Kolkata: Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday said the state govt had granted sanction for prosecution to the CBI in four cases to enable action against officials accused of corruption.“The previous govt blocked four CBI cases for the last four years. Under the law, the CBI or an investigating agency requires sanction from the…
Two held with 2kg ganja worth Rs 1.6L in Narol Ahmedabad: Narol police arrested two persons and seized 2kg of ganja, an autorickshaw and two mobile phones, with the total value of the seized property estimated at Rs 1.6 lakh, officials said on Sunday.The arrests were made near the AMTS bus stop at Narol Circle…
US CENTCOM releases footage of Iran strikes The US Central Command on Saturday released the footage of strikes on Iran’s military strikes, which it conducted in “retaliation” to attack on a commercial ship transitting Strait of Hormuz.“US Central Command (CENTCOM) forces conducted strikes against Iran, June 26, as a powerful response to yesterday’s attack on…
On 9 July 1962, during one of the most dangerous periods of the Cold War, the United States carried out one of the most extraordinary military experiments in history.In a test known as Starfish Prime, the US launched a 1.4-megaton thermonuclear bomb aboard a Thor missile and detonated it around 400 kilometres above Earth, roughly…
Mumbai: At least 18 law colleges affiliated with Mumbai University have moved the Bombay High Court, challenging the university’s decision to substantially reduce their student intake for this year’s admissions, while also imposing penalties of up to Rs 10 lakh.The university’s management council decided to act against 50 of the 110 affiliated colleges for not…
New Delhi/Kolkata: Twenty rebel Trinamool MPs informed Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Sunday that they will merge with a relatively unknown party from Tripura— Nationalist Citizens’ Party of India (NCPI) — and urged him to allot them a separate sitting block in Lok Sabha along with the NDA parties.The merger will make NCPI, whose…
Hyderabad: A 31-year-old woman from Kowkoor in Medchal Malkajgiri district was allegedly duped of ₹15.4 lakh by cyber fraudsters in a matrimonial and impersonation scam. In June, the victim created a profile on a matrimonial site. On July 4, she connected with an individual who identified himself as Nitin Bhaskar, an NRI who claimed to…
Dhubri: The owner of a lottery counter located in Dhurbi was detained on the charge of selling fake tickets.Acting on a tip-off, police raided the lottery counter and seized all the tickets, register books and other files from the counter.A police source said they had inputs that the counter was selling fake West Bengal govt…
Jaipur: In a move aimed at assessing the long-term financial impact of transmission planning on power consumers, the Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission (RERC) has decided to form a committee to study the growing interdependence between intra-state and inter-state transmission infrastructure in Rajasthan.The commission, in an order issued on May 20, observed that concerns raised during…
Alongside the seizures, traffic police issued hundreds of challans to motorists operating motorcycles fitted with aftermarket silencers that emit loud, cracker-like sounds. Ludhiana: In a public display of enforcement, the Khanna police used a bulldozer to crush around 150 illegal and modified motorcycle silencers at Amloh Chowk on Friday. The action was part of an…
