Kalyan: The Mumbai unit of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), with assistance from Kalyan Taluka police, arrested a 35-year-old woman from Titwala and seized MDMA pills or ecstasy worth over Rs 5 crore, officials said on Sunday. According to police, the accused was found in possession of over 2.3 kg of MDMA. The NCB team…
Lucknow: Astronaut and Group Captain, Shubhanshu Shukla returned to his alma mater, City Montessori School on Wednesday to attend a special event marking the International Day of Human Space Flight at the World Unity Convention Centre at the Kanpur Road campus.Addressing a gathering of students from 22 CMS campuses, both in person and online, he…
Dibrugarh: Massive erosion by the Brahmaputra, over the past week, has wiped out at least five residential houses and a temple in Dibrugarh’s Tengabari Mirigaon, while leaving several other structures on the edge along the riverbank.The affected area includes Bindhakota, which is the birthplace of Union minister and former Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal.For the villagers…
New Delhi: Delhi High Court has expressed strong displeasure over the delay by the state govt in constituting the Grievance Redressal and Dispute Resolution Committee for street vendors, terming the delay “tardy and inefficient.”In a recent order, the high court pointed out that the committee had still not been constituted even though court directed its…
Kolkata: In a dramatic four-hour operation that pushed the city’s disaster management units to their limits, a fully grown cow was pulled from the depths of the city’s subterranean drainage network on Thursday evening.The rescue near the perennially busy Haldiram crossing on VIP Road, necessitated a coordinated effort by the Bidhannagar Traffic Police, the Fire…
Kolkata: The Bengal Home Industries Association, founded by Rabindranath’s nephew Gaganendranath Tagore and Lady Carmichael (wife of the then governor), has turned 110, surviving the test of time, multiple changes of address and stiff competition from the cottage industry market across India and abroad.On Tuesday, to celebrate a century and a decade of its existence,…
Samrat Choudhary (File photo) NEW DELHI: Samrat Choudhary has been chosen as Bihar’s new chief minister, becoming the first BJP leader to assume the post in the state after Nitish Kumar stepped down to move to the Rajya Sabha. His elevation marks a landmark political transition in Bihar, where Nitish Kumar had remained the dominant…
Bengaluru: It was early Monday morning, and Murdeshwar Express, running between Murdeshwar and Sir M Visvesvaraya Terminal, was passing Channapatna. Suddenly, a big gunny bag was thrown at the locomotive engine. The loco pilot applied sudden brakes, but the superfast train came to a halt after half a furlong. On examination, the loco pilot and…
Mumbai: Newly appointed BJP Yuva Morcha state president Krishnaraj Mahadik on Monday announced the party’s Yuva Shakti Jagar Yatra from April 21. The objective, he said, is to interact with farmers, women, students and young men and women working in different fields. CM Devendra Fadnavis will flag off the yatra. In phase I, the yatra…
Thane: The father of AIMIM corporator Sahar Sheikh — against whom the Thane tehsildar has recommended filing of a criminal case over an alleged fake caste certificate — refuted all allegations on Friday, dismissing the controversy as a politically motivated stunt.Yunus Sheikh, who appeared at Mumbra Police Station after reportedly being unreachable for two days,…
