Kolkata: People who have married more than twice or have refused to vaccinate their children or have dropped out of govt schools to enrol in “certain religious educational institutions” or are non-citizens will not be eligible for any of the state’s social welfare schemes, chief minister Suvendu Adhikari has said.The CM, who held a review…
Firoz alias Bablu and Ashish, members of a ‘slingshot gang’, allegedly behind a series of burglaries in locked houses over the last four months, were arrested from Sector 29 on Saturday Noida: Burglars have devised a novel way of testing from a distance whether a house is locked or occupied. They are using slingshots to…
Calangute: Akshata alias Rupashree C, the prime suspect in the death of Sandeep Salayam, a tourist from Malpe, Karnataka, in Calangute, was remanded in five days’ police custody by the JMFC, Mapusa, on Saturday.Akshata was arrested in Bengaluru on Friday by Karnataka police and handed over to the Calangute police team on transit remand. She…
Gorakhpur: A six-year-old boy who went missing from Sahjanwa on Thursday evening was kidnapped and killed allegedly by a tenant residing in the same house, police said on Friday. The accused, identified as Kalpesh, has been arrested afterCCTV footage helped investigators trace his involvement.The victim, Anshuman Singh, a UKG student and son of Vinay Singh…
Ahmedabad: Freshly rebuilt roads across Ahmedabad will face their first real test this monsoon. More than 220 roads across Ahmedabad have been flagged by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation as vulnerable to settlement or cave-ins during the monsoon after extensive underground utility works were carried out over the past two years.The highest concentration of such roads is…
Chandigarh: The municipal corporation’s engineering department has failed to attract a single bidder for the second consecutive time for the repair and strengthening of the causeway connecting Industrial Area Phase I with Chandigarh Railway Station. Officials said the tender will now be floated again after the monsoon season.Sources said major repair work cannot be undertaken…
On Friday night, strong winds uprooted a massive tree on Senapati Bapat Road that crashed onto a parked car, damaging the vehicle Pune: Relentless rain left a trail of disruption across the city on Saturday, with nearly 30 tree-fall incidents between morning and afternoon.The Pune fire brigade responded to 24 such calls, while the Pimpri…
Guwahati: A case has been registered at Pan Bazar Police Station after a fatal road accident involving an Assam State Transport Corporation (ASTC)-operated electric bus killed two youths on MG Road on Saturday.The deceased were identified as Akash Boro (19) and Jyotirmoy Das (20), both residents of Guwahati. Poice officers said they were travelling on…
Lucknow: A three-member Special Bench in Lucknow and Prayagraj respectively will now hear all cases related to reserved category land, govt land, gram sabha land, nazul land, evacuee property and enemy property. The new system has been put in place to ensure speedy disposal of cases related to land of public importance.Chairperson of the Board…
Police Commissioner inaugurates Public Facilitation Centre at Yadgar Friday Jaipur: Jaipur Police Commissioner Sachin Mittal Friday inaugurated an Integrated Traffic Public Facilitation Centre at Yadgar Building, bringing multiple traffic-related services under one roof.Calling it a positive initiative for public, Mittal said the centre would enable individuals to complete various traffic-related formalities at a single location.Deputy…
