CM Bhagwant Mann shakes hands with football players Patiala: Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann on Monday unveiled 509 modern ‘pendu khed maidan’, or rural sports grounds, across the state, taking the number of such grounds to 764.He the initiative would provide rural youth better sporting facilities while strengthening govt’s campaign against drugs.Launching the second phase from…
Lucknow: The state govt on Monday appointed Pratap Singh Baghel as the in-charge director of secondary education. Baghel was so far serving as the in-charge, basic education director.Baghel is replaced by Anil Bhushan Chaturvedi who was working as in-charge director, Literacy and Alternative Education. The change is a significant step towards strengthening administrative efficiency and…
Pune: The Bibvewadi police on Sunday detained a youngster and a minor boy, while a search is underway for their two accomplices, for allegedly robbing a 19-year-old autorickshaw driver of his vehicle, mobile phone and Rs 300 at Upper Indiranagar around 3.30 am on Friday.The autorickshaw driver, Siddheshwar Mundhe of Ambegaon Budruk, lodged a complaint…
Varanasi: The Azamgarh Police and the revenue department on Thursday attached 340.2 square metres of land worth about Rs 40 lakh, allegedly purchased with illegal earnings by gangster Rajkumar Gaur, a resident of Revra Parvezpur under the Nizamabad police station area.The action was taken under Section 14(1) of the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters Act on the…
Satam claimed the viral video was taken out of context Mumbai: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray demanded action from Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis against Mumbai BJP Ameet Satam after a video of him went viral in which he is seen laughing allegedly at Mumbai’s rain-related deaths. SS UBT leader Sanjay Raut also posted…
Panchkula: Panchkula traffic police impounded a motorcycle and issued a Rs 33,000 challan after finding it fitted with a modified silencer, flashing lights, unauthorised stickers and being driven without a number plate or valid documents.During a special checking drive, police found the rider displaying a prominent ‘Sarpanch’ sticker, along with a cobra sticker, illegal lights…
Chennai: A 40-year-old woman and a history-sheeter have been arrested for hiring a gang to break her estranged husband’s leg for ₹4 lakh near Peerkankaranai. The attack happened in connection with a dispute regarding custody of their son.Damodharan, 42, of Vengambakkam near Tambaram, was living with his 11-year-old son after separating from his wife, Vasantha,…
Kolkata/Burdwan/Howrah: The Bengal Special Task Force (STF) on Monday arrested a 21-year-old college student in Howrah for allegedly being involved in a plot hatched by suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) operative Hamim Mondal to abduct junior state minister Umesh Rai’s son.STF officers said Aditya Singh, alias Raj, a second-year BCom student at Umesh Chandra College in Kolkata,…
****TNNEdited to 151 words.Bicholim: Chief minister Pramod Sawant urged Velguem residents to apply for the ‘Mhajhe Ghar’ scheme, calling it a major initiative that helps families secure legal ownership of their homes.Speaking at a village gathering on Sunday, Sawant asked potential beneficiaries to understand the scheme’s provisions, verify the necessary documents and submit applications promptly,…
Guwahati: Parikshit Sarma, one of 11 Assamese NRIs in Singapore summoned by Assam Police in connection with singer Zubeen Garg’s death, appeared before a fast-track court on Wednesday and Thursday to record his statement in the case.The fast-track court, constituted in March, framed charges against seven accused in May. The accused are North East India…
