Ahmedabad: A 32-year-old woman from Bopal has accused her husband living in Canada and his family of demanding money for IELTS coaching and her migration expenses as dowry before abandoning her and sending her back to India.The woman on Saturday filed a complaint with the Women Police (Rural), alleging years of physical, mental and financial…
The bureau has requested police departments to publicise the vacancies among eligible retired officers Chandigarh: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has invited applications from retired inspectors and sub-inspectors of central and state police forces, including Chandigarh Police, for engagement as consultants to handle pairvi work in trial courts for narcotics cases.The bureau plans to fill…
Rescue teams wound up search operations at the Moshi waste depot on Sunday Pune: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has taken suo motu cognisance of The Times of India report on the collapse of the administrative building at Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation’s waste-to-energy plant inside the Moshi garbage depot and listed the matter for hearing…
Surat: Puna police registered another FIR against history-sheeter Kirti Patel, this time for allegedly posting defamatory videos targeting a Surat-based trader and his family on social media.Suspended Bhavnagar police constable Nayna Baraiya was also named as a co-accused for allegedly instigating the act and sharing the videos online.According to the complaint filed by the 43-year-old…
Dhubri: For a few students in Dhubri, their summer vacation has turned into a journey through India’s rich manuscript heritage.The Indian Ethno Library Society, in collaboration with Dr Banikanta Kakati Library of Bilasipara College, launched a manuscript study programme on Saturday to introduce students to this rich tradition of written knowledge.The inaugural session was attended…
Lucknow: A widow has accused two men of luring her into an SUV on the pretext of handing over land documents, drugging her with a spiked soft drink and attempting to rape her while the vehicle was in motion.Police have registered an FIR in the case and launched an investigation. According to the complaint lodged…
Rajkot: More than four years after a woman died following childbirth at Bhavnagar’s Sir Takhtsinhji (Sir T) Hospital, Nilambaug police registered an FIR against two women doctors and other unidentified persons on the orders of a special court.The case was registered under IPC Sections 167 (public servant framing incorrect document), 304 (culpable homicide not amounting…
Jaisalmer: Relentless sandstorms in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer district have buried key roads under thick layers of sand, cutting off stretches of the Bharatmala highway and disrupting routes used by the Border Security Force (BSF) to reach the international border.Residents said the intensity and duration of the storms, continuing for the past three days, have broken a…
The report shows ‘girdawari’ was completed on time in less than half of India NEW DELHI: With deficit monsoon causing worry among policymakers over kharif sowing, the latest report by the statistics ministry has revealed severe gaps in the agriculture data collection system tracking crop acreage and food production.The grassroots field data is used by…
‘Write in such a way that you can be readily understood’ In 1962, a team of structural engineers faced a serious problem at the newly built international terminal of an American airport. The signs guiding passengers to baggage claim, exits, and customs were filled with complicated official language. Tourists got lost, children became separated from…
