Mumbai: Mangatram Petrol Pump on the arterial LBS Road in Bhandup (W) looks like any regular fuelling station, but this one was witness to a shocking underworld hit 34 years ago — on April 23, 1992 — when local gangster-turned-BMC corporator, Kim Thapa alias K T or Kim Bahadur, was gunned down by five men…
Bengaluru: A crackdown by customs sleuths at Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) has exposed a surge in attempts to smuggle in high-grade cannabis into the country, with officers seizing over 70kg of hydroponic ganja worth more than Rs 25 crore between April 14 and 21. The seizures are mostly linked to passengers arriving from Bangkok.The latest…
Hyderabad: With the Telangana police declaring curtains down on naxalism in the state, the Special Intelligence Bureau (SIB), which served as the nerve centre for anti-naxal intelligence gathering for more than three decades, is organising an informal reunion of all the officers to celebrate its success.The event will be held in the city on Friday.While…
– The Municipal Corporation of Manesar (MCM) has set April 27 as the deadline to complete the ongoing digital land survey under the Centre’s ‘Naksha’ project, with officials urging residents to cooperate with field teams to ensure accurate records. Gurgaon: The Municipal Corporation of Manesar (MCM) has set April 27 as the deadline to complete…
Naoda/Malda/Suri: Forty-one people were arrested as episodes of sporadic violence were reported across parts of Bengal in the first phase of polling.Five were held after BJP candidate Subhendu Sarkar alleged he was assaulted by villagers at Kumarganj. Sarkar first alleged BJP agents were denied entry at Banihari booth. Around noon, he reached the spot and…
Noida: A 27-year-old man allegedly murdered his live-in partner before hanging himself in a rented accommodation in Tugalpur village of Greater Noida, police said on Thursday.Initial probe suggests financial distress as the motive behind the incident but the exact cause will be found after a thorough investigation, an officer said.The bodies of the two were…
Panaji: The public works department (PWD) has ordered the closure of a section of the National Highway 66 (NH 66) in Porvorim from Hotel Neo Majestic to Gauri petrol pump for the safety of commuters during the ongoing work on the project of six-lane elevated corridor. The closure will begin from Thursday midnight and will…
Varanasi: 12 persons, including four women and four minors, were killed in Dramandganj area of Mirzapur district on Wednesday night. Of them, nine were travelling in an SUV that turned into a fireball after collision. Locals and drivers of other vehicles said that they tried to rescue them but failed due to the very high…
Ahmedabad: The application process for admissions under the Right to Education (RTE) Act in private schools concluded on Thursday. This year, nearly 2.5 lakh applications were received for more than 84,000 seats available under the 25% RTE quota across the state. The period for filling out forms was initially set from April 4 to April…
Chandigarh: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday appreciated the state’s partnership with Finland’s University of Turku, saying Finnish pedagogical expertise was being integrated into Punjab’s school system to replace rote learning with interactive methods.Mann, who visited the Kukulo-Moikoinen Early Childhood Education and Care Centre during his Finland tour, said the initiative was already yielding…
