Hyderabad: Fraudsters posing as Mumbai Crime Branch police have extorted ₹59 lakh from a 76-year-old retired employee by threatening to arrest him in a money-laundering case.The complainant received a phone call on April 22 from an unknown number. The caller identified himself as Praveen Kumar, a Crime Branch officer from Mumbai. Praveen claimed that the…
Ex-IAS Subodh Agarwal remanded to judicial custody JAIPUR: Retired IAS officer Subodh Agarwal was on Wednesday sent to 14-day judicial custody in connection with the alleged Rs 960-crore Jal Jeevan Mission scam. Agarwal, who was arrested on April 10, had been in police custody. The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) produced him before an ACB court after…
US consumer confidence weakened in May as concerns grew over inflationary pressures linked to the Iran conflict. Households also remained largely pessimistic about labor market conditions, although many expected improvement later in the year. Investors are now awaiting comments from Federal Reserve officials, including Philip Jefferson and Lisa Cook, for further clues on how inflation…
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Who is Amy Beck? Noah Beck’s mother suspended after TikTok video resurfaces amid Haley Beck controversy (Image via Getty) Amy Beck is now at the center of a growing controversy after an old social media video came back online and quickly spread across platforms. The video, which features her and her son Noah Beck, has…
Kurukshetra: Kurukshetra has emerged as Haryana’s top district in identification and preservation of ancient manuscripts under the Centre’s Gyan Bharatam Mission, with 15,818 manuscripts identified so far, deputy commissioner Vishram Kumar Meena said on Monday.Chairing a meeting at the district mini secretariat, Meena said large-scale preservation and digitisation work was under way in the district,…
Dhubri: Authorities have served eviction notices on nearly 1,000 families allegedly occupying govt land in Gauripur Revenue Circle.Residents of Alamganj Part-7 and Part-9 have been directed to vacate the land if they lack authorisation, or submit valid ownership documents to the Dhubri district commissioner’s office by July 28.The proposed eviction covers nearly 1,500 bighas of…
Lucknow: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath will inaugurate the three-day ‘Aam Mahotsav’ (mango festival) on Friday. The festival will showcase more than 800 mango varieties across seven categories and 56 subcategories at Indira Gandhi Pratishthan.Describing the festival as more than an exhibition, minister of state (independent charge) for horticulture and agricultural marketing Dinesh Pratap Singh said…
Chennai: PMK MLA C Sivakumar from Vikravandi urged the Tamil Nadu govt to remove the toll on the Outer Ring Road from Vandalur to Minjur.Speaking at the assembly, he said there are plans to privatise the toll and road maintenance, with the revenue largely going to the private contractor. “They should not privatise the road,”…
The carriageway closure triggered congestion on NH-9 Ghaziabad: An annual one-way closure on Delhi-Meerut Road meant to streamline the rush for kanwar pilgrimage has started affecting city residents. After police advanced the diversion plans for kanwar yatra by two days, citing a surge in pilgrims and the disruption caused by Monday’s ambulance-tractor trolley collision, a…
