Kolkata: Kolkata Police has been grappling with a fresh challenge since the past week — controlling fake news. While it initially started with fake circulars, beginning with “restrictions” on certain areas of the city, the latest fakes doing the rounds relate to the reported transfer of 93 cops — from DCPs to constables — out…
NEW DELHI: Amid a growing shift by industrial and commercial consumers to retail fuel stations to take advantage of lower prices, govt has empowered itself to temporarily restrict bulk purchases of petrol and diesel from pumps during periods of supply stress to prevent shortages, hoarding and diversion of supplies meant for ordinary consumers.The petroleum ministry…
BITSAT 2026 Iteration 1 seat allotment result today, counselling process enters key admission stage BITSAT 2026 Iteration 1 result: The BITSAT 2026 admission process has reached a significant stage with the release of the Iteration 1 seat allotment result today. Candidates who completed counselling registration and submitted their programme preferences can access the admission portal…
Agartala: A local court in Tripura’s Khowai district has summoned Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha MP Abhishek Banerjee to appear on June 22 in connection with a case related to incidents following the 2021 Tripura assembly election.According to sources, the summons originated from a complaint lodged at Khowai Police Station. In Aug 2021, 12 TMC leaders,…
Gujarati singer Kinjal Dave and her fiancé Dhruvin Shah have become the focus of online discussion after fans noticed significant changes on their social media profiles. The development has triggered speculation about the couple’s relationship, although neither Kinjal nor Dhruvin has responded to the rumours so far. The discussion began after several followers observed that…
Navi Mumbai: The Anti-Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU) of the crime branch busted a prostitution racket at a lodge in Nerul and rescued four women after conducting a raid by sending a decoy customer on the night of March 6. Police arrested two men for allegedly working as pimps and accepting Rs 20,000 from a customer…
Surat: Two persons were allegedly cheated of Rs 17.60 lakh after being lured with promises of postmaster jobs in the Indian Post Department, with the accused posing as govt officials and using fake assurances, documents and messages to deceive the victims, police said.Athwalines police have booked Bhupendra Sharma and his aide Brijesh Patel for cheating…
In order to curb mis-selling and hold regulated entities accountable across all distribution channels, including social media influencers and digital marketing intermediaries, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday tightened norms governing the advertising, marketing and sale of financial products and services. The revised directions, which will come into force from January 1, 2027,…
NEW DELHI: A unique land dispute that dragged through the tenures of all past PMs was finally decided by a Supreme Court bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and N V Anjaria – both of whom were not born when the case originated from a 1957 sale deed.The 70-year-old dispute was over 15.5 bighas in…
