New Delhi: Around 1.30 pm, an hour before Dharmendra Pradhan put out his post on X saying he had put his resignation before the Prime Minister, stone throwing started at Jantar Mantar.The flashpoint was the four-road intersection outside the NDMC building, which by then had become a heavily fortified zone. There were barricades on all…
Bhiwandi: The Nizampura police in Bhiwandi on Saturday arrested three persons, including two 17-year-old juveniles, for allegedly hanging an effigy bearing the face of Prime Minister Narendra Modi from a flyover, an act that triggered strong protests from BJP leaders and workers.The incident came to light after BJP functionaries noticed the effigy hanging from the…
Bengaluru: A doctor was arrested on charges of assaulting a Bangladeshi couple living in Whitefield.Nasreena Bilal, 23, filed a complaint against Dr Nagendra of Sai Clinic-Bettadasapura-Bellandur for reportedly beating her and her husband, Mohammed Bilal, a driver, saying they were Bangladeshi residents.Based on the complaint, Bellandur police arrested Dr Nagendra Thursday and produced him before…
Chennai: Madras high court has set aside the conviction and three-year jail term to a duo awarded by the special court for Enforcement Directorate cases, since they were set at liberty in the predicate offence probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).However, the first bench comprising chief justice SA Dharmadhikari and G Arulmurugan said…
Two held for duping people in fake currency multiplication scam Hyderabad: Two persons allegedly involved in conning people on the pretext of multiplying currency notes were arrested by Miyapur police on Saturday.The accused, Toure El Hadji Mahaman and Tchouanyou Adolphe, both Mali nationals, were residing in Attapur and making a living there.On July 20, Krishna…
Kolkata: Two men from Haryana were arrested by Kolkata Police for allegedly defrauding an elderly Kolkata woman of Rs 3.7 crore in a digital arrest scam by posing as police officers two years ago.The accused, identified as Deepak Tewatia and Akhil Bansiyal, were produced before the Bankshall court on Saturday. The court has sent them…
Supporters of Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) celebrate after education minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned following days of protests demanding his resignation over National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) examination paper leaks, at Jantar Mantar on July 25 They slept on pavements through rain, humidity and heat, held their ground through lathi charges and tear gas, and…
Vasco: Ankit Lakra, 36, a native of Chhattisgarh, died on Saturday after coming in contact with a live high-tension wire, which came down as he was travelling on the Panaji-Margao highway.He was travelling in a rickshaw, and when he reached near Birla Cross junction at around 10 pm, due to heavy rainfall and gusty winds,…
Varanasi: Ghazipur police on Friday registered an FIR against Mohammad Shahid, an associate of the Mukhtar Ansari gang, the then station house officer (SHO) of Mohammadabad police station, and the area lekhpal for allegedly facilitating the issuance of an arms licence in 2001 using the address of a rented house by falsely showing it as…
People move through a flooded neighbourhood following heavy rain in Ahmedabad Ahmedabad: AMC initiated urgent rainwater drainage operations across the city following waterlogging in several areas. In all, 24 teams have been deployed at 20 waterlogged locations across 10 wards. The civic body has also opened 141 catchpits and 85 manholes to drain accumulated water.In…
