Varanasi: A police constable assigned to the personal security of Mau Sadar MLA Abbas Ansari — the son of late gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari — has been suspended for allegedly leaving duty for personal work without informing senior officials.During his recent visit to Mau, armed constable Upendra Kumar, deployed as Abbas’s gunner, was absent while the…
Gandhinagar: Chief minister Bhupendra Patel has asked the administration to prepare a standard operating procedure (SOP) at the earliest to prevent delays in implementing development projects across sectors and departments. The SOP will also cover issuance of no objection certificates (NOCs) by various departments.The state cabinet, which met on Wednesday, also reviewed the situation arising…
Sewerage pits dug up on Ludhiana’s Noorwala Road Ludhiana: A painfully slow sewage pipeline project has choked traffic and turned an arterial commercial road into a hazardous obstacle course, sparking demands for a quick intervention ahead of the monsoon.Shopkeepers and commuters along Noorwala Road in Ward 3 say the poorly managed infrastructure project has tanked…
Bathinda: A Moga court has issued a notice to Rajya Sabha member Swati Maliwal requiring her to appear in court in person or through her counsel on June 10, while providing the parliamentarian an opportunity to be heard under the proviso of Section 223(1) of the BNSS in a defamation case filed by Aam Aadmi…
Pune: The Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) has proposed new connector roads and widening projects around the busy Rajiv Gandhi Infotech Park in Hinjewadi to ease persistent gridlock and improve traffic flow along phases I-III corridor in Pune’s busiest IT hubs.The proposed network is expected to ease movement between Hinjewadi, Wakad, Marunji and Maan,…
Surat: A fake ghee manufacturing racket operating from a warehouse in Kamrej taluka was busted by Surat Rural police on Wednesday, with the local crime branch (LCB) seizing raw material and machinery worth about Rs 3 lakh, bringing into focus food safety risks consumers in South Gujarat face.An LCB team raided the premises of Araydhya…
Guwahati: In a significant boost to bamboo based innovation and sustainable entrepreneurship in the northeast, the North East Cane and Bamboo Development Council (NECBDC) has received a pioneering bamboo wine production technology developed by the College of Food Technology (COFTI), Central Agricultural University (CAU), Imphal. The initiative is being seen as a major step toward…
Lucknow: A man allegedly killed a stray dog in a brutal manner in Lucknow’s Nigohan area, prompting outrage among locals and animal lovers after a video of the incident surfaced on social media, police said on Wednesday.According to separate complaints submitted by villagers and an NGO, the incident took place on Tuesday. The accused, Ballu…
Third Accused Caught In Murder Of Rape Survivor’s UncleRajkot: The arrests of prime accused Mahendrasinh Jadeja and Yashpalsinh Jadeja on the Gujarat–Rajasthan border on Sunday came more than two years after a Pocso case was registered against them in April 2024.On May 20 night, they brazenly killed the girl’s uncle after he and the family…
Jaipur: Union home minister Amit Shah has ordered the demolition of all unauthorised structures within 15km of the India-Pakistan border in Rajasthan, directing authorities to intensify action against infiltration, narcotics smuggling, terrorist financing and other cross-border crime networks.Chairing a high-level security review meeting in Bikaner Tuesday, Shah assessed security arrangements in Rajasthan’s five border districts…
