Gurgaon: A fuel station worker in Faridabad allegedly sprayed petrol at a woman with a nozzle following a dispute over payment, leaving customers startled and forcing bystanders to step in.The incident took place at a fuel station on BK-Neelam Marg in NIT. Police said the woman had arrived there to refuel her two-wheeler when an…
Kolkata: A retired HC judge in the SIR tribunal reportedly got death threats, demanding the inclusion of certain names in the final voter roll. His daughter lodged a complaint on May 2, saying a letter was delivered to their Picnic Garden home on Saturday, threatening them with dire consequences if all “under-review” Muslim names were…
Noida: With census 2027 set to enter its house-listing phase, the administrations in Noida and Ghaziabad have begun a coordinated push to ensure residents have no confusion in submitting their details online before enumerators arrive. The self-enumeration window will run from May 7 to 21, followed by door-to-door verification from May 22 — making the…
Panaji: The Bombay high court on Tuesday sought responses from Goa govt and state election commission (SEC) on two petitions challenging an ordinance empowering SEC to carry out delimitation and reservation for municipal elections.The court posted the matter for final hearing on June 10.One petition, filed by Trajano D’Mello, seeks directions to conduct elections to…
Varanasi: A police constable of Mirzapur district, who was posted at Ghazipur police lines and deployed in VIP personal security, was arrested by Sarnath police on Monday night for having sexual relations with a 21-year-old woman for over four years after promising to marry and also getting her pregnancy terminated twice.ACP (Sarnath/crime), Vidush Saxena on…
Ahmedabad: The Diploma to Degree Common Entrance Test (DDCET) for admissions to degree engineering courses was conducted in the state on Tuesday. A total of 20,893 students appeared for the exam, while 936 candidates remained absent. Ahmedabad district recorded the highest participation with 4,633 students, whereas Botad district had the lowest turnout with only 11…
Ludhiana: A 46-year-old man who returned to India recently from New Zealand has been defrauded of ₹21 lakh after falling for a sophisticated work-from-home scam advertised on social media.Deepinderpal Singh told Ludhiana Rural cybercrime cell that the ordeal had started on Feb 11 when he had clicked an Instagram advertisement promising easy income. The link…
Amritsar: Four Pakistani civilian prisoners were repatriated through the Attari–Wagah border on Tuesday after completing their sentences and due legal formalities.The four — Mohammad Irfan, Mohammad Raza, Mohammad Hamza and Hussain — had served jail terms in India, ranging from six months to nearly 10 years, before being handed over to Pakistani authorities under tight…
Silchar: The demand for a permanent bench of the Gauhati high court in the Barak Valley gathered fresh momentum on Tuesday after the Vishva Hindu Parishad’s Vidhi Prakoshtha (legal cell) submitted a memorandum to the chief justice, flagging “acute hardship” faced by litigants from the region.The memorandum underlined that residents of Cachar, Sribhumi, Hailakandi and…
Lucknow: An internal inquiry at KGMU on Tuesday found that a faculty member in the ophthalmology department was allegedly involved in malpractice, directing patients to a private shop to buy medicines and lenses even though these were available at subsidised rates in the hospital.The matter came to light last month after a patient from Gorakhpur…
