Chennai: Three members of Tamil Nadu Home Guards were detained after they attempted to stage a protest in front of the state Secretariat on Wednesday morning, demanding regular employment throughout the month and better pay. They were later released with a warning.The protesters, including Sureshkumar from Namakkal district, assembled in front of the Secretariat at…
HYDERABAD: Nearly a month into the Anti-Corruption Bureau’s (ACB) investigation into the alleged disproportionate assets (DA) case against roads and buildings engineer-in-chief Mohan Naik, his sister-in-law, Padmini Devi, who is suspected to be one of his benamis, has reportedly told investigators that two flats registered in her name were purchased at Mohan’s instance and do…
Kolkata: Police in Kolkata searched the home and hideouts of Mohammad Firoz Khan alias Mini Firoz after he was arrested from near Dankuni toll plaza, and found a foreign-made 9 mm pistol, a magazine, three illegal country-made guns, and many bullets.Police said Firoz used a fake arms licence from Nagaland, which had his real name…
Ahmedabad: A woman royalty inspector of the geology and mining department and her team were allegedly threatened by suspected sand mafia members, who forcibly freed a dumper carrying 60 metric tonnes of illegally mined sand during a checking drive in Mubarakpur village of Kalol taluka in Gandhinagar district.According to police, royalty inspector Mehula Sabhaya, security…
Jind: Preparations for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s proposed July 17 visit to Jind gathered pace on Wednesday, with Haryana BJP president Archana Gupta stating he will flag off India’s first hydrogen-powered train during the visit.Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini, along with Archana Gupta, reviewed preparations at a meeting of party office-bearers at PWD rest…
Pune: A shortage of flowers in wholesale markets has significantly increased the cost of decorating palkhis for this year’s Ashadhi wari, with organisers of the Sant Muktai and Sant Gora Kumbhar palkhis spending approximately Rs 25,000 to Rs 30,000 more on floral decorations than they did last year.Florists said reduced arrivals due to weather-related disruptions…
Dibrugarh: Flood-hit families in Dhemaji district on Wednesday urged a visiting central team to expedite compensation and take up long-term flood mitigation measures, as the delegation conducted an on-the-spot assessment of damage caused by the recent floods in Assam, officials said.The team included Praveen Kumar Rai, joint secretary, ministry of home affairs; Mahesh Kumar, joint…
Lucknow: Promising that flights would soon start operating from the Chitrakoot airport, chief minister Yogi Adityanath said that the district would be connected directly to Delhi and Lucknow via air.“The Bundelkhand Expressway has become a lifeline for the district and work on defence manufacturing corridor is on. A major industrial unit is also expected to…
Congress Raj President Govind Singh Dotasra Jaipur: Congress state president and former education minister Govind Singh Dotasra, Wednesday, termed the sharp decline in school enrolment under the Bhajan Lal Sharma govt ‘one of the biggest scams’ and demanded a thorough probe into the disappearance of over 8 lakh students from the state’s schools in the…
Tremors were felt across Maharashtra’s Marathwada region, including the districts of Nanded, Hingoli and Parbhani, in the early hours of Thursday, an official said. The tremors, recorded between 1.37 am and 3.23 am, measured between 3.6 and 4.6 on the Richter scale, the official told PTI. Source link
