Mamta was arrested at IGI Airport on Tuesday Gurgaon: Haryana’s special task force (STF) has struck a blow to foreign-based gang operations with the arrest of Mamta Rani, wife of Russia-based gangster Sachin, marking the first time the agency has extradited a woman accused of being part of an organised crime syndicate.Sachin is associated with…
Bengal finance minister Swapan Dasgupta meets Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi Kolkata: Bengal govt’s budget will chart a roadmap to tackle the state’s economic crisis, finance minister Swapan Dasgupta said on Wednesday, days ahead of presenting the BJP govt’s first budget in the Bengal assembly on June 22.He added that the state…
Noida: A man allegedly strangled his wife to death in their Dadri home in the early hours of Wednesday before fleeing the scene. The couple’s five-year-old son was in the house at the time and his cries alerted neighbours later in the morning. A murder case has been registered and police have formed teams to…
The Portuguese were dictators, plain and simple. We had no civil liberties, no freedom of speech. When Ram Manohar Lohia was arrested in Margao on June 18, 1946, something changed. People rose in defiance. Satyagrahis took to the streets unarmed, and the Portuguese responded with bullets at Patradevi and elsewhere. People died for this soil….
Varanasi: A grand yoga and public outreach programme was organised at Ravidas Ghat on Wednesday as part of the ‘Gangotri to Gangasagar’ Yoga Yatra being conducted by the Ministry of Ayush ahead of International Yoga Day 2026.The nationwide awareness campaign aims to promote yoga, health, environmental conservation and Indian cultural values by connecting major cities…
Conservationists fear artificial lighting could drive birds away from the Nalsarovar Bird Sanctuary Ahmedabad: Can a bird sanctuary protect wildlife by never letting it rest in darkness? The Gujarat forest department has begun installing high-powered solar floodlights inside Nalsarovar Bird Sanctuary to curb poaching, a move that has alarmed conservationists and ornithologists who fear the…
Ludhiana: A sweeping counter-terrorism search cleared two major govt complexes in the city on Wednesday after a anonymous sender threatened to detonate “human bombs” inside the offices of the deputy commissioner and municipal corporation.The targeted scare marks the sixth hoax bomb threat sent to public offices or schools in the industrial hub over the past…
Sector 11 murder: Main shooter among 2 held from Jammu Chandigarh: Three days after the murder of Janki Das on June 13, Chandigarh Police, in a joint operation with their Jammu and Kashmir counterparts, arrested two shooters from Jammu.The accused, Aryan and Sunny Mehra, are being brought back to the city. A third accused, Aman,…
Urban development minister Madhuri Misal said the transfer of five approved town planning schemes to PMC was under way Pune: Urban development minister Madhuri Misal on Wednesday told Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) to fast-track preparation of a structural plan and bring it into force within the next 12-18 months to resolve delays in…
Surat: Twenty days after the demolition drive in Nasir Nagar rendered nearly 100 families homeless, the inquiry into the operation has shown little progress, with questions still lingering over who authorised and executed the controversial action.Even eight days after the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) constituted an inquiry committee, officials said the probe has yet to…
