The customs order assigns different roles to the four noticees — Ranya Rao, Tarun Konduru Raju, Sahil Sakariya Jain and Bharath Kumar Jain — and then connects those roles to specific consignments The striking part of the Sept 30 customs order isn’t just the 14.2kg of gold seized from Ranya at Kempegowda International Airport. It’s…
Chennai: Asserting that the integration of captive animals into religious ceremonies cannot exist in a legal vacuum, the Madras high court has directed the Tamil Nadu govt to come up with a draft Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) governing the participation of elephants in religious functions and temple festivals.“Elephants hold a significant place in the cultural,…
Hyderabad: After distributing their farmland and house among their three sons, an elderly couple in Chapta (K) village of Narayankhed mandal in Sangareddy were left struggling for food and shelter. The couple, who had repeatedly approached officials seeking the return of a small portion of their land to support themselves, died by suicide on Wednesday…
Gurgaon: Police arrested a 23-year-old man for allegedly molesting a 13-year-old girl in Sohna. The accused, a resident of the same village as the girl, was arrested by a team from City Sohna police station on Sept 26.According to a complaint filed by the girl’s mother the following day, the incident took place on Sept…
Kolkata: In a first-of-its-kind surgery performed in eastern India recently, doctors removed a blood clot (thrombus) that had travelled from a tumour in the uterus to the heart of a 38-year-old woman from North 24 Parganas. The surgery was undertaken at a city hospital.The woman was suffering from a rare condition, termed ‘uterine sarcoma extending…
Firefighters doused the fire at Kala Pathar substation in half an hour Ghaziabad: Several areas of Indirapuram, including Abhay Khand, Gyan Khand and Nyay Khand, saw an hours-long power cut on Thursday that lasted from 3am to, in most affected areas, 6am. A cable fire at the Kala Pathar substation sparked the outage. Authorities are…
Panaji: A privately owned ferry drifted from its position while a diesel tanker was being driven onto it at the Adpai ferry point, but a mishap was avoided as the ferry remained in shallow water.The river navigation department (RND) said the vessel was not part of the RND ferry service. It said the owner had…
Special rituals at Kashi Vishwanath Temple for the speedy recovery of Capt Smit Machchhar Special rituals at Kashi Vishwanath Temple for the speedy recovery of Capt Smit Machchhar Special rituals at Kashi Vishwanath Temple for the speedy recovery of Capt Smit Machchhar Special rituals at Kashi Vishwanath Temple for the speedy recovery of Capt Smit…
Ahmedabad: A software update on a mobile phone was followed by the disappearance of several applications and the unauthorised transfer of Rs 1.6 lakh from the bank account of a Memco resident, police said.The victim, Diwansingh Kori, a 40-year-old loading-rickshaw driver, approached Shaherkotda police after discovering that multiple transactions had been made through his Google…
The govt has also formally informed the jathedar of Akal Takht about the formation of the panel. The committee will discuss suggestions and feedback received from Akal Takht and work out a roadmap for coordination with its panel to build consensus on the proposed amendments Chandigarh: The next meeting of the seven-member coordination committee set…
