (30), Suraj Thakur (20) and auto driver Sushil Kumar (35) . All six persons were natives of Doripar, while Sushil Kumar was from Hansadih village. According to police, the

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has said if Elon Musk's Tesla built a factory in India to avoid that country's tariffs, it would be unfair to the US. Trump's comments came amid moves by him to increase tariffs significantly. On February 13, hours before Prime Minister Narendra Modi's bilateral meeting with Trump at the White House, the US President announced reciprocal tariffs. Trump in a recent interview with Fox News ' Sean Hannity said during their meeting he told Prime Minister Modi that

MUMBAI: In a shocking incident, Mumbai Police have arrested an auto-rickshaw driver for allegedly raping a 20-year-old woman and inflicting severe physical harm by inserting foreign objects, including a surgical blade and stones, into her private parts, IndiaToday reported. Police said that the crime reportedly occurred in Vasai, where the accused initially assaulted the victim. He then bought her to Mumbai in his auto-rickshaw and abandoned her unconscious near Ram Mandir before fleeing the sce

MUMBAI: Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan has met auto-rickshaw driver Bhajan Singh Rana, who rushed him to hospital after he was injured in the knife attack at his home in Mumbai in the wee hours last week, and thanked him for the timely help. The driver told PTI that Saif also gave him some money and assured all help to him whenever needed. Rana said on reaching the Lilavati Hospital in Bandra just before Saif was discharged on Tuesday evening , he met the film star and his family members and touc

RAIPUR : A day after security forces neutralised fourteen Maoist cadres in an exchange of fire in Chhattisgarh's Gariaband district, their bodies were brought to the state governments largest healthcare facility, Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar Hospital, on Wednesday. A team of 22 doctors and supporting staff will carry out the autopsy. There were not enough doctors and forensic experts in Gariaband district. So, the bodies of the Maoists were brought to the state capital, where the necessary health profess

Ranchi: At least three children were killed after a potato-laden truck overturned onto an auto carrying school students in Jharkhand's Ramgarh. Several others were also seriously injured in the incident. The incident took place early Wednesday morning at Gola in Ramgarh. According to initial reports, the auto driver was also killed in the accident. All the children were aged between 6 and 8 years, studying at Goodwill Mission School. Notably, due to the effect of cold winds blowing continuously

GUWAHATI: A tribal organisation in Nagaland, fighting for separate statehood for the people of six backward districts in the states eastern fringe, has accepted the Centres offer of Frontier Nagaland Territory (FNT), a unique arrangement with executive, legislative and financial autonomy. The Eastern Nagaland Peoples Organisation (ENPO) said the decision to accept the offer was taken after a meeting with the central and state government representatives in New Delhi on December 13. Home Secretary

Chilling details have emerged from the autopsy report of six members of a family whose bodies were recovered from the Barak river in Manipurs Jiribam district, revealing horrifying injuries, including missing eyeballs and multiple gunshot wounds. The victims, identified as members of a Meitei family, were allegedly kidnapped and killed by Kuki-Zo militants. Among them was a 10-month-old boy, Laishram Lamnganba, whose body was found in a state of thawing with both eyeballs missing, a chopping wou