New Delhi: CBI has arrested three people, including a Public Works Department assistant engineer, in an alleged bribery case involving a govt contractor.The accused have been identified as PWD assistant engineer Roop Singh Meena, construction company representative Sanjay Kaura and company employee Vikram Kumar.CBI registered the case Monday following allegations that Meena had favoured the…
Mumbai: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has registered a case against two individuals for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe to facilitate the release of a car towed by the BMC.The accused have been identified as Santosh Sonu Patade (51) and Devendra Chandrakant Bandwadkar (52). A case has been registered against them under Sections 7 and…
Ashok Soota, Chairman and chief mentor, Happiest Minds Technologies Bengaluru: Happiest Minds Technologies reported steady revenue growth, with constant-currency revenue rising 2.6% quarter-on-quarter and 6.7% year-on-year. Revenue from operations stood at $66.2 million, up 1.7% sequentially and 2.9% from a year earlier.The company said its pipeline expanded 20% sequentially, giving it confidence in sustaining growth…
Chennai: Two eighteen-year-olds were arrested for posting videos in which they were brandishing knives on social media. Five minors who appeared in the videos were also detained for inquiry and later released with a warning.According to police, videos of a group displaying a knife were circulated on social media. The social media centre forwarded it…
Hyderabad: Ten days after Attapur police registered a criminal case against a trainee IPS for allegedly sexually harassing his co-trainee, the accused was taken into custody by Hyderabad police on Tuesday.This development took place few hours after he gave a statement before media claiming that he was not absconding, as accused by investigators. “The accused…
Live samadhi (live burial) is an extremely dangerous act that, despite being illegal, is still performed in rural areas Gurgaon: A 27-year-old man who was put inside a sack and buried in a bizarre circus stunt that was performed last week at a village in Nuh, with the audience promised the spectacle of watching him…
Kolkata: Engineers have overcome a technical challenge that will pave the way for reconstruction of houses that had collapsed following multiple cave-in incidents at Bowbazar in 2019 and 2022 during the East-West Metro construction.With deep foundation ruled out due to the presence of the twin metro tunnels that lie directly beneath Durga Pituri Lane and…
Police conducted inspections along the Kanwar route from the Kadrabad Ganga Canal pipeline to Loni border Ghaziabad: Ahead of kanwar yatra, police are setting up 14 watchtowers and 56 temporary police booths along the kanwar routes in the district. The yatra will begin on July 30, with Sawan Shivratri being observed on Aug 12. Police…
Davondem locals protest mega-construction project Margao: Villagers of Davondem in Fatorda on Tuesday staged a fresh protest against the Margao Municipal Council’s (MMC) continued inaction over a mega construction project in the village, nearly three weeks after they first marched to the municipality demanding a halt to the work.The protesters had hoped to raise the…
Gujarat University, Ahmedabad Ahmedabad: A day after protests by ABVP, Gujarat University’s vice-chancellor in charge has constituted a three-member committee to investigate alleged irregularities in high-salary appointments across several departments, including Gujarat University Startup and Entrepreneurship Council (GUSEC).The move comes after ABVP raised objections to appointments made during the tenure of the former vice-chancellor. The…
