Bengal cops start probe into TMC’s bank accounts KOLKATA: A dissident MLA’s complaint alleging substantial unaccounted deposits in Trinamool Congress‘s name led Bengal Police to open a probe Friday into the party’s bank accounts under penal sections pertaining to organised crime, cheating and criminal conspiracy. Bidhannagar police commissionerate’s cybercrime wing registered the case under BNS…
Delhi woman mistaken for child-lifter, stripped KORAPUT: Odisha Police Thursday arrested 16 people who were part of a mob that chased and assaulted a woman from Delhi and her male colleague from Gujarat, mistaking them for child kidnappers, in a remote village in Rayagada district on June 16. The accused also half-stripped the woman.The two…
NTA ‘significantly’ expanded the pool from which the final 180-question paper was drawn NEW DELHI: A larger question bank, more paper-setters and restrictions ensuring nobody can know or see the final paper formed the core of the redesigned question-setting system for the June 21 NEET-UG retest – a part of the high-security process undertaken following…
Centre remains committed to Art 371 safeguards for Ladakh NEW DELHI: Despite reservations expressed by Ladakh representatives over omissions in the minutes of the May 22 talks with MHA officials, sources said Centre remains committed to providing Constitutional safeguards to the region under Article 371 and ensuring bureaucracy is accountable to the political executive. The…
Conventional warfare still relevant, says defence minister NAGPUR/NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh said Friday that despite the changing nature of warfare and the emergence of new-age security threats, “conventional military capabilities and means are still as relevant as they were in 1947”, making a strong military-industrial base essential for the country’s security.He made the…
Indian army in Jammu and Kashmir JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir Police Friday claimed to have busted a terror support network in Kishtwar district with the arrest of two overground workers, including a govt employee.Kishtwar SSP Naresh Singh said the duo — forest department staffer Tariq Ahmed Ginoo and Mohammad Iqbal, both residents of Tander —…
Indian captain of a sanctioned Russian oil tanker was arrested in the UK LONDON/DEHRADUN: The Indian captain of a sanctioned Russian shadow fleet oil tanker intercepted by British armed forces while crossing the English Channel en route from Russia to India has been arrested in the UK and appeared in court charged with breaching sanctions,…
Pakistani national detained after crossing the LoC in J&K’s Kupwara district last week has been repatriated SRINAGAR: A Pakistani national detained after crossing the LoC in J&K’s Kupwara district last week has been repatriated, with the handover formalities marked by handshakes between the two armies.Asad Khan’s handover took place Thursday at Aman Setu peace bridge…
NEW DELHI: The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), which guards Delhi Metro stations across the capital, has in the past six months recovered and returned lost currency and bank documents worth Rs 22.8 lakh, 80 gms of loose gold and other gold and silver ornaments, 32 laptops, 68 mobile phones and 9 valuable personal watches.Sharing…
NEW DELHI: In a bid to discourage old, polluting trucks, buses and other goods vehicles from entering the Core NCR — the area within the Western and Eastern Peripheral Expressways — govt is considering imposing a new “Green Charge” on such vehicles at 34 entry points to NCR along these ring expressways.The charge would be…
