Kolkata: Upscale Ballygunge in south Kolkata, a Trinamool bastion for over 25 years, is a curious mix of cultures and people from various economic strata. Here, high-rises and affluent neighbourhoods sit alongside expansive slums. SIR deletions have somewhat wiped out the vast differences between the electorate, with all sections being affected.A staggering 71,000 names were…
Margao: Four people were arrested by Colva police for allegedly operating an online gambling racket from a residential premises at Florida Garden, Vanelim, in Colva on Saturday night.Police sources said a team conducted a raid between 10.20pm on Saturday and 1am on Sunday and nabbed the accused redhanded while accepting online illegal bets.The arrested people…
Ahmedabad: The Shahibaug police have registered an offence against a Civil Hospital security guard for allegedly assaulting a 25-year-old patient’s relative and abusing him inside the hospital premises.According to a complaint lodged on Saturday, Rahul Marwadi, a resident of Meghaninagar, said he works as a daily wager and lives with his mother. His grandfather, Madanlal,…
CHANDIGARH: The Enforcement Directorate conducted searches at multiple locations in Punjab on Monday as part of a money laundering probe against former state police DIG Harcharan Singh Bhullar and entities linked to him, officials said. They said about 11 premises in Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Patiala, Nabha and Jalandhar linked to the accused, his associates and suspected…
Pune: Metro rail pillars are not merely supporting smooth operations of the city’s green public transport, these are also contributing to the Pune civic coffers.Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) earned over Rs3.4 crore from advertisements on Metro pillars in the past two fiscals. According to information from the civic administration, the PMC collected Rs1,15,75,680 as fees…
Dhubri: A grassroots environmental initiative in Assam is steadily transforming the district’s landscape with an ambitious afforestation drive. Kalpataru–Dhubri, a local organisation dedicated to ecological restoration, has pledged to plant two lakh seedlings across Dhubri district by the end of this year.In the past four months alone, the group has planted 20,000 seedlings of diverse…
Lucknow: With timely intervention, police and social welfare officials prevented marriage of a minor girl in Lucknow’s Banthra area and extended long-term support to ensure her education and rehabilitation, officials said on Sunday.According to police, information was received at Banthra police station on Sunday, regarding proposed marriage of a 14-year-old girl in Mawai Padiyana village,…
Jaisalmer: Security agencies seized 1.041kg heroin worth about Rs 5 crore along the India-Pakistan international border in Sriganganagar Sunday and arrested a 20-year-old alleged smuggler during a joint operation in Kesarisinhpur village.Officials said the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF), the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and the BSF’s G Branch acted after a heroin consignment was dropped…
NEW DELHI: Raghav Chadha on Monday addressed criticism surrounding his decision to join the Bharatiya Janata Party, explaining why he quit the Aam Aadmi Party.In a video shared on Instagram, Chadha said he had been receiving a large number of messages following his announcement. He said, “For the past three days, I have been getting…
Iranian vice president Esmail Saghab Esfahani on Sunday warned of fourfold retaliation against countries that support any damage to the country’s infrastructure, following remarks by US President Donald Trump on pressure targeting Tehran’s oil sector.Saghab said any attack on Iran’s facilities would prompt a significantly escalated response. “If any part of our infrastructure, including oil…
