Shantanu Sinha Biwsas’s house at Fern Road Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate on Friday filed a chargesheet against former Kolkata Police DC Shantanu Sinha Biswas in a land-grabbing case. The agency alleged that the former Kalighat police station OC had embezzled Rs 3 crore in the scam.Sinha Biswas’s name surfaced in the land-grabbing case after the…
Panaji: Days after ONGC’s floating jetty collapsed because of adverse weather, the public sector undertaking’s officials said that the incident happened while the height of the pontoon jetty was being enhanced to further improve its safety.The executive director of ONGC Advanced Training Institute (ATI0) in a statement said that the connecting gangway remained unaffected and…
Ahmedabad: A teenager riding a scooter was killed after coming under the wheels of a school bus taking a wide turn near Shastrinagar Crossroads in Naranpura on Friday afternoon.Police said barricading around an Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) cave-in repair site forced the bus to negotiate a wider-than-normal turn before the collision.The deceased worked at a…
Punjab governor and UT administrator Gulab Chand Kataria planted a camphor sapling to launch the plantation drive at the Dadumajra legacy waste dumping site on Friday Chandigarh: The municipal corporation, in collaboration with the forest department of the Chandigarh administration, Friday launched a plantation drive at the Dadumajra legacy waste dumping site as part of…
Pune: The civic body’s drive to pick up sterilised community dogs from roads along the palkhi procession route has drawn criticism from animal welfare volunteers, who questioned the legality and necessity of such exercises, which they said were increasingly being undertaken before major public events and VIP visits.Bhagyendra Chudasama, an animal welfare volunteer, said rounding…
How an SDM resolved 35-year-old land record error in a day without a lengthy legal battle Lucknow: A 35-year-old land record error that had prevented two farmers in Mahoba district from accessing land-related services and govt welfare benefits has finally been resolved after the sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) of Kulpahar adopted an “out-of-the-box administrative approach” that…
Ajmer: Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) from Jaipur Friday arrested two Rajasthan State Industrial Development and Investment Corporation (RIICO) officials in separate bribery traps in Ajmer and Beawar for allegedly accepting bribes to release lease deeds of industrial land. One of the accused, deputy general manager and unit head Ajay Vishkarma, is due to retire on July…
PM Modi gifts former Australia skipper Steve Waugh two-decade-old photograph during MCG visit Australia’s T20 competition, Big Bash League, will travel thousands of kilometres for its opening match between defending champions Perth Scorchers and Melbourne Renegades, which will take place in Chennai on Dec 12.Australian PM Anthony Albanese made the announcement after a meeting with…
A fast-moving wildfire that has killed at least 12 people was tearing through areas in southern Spain Friday after trapping people in burning vehicles and as they tried to flee on foot. The death toll from the wildfire, already one of the highest in Spain’s recent history, could rise as authorities said 23 people remain…
Chennai: Despite concerns over a deficient monsoon in several parts of the country, demand for tractors has remained resilient. Domestic tractor sales recorded strong double-digit growth in June on both a year-on-year and sequential basis. The robust performance also lifted first-quarter volumes, which rose 19% year-on-year, indicating that demand for farm mechanisation has so far…
