Hyderabad: A district consumer commission in Hyderabad has directed LIC Housing Finance to pay Rs 2.2 lakh as compensation to a consumer for failing to communicate the removal of his name as a co-applicant on a home loan to CIBIL, resulting in his name continuing to appear in the credit bureau’s records for several years.The…
Gurgaon: A 59-year-old security guard was killed after a tractor allegedly rammed into his electric scooter near Ghamroj toll plaza Friday morning while he was on his way to work.Police have registered an FIR and are trying to trace the tractor driver, who is suspected to be from Gurgaon.“The deceased, identified as Satish Singh, a…
Kolkata: Kolkata Police on Thursday filed a 350-page charge sheet in the Aug 19 Free School Street hotel fire case, in which nine people were killed. The charge sheet names property owner Bireshwar Mitra Ray, hotel operator Abu Zafar and Zafar’s wife, Saba Zafar, in whose name the lease was registered, and lists causing death…
Calangute: Police have urged beach shack operators to conduct staff verification and maintain alternative and family contact numbers after 13 employees of a Calangute shack allegedly disappeared after collecting their salaries, leaving the owner with only two cooks.At the annual pre-season meeting with shack operators at Baga on Friday, PI Laxi Amonkar stressed the need…
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) has arrested an accused carrying a reward of Rs 50,000 in a Gangsters Act case registered in Ballia district. The accused, identified as Munna God alias Chandramal, was arrested from the Pandesara area of Surat in Gujarat following an intelligence-based operation.Chandramal was wanted in a case registered…
View of Dwarkadheesh temple and Gomatighat in Dwarka, India Ahmedabad: The Diwali break turned popular tourist and pilgrimage destinations across Gujarat and Rajasthan into zones of bumper-to-bumper traffic and overflowing hotels. From Somnath and Dwarka to Udaipur, Mount Abu, Statue of Unity, Gir and Saputara, visitors struggled to find rooms, parking spaces and fuel. Hotel…
Chandigarh: A 37-year-old Punjab Police constable was found dead in a small artificial pool at the Punjab Civil Secretariat in Sector 1 on Friday evening, while another cop died of a gunshot wound near the Panjab University Botanical Garden in Sector 14 the same evening.In the first incident, police suspect the constable fell into the…
Pune: An unidentified man riding a scooter allegedly snatched a 21-year-old college student’s gold chain worth Rs3 lakh while she was returning home after dinner on Wednesday night.The incident took place near Agharkar Research Institute around 11.15pm. The student and her brother were returning home to Gokhalenagar after having dinner.The student lodged a complaint with…
Four Tangkhul Naga civilians were shot dead on Friday GUWAHATI: Four Tangkhul Naga civilians were shot dead on Friday in a suspected sniper strike by armed men who ambushed two vehicles on NH-202 in Manipur‘s Ukhrul, the native district of NSCN (I-M) general secretary Th Muivah. The victims included an elderly woman and her son,…
Lucknow: In a relief to power developers facing delays in obtaining access to the national electricity transmission network, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has amended its connectivity regulations to allow withdrawal of grid connectivity applications and refund of bank guarantees under specific conditions.The changes are part of the CERC (Connectivity and General Network Access…
