The central crime station (CCS) police of Hyderabad registered a cheating and impersonation case after a software company director alleged that he was duped of over Rs 5.5 crore by a man claiming to be a senior executive of the National Information and Cybersecurity Council (NICC), an entity later found to have no association with…
The drive targeted two-wheelers fitted with illegal, modified silencers and pressure horns Gurgaon: Cracking down on modified “Bullet patakha” motorcycles that create noise pollution on city roads, traffic police issued around 50 challans in May and imposed fines of about Rs 5 lakh.Police said the special drive targeted two-wheelers fitted with illegal, modified silencers and…
Kolkata: Baduria Municipality chairman Dipankar Bhattacharya was arrested on Tuesday after police recovered about Rs 80 lakh in cash and around 4,000 tarpaulin sheets allegedly meant for disaster relief from a godown at his residence in Punra, in North 24-Parganas. He has been sent to police custody for six days.Police said the raid began Monday…
Ghaziabad: Twenty-eight private schools in the city came under the district administration’s scanner on Monday for failing to complete admissions under the Right to Education (RTE) Act. District magistrate Ravindra Kumar Mander warned that strict action, including sealing of school premises, will be taken against institutions that continue to deny admission to eligible children.At a…
Varanasi: Police on Tuesday claimed to have solved the murder of a 24-year-old property dealer, who was shot dead on May 21, allegedly by the man driving the car in which they were returning home from a wedding ceremony.Mubarakpur police arrested Umashankar Yadav, alias Pintu, and his accomplice, Virendra, alias Bindu Yadav. Azamgarh SP Anil…
Engineering courses surge Ahmedabad: Computer engineering and allied courses—information technology (IT), artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI-ML), and data science—have expanded sharply in Gujarat over the past decade. In 2025, these programmes together offered 41,646 seats, up from 4,560 in 2015, an addition of staggering 37,086 seats and an 813% rise, according to Admission Committee…
A man braving a punishing 42°C heatwave on the highway, stranded with young children after a sudden motorcycle breakdown. Ludhiana: A punishing heatwave pushed temperatures past 42 degrees Celsius in Ludhiana on Tuesday, clearing major thoroughfares and prompting authorities to issue severe weather warnings before a projected weekend relief.The maximum daytime temperature touched 42.5°C, recording…
Participants at the MSME Entrepreneur Awareness and Vendor Development Programme at CII Sector 31 Chandigarh: Over 100 entrepreneurs participated in an outreach programme by the MSME ministry in the city Monday, aimed at boosting enterprise among Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities and improving their access to procurement and finance.Held at the CII Northern Region…
Roads will get dangerous in the monsoon if not resurfaced quickly PMC has not finished resurfacing the roads before the deadline Roads will get dangerous in the monsoon if not resurfaced quickly PMC has not finished resurfacing the roads before the deadline Roads will get dangerous in the monsoon if not resurfaced quickly Pune: Gauri…
Silchar: Demand for goats has surged across markets in the Barak Valley ahead of Bakrid or Eid-ul-Zuha on May 28 following restrictions imposed by the state govt on cow slaughter, triggering a sharp rise in prices and concern among buyers.Markets in Cachar, Hailakandi and Sribhumi witnessed heavy crowds on Tuesday, with traders reporting unusually high…
