An AI-generated illustration shows a sub-inspector is arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau while taking a bribe Pune: The city unit of the state anti-corruption bureau (ACB) on Wednesday caught a police sub-inspector attached to the Dighi police station while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 3 lakh to file a summary report in a criminal…
Residents have written to the special commissioner of police (traffic), pointing out that e-rickshaws—especially their wrong-side movement on the busy Shukra Bazaar (Friday Market)—are causing severe traffic jams Ghaziabad: Residents and commuters express growing frustration over the traffic chaos caused by e-rickshaws travelling in the wrong direction on PWD road no. 70, particularly near New…
At Chennai International Airport, customs officials detained a Malaysian traveler arriving from Bangkok. CHENNAI: Customs officials arrested a Malaysian national after recovering 4.033 kg of suspected high-grade hydroponic ganja from his checked-in baggage at Chennai International Airport.Based on passenger profiling, officers of the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of Chennai Customs intercepted the passenger after he…
Millions of tiny oysters are being returned to the Chesapeake Bay in an ambitious conservation effort that scientists hope will transform one of the United States’ most important estuaries. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF), in partnership with the Severn River Association, recently planted three million juvenile oysters in a protected sanctuary reef in Maryland’s Severn…
Mexico fans turn up the noise outside Ecuador’s hotel (Image: X) Hundreds of Mexican fans gathered outside Ecuador’s team hotel in Mexico City late on Monday night in an apparent attempt to disrupt the visitors’ preparations ahead of their FIFA World Cup 2026 Round of 32 clash. The noisy crowd assembled shortly after midnight, creating…
Pune: The Nigdi police on Monday registered a case against a driver of a transport firm after 10 out of 234 cable boxes he was supposed to deliver went missing.The police registered a case pertaining to Section 316 (criminal breach of trust) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). The incident took place between May 5…
Chennai: Five days after a drunk car-borne gang ran over two girls and their friends on a bike, following a quarrel at a Koyambedu pub, an injured 17-year-old girl succumbed to her injuries on Wednesday. Yancy, 18, was killed on the spot on Saturday night. Police are yet to book or arrest the owners of…
Man called out of home, found murdered near culvert (Image used for representational purpose only) KUSHINAGAR: A late-night phone call allegedly lured a man out of his home in Kushinagar district, where he was later found dead near a culvert, police said on Sunday.The incident took place in Bardiha village under the Ahirauli Bazar police…
Buses with AITP are listing Sector 148 on Noida Expressway and Zero Point on Yamuna Expressway as a pick-up or drop locations on private booking websites Noida: The transport department will launch a three-day enforcement drive across Noida from June 9 to 11 against buses operating under the All India Tourist Permit (AITP) that are…
Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal (ANI image) KOLKATA: Congress General Secretary (Organisation) K C Venugopal on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on the BJP over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, alleging that the exercise has resulted in the deletion of over 27 lakh voters and undermined the democratic process.Addressing a press conference,…
