Hyderabad: Gift card payments allegedly collected from US citizens through fake technical support call centres were converted into cryptocurrency, routed through overseas wallets and brought into India via crypto traders, hawala operators and angadia firms before being laundered through multiple bank accounts and properties, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) alleged while detailing the money trail in…
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Thursday sought a report from the district police regarding the encounter of Prabhas Mondal, the prime accused in the Baruipur rape and murder of a minor.The division bench of Acting Chief Justice (ACJ) Tapabrata Chakraborty and Justice Partha Sarathi Chatterjee directed a detailed affidavit including the case number and other…
Panaji: Despite Goa continuing to record below-normal monsoon rainfall this season, the state has received enough rain to sustain agriculture and allied activities, said Parveen Kumar, director of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute (ICAR-CCARI).“The state usually gets surplus rainfall, much of which flows into the Arabian Sea. Though rainfall is…
Varanasi: A man and his 13-year-old son were killed after an uncontrolled speeding cement container truck ran over them and crashed into four roadside houses in the Kalna Gaharwar area under Vindhyachal police station area early Thursday.Mirzapur ASP (City) Nitesh Singh said the accident occurred around 3 am near Kalna Gaharwar when a cement container…
Kullu: The Una district administration has ordered a probe into suspected irregularities in the Sugam Darshan system at Chintpurni temple. The police have also registered a case and launched a separate inquiry.In a statement, deputy Commissioner Jatin Lal said that additional deputy commissioner (ADC), Una, has been appointed to conduct a detailed administrative inquiry and…
Guwahati: Nearly 13,000 consumers in flood-ravaged Upper Assam remain without electricity 11 days after the deluge.CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said Thursday that the govt was continuously assessing safety conditions before restoring power in affected areas.“Consumers without electricity have declined by a further 30%. As water levels recede, we are continuously assessing safety conditions and will…
Hosts Rajasthan boys, who finish runners-up, receive trophy from the guests in Jaipur on Thursday Jaipur: Uttar Pradesh boys and girls emerged as champions in the Sixth National Tennis Ball Cricket Championship, organised by the Rajasthan Tennis Ball Cricket Association, which concluded at the historic Chaugan Stadium in Jaipur on Thursday.Eleven men’s teams and seven…
The talks focused on assessing the implementation of development projects supported by India in diverse fields NEW DELHI: Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri met his Bhutanese counterpart Dasho Pema Lektup Dorji in Thimphu on Thursday, where the two sides co-chaired the 5th India-Bhutan Development Cooperation Talks and reviewed the progress and implementation of India-supported projects across…
Spruce and birch trees are seen tilting along the edge Stevens Pond on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus on Sept. 18, 2022. Thick green tree canopies across northern forests act as giant sunshields, keeping permafrost cool enough to hold 59 billion tonnes of carbon safely in the ground.The discovery reveals that the forest canopy…
Producer Ekta Ravi Kapoor has leased out a floor in her Juhu property in Mumbai for a monthly rent of Rs 1.5 lakh. The rented unit is situated in Ekta House, a four-storey building in Juhu. As per the registered documents, the leased floor also includes one dedicated car parking space.The leave and licence agreement…
