Pune: Pedestrians and motorists across the city are facing increasing safety risks as the civic administration has failed to reinstall speed breakers removed months ago for an international cycling event.The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) had levelled speed breakers along approximately 35 km of road stretches to facilitate the race earlier this year. However, many of…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission has introduced a quick response (QR) code-based verification system to regulate the access of persons to the counting halls on May 4, the day of the election results.“To eliminate the possibility of any unauthorised persons from entering counting centres, the Election Commission of India has introduced a QR code–based photo…
Hyderabad: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Cyberabad police registered a cheating case against the directors and partners of two private firms for allegedly duping over 40 investors of more than Rs 39 crore in a proposed villa project at Pocharam in Patancheru mandal.Complainant O Venkata Koteswara Rao, a 49-year-old IT employee from Miyapur, alleged…
Margao: Cuncolim police have registered an FIR against unknown persons for allegedly extracting minerals illegally from agricultural and other land in Naquerim, Betul, causing a loss of Rs 12 lakh to state govt.Police sources said that before July 2024, unknown accused persons excavated and extracted minerals from different survey numbers in Naquerim without obtaining the…
Her former partner was named in an FIR filed under Pocso Act Ghaziabad: They were classmates from Class VII. By the time they reached class X, they were, by her own account to the police, in love. In April 2021, days after she turned 17 years and six months, she left with him, married him…
Gurgaon: A man has been arrested for allegedly raping a woman multiple times on the pretext of marriage after the two met on the dating app Bumble, police said on Monday.According to a complaint filed, the woman came in contact with the accused, identified as Saurabh, in January this year through the app. The two…
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat high court has upheld a family court’s refusal to execute a compromise decree granting visitation rights to a child’s father, as the arrangement appeared unworkable and the child too was against it.While refusing to interfere in the family court’s order, Justice J C Doshi said, “The child welfare since remains very sensitive,…
Actor Pooja Dadwal, who once appeared alongside Salman Khan in ‘Veergati’ went through a difficult personal life after the film. While it did not work at the box office, her performance caught attention and hinted at a bright future. However, that early promise did not translate into steady work. While she did not get offers…
Kolkata: As the state heads into Assembly election on April 23 and April 29, religious figures and members of civil society in Kolkata have made an appeal to voters across faiths, communities and linguistic identities to vote and resist attempts to divide.The calls for unity and participation have come at a time when the political…
Ludhiana: Two bike-borne men snatched a purse containing gold jewellery, cash, and documents from a Samrala-based woman near the Baba Than Singh Chowk. The incident occurred while the woman was commuting in an e-rickshaw after a shopping trip to the city’s busy Chaura Bazaar.The victim, Jaspreet Kaur, told the police that she and her sister…
