New Delhi: A man was allegedly shot at during a Muharram procession over an old social media dispute in east Delhi‘s Old Seemapuri in the early hours of Friday. Two people, including a juvenile, have been apprehended. Police said there was no communal angle behind the attack.Irfan, a local, went to participate in the procession…
Deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde Mumbai: Deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday hit out at Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray after he flew on the same plane as chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday evening. Shinde said honesty is more important than travelling on a plane. Shinde said Fadnavis knows how dangerous a…
Bengaluru: Karnataka high court has ruled that penalty charges collected by banks from customers for non-maintenance of minimum average balance (MAB) cannot be treated as ‘consideration’ flowing into banks.Since minimum balance is a contractual stipulation with banks, its breach attracts penalty, Justice SR Krishna Kumar observed in an order passed on June 1, allowing a…
NGT directs GCC to collect wet and dry waste on different days Chennai: The Southern bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) to consider collecting wet waste and dry waste on different days, which may facilitate segregation at source.“Unless GCC adopts and strictly enforces source segregation measures, the existing…
Hyderabad: As Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Telangana gathers pace, several Hyderabad residents who never enrolled as voters despite being well past the eligible age say they have encountered an unexpected hurdle: their first-time voter registration applications have been rejected over what they describe as “vague technical reasons.”Unlike first-time voters who have…
Gurgaon: A 25-year-old labourer died and four others were injured after a canter rammed into a tractor-trolley from behind on the Dwarka Expressway flyover on Friday night.The driver, Mobin, a resident of Bharatpur, Rajasthan, who abandoned the vehicle and fled from the spot was arrested later on Saturday.The deceased, Vimlesh, was a resident of Sirohi…
Ramprasad Chowdhury, who was injured construction workers of the Taratala warehouse collapse in Kolkata at SSKM hospital. Kolkata: For nearly five agonising hours, 22-year-old Ramprasad Chowdhury lay trapped under tonnes of concrete and steel, fearing each moment could be his last.A massive reinforced concrete beam fell on his right leg and crushed it. But rescuers…
Noida: A 67-year-old woman from Sector 92 was allegedly duped of Rs 42.13 lakh after cyber fraudsters lured her into investing in a fake online trading scheme by promising unusually high returns.According to police, the woman was first contacted through an unknown WhatsApp number. After gaining her confidence over the next two days, the fraudsters…
Amritsar: The Amritsar police commissionerate on Saturday claimed to have busted a cross-border illegal arms smuggling network, arresting four persons with 10 sophisticated pistols.Police commissioner Gurpreet Singh Bhullar identified the accused as Ravi Singh (33), Sharanbir Singh alias Sunny (31), Manpreet Singh alias Mannu (21), and Pippal Singh (22). The weapons included three .30 bore…
What was thought to be an accident has now evolved into a suspected murder plot involving his fiancée, Siya Goyal, and her partner, Chetan Chaudhary June 18 was supposed to be a celebration. It was Siya Goyal’s birthday, and she and her fiancé, Pune realtor Ketan Agarwal, travelled to Lohagad Fort.According to the initial version…
