Rajkot: A former sharecropper’s knowledge of an elderly farmer’s finances allegedly helped fuel one of Saurashtra’s biggest recent robberies. Rajkot Rural police have arrested four more accused in the Rs 2.49 crore dacoity at Shapar-Veraval, but valuables worth over Rs 1.5 crore and six suspects, including the alleged mastermind, remain untraced.Rajkot Rural local crime branch…
Surat: A 21-year-old contractual worker allegedly died by suicide after being repeatedly raped, threatened and harassed by her labour contractor, who was arrested by Sachin GIDC police on Tuesday.Investigators recovered a four-page suicide note from the victim’s clothing in which she accused the contractor of rape, criminal intimidation and persistent torture.The victim, a native of…
Quote of the day by Nelson Mandela Some quotes feel important because they sound grand. Others stay alive because they feel personal. Nelson Mandela’s words seem to belong to the second category. At first glance, the quote appears to be speaking only about language. Someone reads it and may think it is a simple observation…
District town planner Babita Gupta reported that four demolition drives were conducted during May 2026. Panchkula: A district-level anti-encroachment committee has ordered a targeted enforcement campaign to curb illegal construction, focusing immediate actions along controlled areas, national highways, and designated 30-meter restricted zones. DC Satpal Sharma directed executive engineers from the NHAI and the PWD…
CHENNAI: MK Stalin on Tuesday expressed heartfelt gratitude to the people of the state who supported the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) alliance in the recently concluded Legislative Assembly elections, despite the party’s defeat.He thanked the voters, describing each vote as an invaluable expression of trust.Stalin also highlighted that the DMK alliance secured over 1.54 crore…
Pune: A reprimand against wrong-side driving spiralled into a roadside violence in Punawale on Sunday afternoon when an enraged autorickshaw driver allegedly attacked a 34-year-old real estate consultant near his house with a jack, leaving the latter with a deep gash on his left palm. The Ravet police tracked down and arrested the accused on…
60 venomous snakes, cocaine, guns and 22,000 dollars in cash seized during New Mexico drug raid; inland taipan among reptiles found Federal agents investigating an alleged cocaine trafficking operation in New Mexico made a shocking discovery after uncovering 60 snakes, half a pound of cocaine, three firearms and 22,000 dollars in cash during a raid…
Chief minister Pramod Sawant handed over appointment letters to young candidates selected through the mega job fair, in the presence of industries minister Mauvin Godinho, GIDC chairman Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco, officials and other dignitaries Panaji: Handing out appointment letters to job aspirants selected by manufacturing firms, chief minister Pramod Sawant told Goa’s youths and graduates…
India and New Zealand are set to sign their long-pending Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on Monday at Bharat Mandapam, in the presence of Union commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal and New Zealand’s minister for trade and investment Todd McClay. The agreement, finalised in December 2025 after negotiations that began in March the same year,…
61-year-old Kenyan man, Osino Omandi, living illegally in Mumbai for 26 years, arrested MUMBAI: A Kenyan national living illegally in India for the past 26 years was arrested by the Vakola Police. Osino Omandi, 61, was living in a chawl at Nehru Road in Santacruz East.Vakola Police’s Anti-Terrorism Cell received specific information about a foreign…
