Mumbai: Between June 1 and 5, the state Food and Drug Administration carried out 195 raids across the state that resulted in seizure of banned goods worth around Rs 2 crore and the arrest of 192 people.Most of the raids were carried out in the Konkan division, with 79 raids conducted and 78 people arrested.These…
Chennai: The school education department has asked chief and district education officers to ensure that physical education (PE) lessons for Classes VI-XII are conducted without fail. It also sought details of schools where playgrounds are not utilized properly.The instructions come in the wake of a recent review meeting chaired by school education secretary B Chandra…
Four sustain injuries after roof of eatery collapses in Vikarabad Hyderabad: Four people were injured after the roof of an eatery collapsed in Marpally town of Vikarabad district on Saturday morning. The injured were admitted to a local hospital and are reported to be out of danger.The incident occurred at HKN Tiffin Centre around 11…
Kolkata: Former Trinamool MLA Saokat Molla was remanded in NIA custody for 14 days on Saturday, a day after he was arrested from Kamalgazi in connection with a pre-poll blast case in Bhangar that claimed one life.Molla was produced before city sessions court chief judge Sudipta Kumar De amid tight security after being taken from…
Noida: When flames and smoke billowed from a tower at Ivy County on Friday, the incident rattled residents far beyond the Noida condominium. For many living in the NCR’s rapidly growing high-rises, the fire underscored an uncomfortable reality: while residential towers are rising ever higher, the systems meant to protect them have not always kept…
Panaji: South Goa MP Viriato Fernandes has written to Union minister for ports, shipping and waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal, urging Centre to address a range of long-standing gaps in maritime welfare, particularly from the indignity faced by Indian seafarers denied shore leave at domestic ports.Fernandes has also presented Sonowal a five-point proposal to overhaul Goa’s maritime…
Varanasi: A joint team of Dokati police station and SOG arrested a murder attempt accused, Dheeraj Singh (26), following an exchange of fire late on Friday. Police had kept a cash reward of Rs 25,000 on him.Ballia ASP (southern) Sanjay Verma on Saturday said that Dokati cops were busy in night patrolling late on Friday…
The accused, a Chandkheda resident, was the joint custodian of the currency chest at the Gandhi Road branch Ahmedabad: A real estate company has accused one of its employees of siphoning off nearly Rs 24.8 lakh collected from homebuyers towards stamp duty and legal documentation charges for property registration.Based on a complaint lodged by the…
Because inter-cadre deputation requests must pass through multiple administrative channels before receiving final clearance from the ACC, no official decision has been communicated to Chandigarh Administration yet Chandigarh: The Chandigarh Administration’s appointment of a new IAS officer from the Punjab cadre remains delayed as the Union ministry of home affairs (MHA) has yet to select…
Pune: Khadak police have arrested a resident (26) of Meenatai Thackeray Vasahat at Gultekdi, for abusing and pushing its personnel on the police station premises around 2.20am on Friday. Police registered a case of assault or using criminal force against a public servant to deter them from performing their official duties.Senior inspector Shashikant Chavan of…
