Chennai: A 56-year-old shareholder of Neo Max Properties Pvt Ltd, accused of defrauding depositors of nearly ₹8,000 crore, was rescued from a farmhouse in Sivaganga after he was abducted by a gang from the Kelambakkam-Navalur stretch and held for a ₹1-crore ransom. Thalambur police arrested four members of the gang. The same group had kidnapped…
Hyderabad: BRS MLA and former minister T Harish Rao on Wednesday extended his support to the agitating Singareni Collieries officers, urging the state govt to immediately release two years’ pending Performance Related Pay (PRP) dues and hold talks with the officers’ association to end the ongoing protest.Referring to the relay hunger strike and demonstrations by…
Union minister Nitin Gadkari met Tripura CM Manik Saha in New Delhi on Wednesday Agartala: Union minister Nitin Gadkari met Tripura CM Manik Saha in New Delhi to review ongoing national highway projects and discuss future infrastructure plans. The focus was on speeding up execution, improving maintenance of existing roads, and launching new works to…
Investigators are recreating the crime scene and examining Agarwal’s phone, which remained with Goyal after his death PUNE: The investigation into the death of Pune realtor Ketan Agarwal is now focusing on an alleged chain of planning, rehearsals and movements that police say preceded the fatal fall at Lohagad Fort, with investigators examining the alleged…
Aizawl: Mizoram and Israel are exploring collaboration to strengthen the state’s water sector, including the supply of safe drinking water, wastewater treatment, water source conservation and environmental protection, an official statement said on Wednesday.The proposal was discussed during a meeting between public health engineering minister Prof. Lalnilawma and Neeraj Gahlawat, senior water resources specialist of…
According to the tender schedule, technical bids will be opened on July 28. (File Photo) LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC) has floated civil construction tender for the Lucknow Metro Phase 1B project, inviting bids worth Rs 1,877.89 crore for the construction of seven underground metro stations and tunnel works on the East West…
Rafiq Chand Sheikh (41), son of Chand Miyan Sheikh, a resident of Harsul in Aurangabad district, Maharashtra. JAISALMER: In a major breakthrough in a Pakistan-linked espionage case, the Rajasthan Police’s CID (Intelligence) on Wednesday arrested an alleged funding agent of Pakistan’s intelligence agency, ISI, from Aurangabad, Maharashtra. The arrest has exposed a key financial network…
Raj Thackeray (File photo) NEW DELHI: Accusing the BJP of “engineering” political defections across the country, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Wednesday warned the saffron party that it would eventually face the “consequences” of the “precedents” it was setting.The MNS chief’s remarks came at a time when Shiv Sena (UBT), led by…
New book reveals final moments of Trump before Iran strikes US President Donald Trump was actively pursuing nuclear diplomacy with Iran even as military plans for an attack were being finalised, according to a new book that offers a detailed account of how negotiations collapsed and strikes followed.“Regime Change,” by New York Times journalists Jonathan…
File photo: PM Modi with Japanese PM Takaichi India and Japan are set to sign an agreement to strengthen liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply security amid ongoing global supply chain disruptions, with the pact expected to be concluded during Thursday’s annual summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.The two countries…
