New Delhi: Delhi Police has arrested a man who allegedly posed as an additional district magistrate (ADM) from Uttar Pradesh and cheated several people of nearly Rs 60 lakh by promising govt jobs and land allotments in Noida, officials said.The case surfaced after a complaint was filed on March 23, alleging cheating and impersonation. The…
Mumbai: A retired Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) scientist has allegedly been duped of Rs 1.3 crore in a sophisticated online stock trading fraud scheme operated through a WhatsApp group. The fraudsters showed him virtual profits of several crores, and when he tried to withdraw, was informed that his account was blocked, and he was…
Bengaluru: The state cabinet Saturday approved a first-ever grievance redressal department for the state. Named Prajaseva Department, this groundbreaking unit will receive complaints directly from the public and address those.Announcing this, chief minister DK Shivakumar said district ministers will now be required to visit every assembly segment in their districts regularly and hold public grievance…
Chennai: Public works department minister Aadhav Arjuna said on Saturday that 90% of AIADMK cadres were ready to join TVK.An event was organised at TVK headquarters in Panaiyur near Chennai where thousands of cadres and functionaries from other parties joined TVK in the presence of party general secretary N Anand, Aadhav and senior ministers, including…
Hyderabad: Land auctions in Telangana are increasingly turning into courtroom battles, with disputes surfacing just before or after the sale of prime plots. From record-breaking bids in Raidurg to long-drawn litigation in Kokapet, the govt and its agencies are finding themselves locked in legal wrangles that threaten to slow down one of their biggest revenue-generating…
Election officials attribute the slow progress in the NCR districts to the challenges of urban geography Gurgaon: Haryana’s ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has revealed a sharp urban-rural divide, with Gurgaon and Faridabad emerging as the two worst-performing districts in the state in the distribution of enumeration forms (EFs).According to data released…
Kolkata: In one of the largest seizures of animal export from India in recent times, Kolkata Customs has seized nearly 1,100 protected and exotic animals and aquatic species covered under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 and CITES on Friday night. Two passengers travelling to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, were intercepted and the officials found the animals…
Incidents of arson, vandalism and stone-pelting were reported from Phase-2 and Sector 60 areas during the April 13 workers’ unrest Noida: The National Human Rights Commission on Friday took suo motu cognisance of media reports that a 16-year-old arrested during the April 13 industrial workers’ agitation in the city spent nearly two months in Kasna…
Panaji: The town and country planning (TCP) department has approved the conversion of 17,518 square metres of land into settlement zones across Goa, while simultaneously inviting public objections and suggestions to proposals seeking the conversion of another 30,034 sqm, according to notifications issued by the department.The land-use changes, processed under Section 39A of the Goa…
Varanasi: A massive fire that broke out in pipes in the storage yard of GAIL, about 50 meters away from its CNG pump at Karkhiyaon industrial area along Varanasi-Lucknow highway under Phulpur police station area, led to chaos on Friday night.Due to the high intensity of fire, vehicular movement was stopped in one lane of…
