Panaji: A narcotics drugs and psychotropic substances (NDPS) court has sentenced Mukesh Bhagat, a native of Bihar, to simple imprisonment of one month under the NDPS Act after he pleaded guilty for ganja possession. In 2022, Porvorim police, led by PSI Sitaram Malik, had found the accused and another with ganja weighing 2.5kg, worth Rs…
Gorakhpur: A dispute over an unfulfilled request for a chicken leg piece by a ‘baraati’ turned a Gorakhpur wedding venue into a battleground late Friday. The argument quickly escalated into a clash involving stones, belts, bamboo sticks, and swords, leaving one youth dead and another critically injured.The incident took place under the Shahpur police station…
Ahmedabad: More than three decades after a woman from Dholka mysteriously disappeared, the Crime Branch registered a murder case and arrested two elderly men after recovering skeletal remains buried beneath a house in Vatva, and DNA identification.The murder mystery was solved in the last week of April after the Crime Branch carried out an excavation…
Ludhiana: More than 1.1 lakh legal disputes were resolved in a single day across Ludhiana as a massive National Lok Adalat cleared a staggering backlog of cases, delivering nearly ₹200 crore in settlements.The alternative dispute resolution event, held Saturday at judicial complexes in Ludhiana, Jagraon, Samrala, Khanna, and Payal, saw 58 specialised benches preside over…
Chandigarh: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday termed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raid at the residence of minister Sanjeev Arora and his subsequent arrest as “completely politically motivated,” accusing the BJP-led Centre of misusing central agencies to target opposition leaders.AAP leaders alleged that whenever the BJP senses electoral setbacks, it attempts to stifle opposition…
Pune: After remaining stalled for nearly eight years, the long-pending Mahalunge-Maan Town Planning (TP) scheme is finally moving toward implementation.The Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) is set to hand over the execution of the project to the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC).Senior officials told TOI that the decision was finalised during a recent PMRDA budget…
Stakeholders plan new lease of life for Ledo open cast project Dibrugarh: A high-level meeting on the sustainable repurposing of the Ledo Open Cast Project (OCP) was held on Friday at the co-district commissioner’s office in Margherita.Chaired by CDC Rahul Doley, the session included Birendra Kumar Thakur from the ministry of coal, along with officials…
Lucknow: The oath-taking ceremony of Suvendu Adhikari as the first BJP chief minister of West Bengal on Saturday was attended by NDA partners from Uttar Pradesh — a development that turned the spotlight on the saffron outfit’s bid to loft its alliance unity beyond the Hindi heartland of UP and Bihar.Besides chief minister Yogi Adityanath,…
Jaipur: In a move aimed at tightening surveillance over mineral transportation and curbing illegal mining, the state govt has directed all mining leaseholders, stockists and transporters to install GPS and RFID systems in vehicles engaged in mineral transport by June 10, warning that strict action will follow against violators.In an order issued by the mines…
It’s a Thursday morning, and three directors and several shareholders of a seafood company are gathered around a conference table, absorbed in a presentation on food packaging. “Good packaging adds value to a product; it can even fetch a higher price,” says the instructor at the Indian Institute of Packaging, in Marathi.As the directors nod,…
