During a review meeting at the MC Zone D office, commissioner Alankar fixed absolute accountability among civic officials and declared that no laxity would be tolerated Ludhiana: The Ludhiana municipal corporation is replacing its traditional seasonal control room with a technology-driven monsoon war room to handle urban flooding and infrastructure complaints this rainy season. Municipal…
Mohali: Zirakpur police have registered a case against three men after a woman alleged she was sexually assaulted multiple times on the pretext of securing her husband’s release from jail.The FIR has been lodged provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) against Aamir and Imran, both from Uttar Pradesh, and Sonu from Karnal. Police said…
Educational experts said leaders and authorities should try to improve the govt education system, rather than privatising them Pune: The state unit of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has offered to buy an airplane ticket for cabinet minister Chandrakant Patil to travel from Pune to Punjab to see the developed municipal schools in the northern…
Surat: A Surat-based farmer has alleged that he was cheated of Rs 2.14 crore in a high-value land deal involving a prime property in Pal. Police have registered a case against two brothers after they allegedly accepted a substantial advance for the land, sold it to another buyer, and failed to refund the money. The…
Lucknow: A gold medal-winning sniffer dog, Mary, helped Sambhal police crack the rape case of a 6-year-old girl in Babrala after investigators found no witnesses or CCTV footage to build leads.The incident was reported on June 18 when the child, who had been playing outside her home, was found by her mother in a distressed…
Rathod’s counsel Ankit Sethi argued that the allegations against him were unsubstantiated and that the investigation involved a large volume of digital evidence, which would take considerable time to analyse Jaipur: The Rajasthan High Court Monday granted bail to Kamlesh Jayantbhai Rathod, an accountant member of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), who was arrested…
A planned Bali trip was cancelled for Ketan Agarwal after his passport was allegedly stolen, an incident his family now views as suspicious in light of the murder investigation. NEW DELHI: A cancelled Bali holiday, a mysteriously missing passport and a trek that ended in death have emerged as key elements in the police investigation…
Microsoft executive Rashida Hodge says one does not need extraordinary wealth to become a philanthropist. In 1998, Rashida Hodge came to Raleigh, North Carolina, with a dare to dream beyond the St Thomas Island where she grew up. The path she took via North Carolina State University led her to Microsoft today. But she did…
MUMBAI: Markets regulator Sebi is proposing a common advertisement code for all its regulated entities. Under the new code, even individual mutual funds will be allowed celebrity endorsement at the brand level, an option not allowed currently. At present AMFI as the industry trade body could use such endorsements for the MF industry as a…
A Brazilian woman, accused of repeatedly stalking BTS member Jungkook, has been handed a suspended prison sentence by a South Korean court and could now face deportation from the country.The woman, whose identity has not been disclosed, was sentenced by a district court in Seoul to one year in prison, suspended for two years, after…
