Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday questioned the “hot haste” of the police in freezing three Trinamool Congress bank accounts based on a complaint filed just a day earlier and asked HDFC Bank to file a report by next Tuesday on the amount lying in these accounts and their authorised signatories.Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya did…
Noida: A district sessions court has sentenced nine members of an extended family to life imprisonment for gunning down two of their cousins during a dispute over an 18ft-wide passage in Badalpur in 2021.The court held that the killings were the result of an armed attack triggered by a long-running land feud and said the…
Locals witness the live demonstration of a reverse vending machine under the Deposit Refund Scheme Panaji: Goa’s ambitious Deposit Refund Scheme (DRS) will go live from Sep 1, with its first phase covering liquor and liquor-based products packed in glass, plastic, metal and multi-layered packaging, the DRS authority said on Thursday in a notification.All alcohol…
Varanasi: The Robertsganj police in Sonbhadra district busted a gang involved in preparing fake E-form C/MM-11 (mineral transport permit) and carrying out illegal mineral transport. The police arrested five members of the gang on Wednesday, while a search is on to nab three others. The police seized a laptop used in preparing the fake e-form,…
Academics speak on what their institutes are doing to tackle the use of AI by students Ahmedabad: Undergraduate and postgraduate courses at IIT Gandhinagar (IIT-Gn) often include unorthodox assessment methods such as open-book or open-internet examinations and field visits, followed by hands-on prototype development.“Instructors continue to use these methods with questions that limit the efficacy…
Payal.DhawanLudhiana: Dehlon police have registered an FIR against three Japanese nationals and their two Indian associates on charges of cheating, theft and cyber offences following a complaint by a Ludhiana-based agricultural equipment manufacturer. The complainant has alleged that the accused misused confidential business information, attempted to patent proprietary designs in India and caused losses through…
Chandigarh: UT police arrested a Maloya resident with 9.7 grams of heroin during a checking drive Thursday. The accused, Deepak Kumar of EWS Colony, allegedly tried to flee after spotting a police team near a govt school but was chased and apprehended. A case under the NDPS Act was registered. He was produced before a…
Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule Pune: Revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule, in a written reply on Thursday, told the legislative assembly that Maharashtra has 1.28 lakh pending land survey cases. He said that the backlog figure of 3.12 crore as raised by Khadakwasla MLA Bhimrao Tapkir was incorrect.The minister acknowledged delays, saying it takes an average of…
Surat: South Gujarat witnessed intense rainfall, triggering widespread waterlogging, submerging low-lying bridges and damaging infrastructure.Authorities have advised people to exercise caution in low-lying areas and avoid crossing flooded roads and bridges.In Surat district, Palsana recorded the highest rainfall at 203 mm in the 24-hour period ending 6 am on Thursday, followed by Bardoli (197 mm),…
Guwahati: Police have arrested five people from Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand and one from Assam with fake Indian currency notes (FICN) worth more than Rs 10 lakh in Guwahati over the past two days, uncovering a link to Lakhimpur district.Police sources said accused Ajay Vishwakarma, arrested on Monday night from the Six Mile area, told…
