Iqbal Mirchi (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday provisionally attached assets worth Rs 700.27 crore belonging to late gangster Iqbal Mirchi, a close associate of India’s most wanted criminal Dawood Ibrahim, and his family, officials told news agency PTI.In March, the Enforcement Directorate moved a special PMLA court under the Fugitive…
Harbhajan Singh and S Sreesanth The long-standing rift between former India teammates Harbhajan Singh and S. Sreesanth has once again grabbed attention, almost 18 years after their infamous 2008 IPL controversy. The fallout from the inaugural season of the Indian Premier League has resurfaced after Sreesanth publicly challenged Harbhajan to settle their differences inside a…
Hyderabad: Telangana state BJP on Wednesday demanded the resignation of chief minister A Revanth Reddy for inept handling of education, municipal and home departments retained under his control.Addressing a news conference at the state party office on Wednesday, chief spokesperson NV Subhash said, “The Congress govt had announced to implement all promises made to public…
The soil had extremely high electro-conductivity, low carbon content, and excessive salinity, and waterlogging lasts for weeks, making plant growth nearly impossible. The saplings are elevated and planted in drums filled with layers of sand, nutrient-rich soil, vermicompost, stubble, and cocopeat, said an official More than 3,200 trees of 15 different species have been planted…
Agartala: Tension gripped Tripura’s Sepahijala district following the death of Rubel Miah, 30, who succumbed to injuries allegedly caused by a BSF firing incident near the Paschimpara border in Boxanagar.The incident occurred on May 20 night near India-Bangladesh pillars 176 and 177 along the Ashabari-Paschimpara border. According to his family, Rubel was on his way…
Mumbai: The monsoon session of the state legislature will be held in Mumbai from June 22 to July 10. This decision was taken in a meeting of the legislative assembly and legislative council business advisory committee on Monday.It is unlikely that there will be a leader of the opposition in the assembly and council in…
Maharashtra State Contractors Federation and State Engineers Association threatened to stage a statewide protest Mumbai/Navi Mumbai: A 37-year-old public works department (PWD) contractor died by suicide at his Navi Mumbai residence on Tuesday. According to Maharashtra State Contractors Federation and State Engineers Association, PWD had failed to clear his dues of Rs 2 crore for…
Pune: A 26-year-old grocer died by suicide in Bhosari after a woman customer allegedly threatened to lodge a police complaint against him, accusing him of stealing her gold earring, which she claimed had fallen at his shop.The woman allegedly took Rs 1 lakh from the victim, who was 50% disabled, and demanded an additional Rs…
Sonipat: The race for the mayor’s post in the upcoming Sonipat municipal corporation elections picked up pace on Friday as three candidates filed their nominations, with the BJP nominee Rajiv Jain staging a high-voltage show of strength.Jain led a roadshow from Purkhas Adda through key city stretches — Geeta Bhawan, Mama-Bhanja Chowk and Tiranga Chowk…
Hyderabad: As part of an ongoing clean-up exercise on campus, Osmania University has removed around 300 kg of plastic waste from the lakebed of Landscape Garden.The clean-up drive, now in its third phase, was led by the university’s Gardens, Green Belt and Sanitation (GGBS) department as part of the state govt’s ‘Prajapalana-Pragathi Pranalika’ programme. Over…
