Ghaziabad: A 22-year-old man was arrested for allegedly abducting a seven-year-old girl as she slept beside her family at an under-construction site in Indirapuram, raping her, and then returning her to the same spot before fleeing with cash and a mobile phone.The accused, Alfajuddin, alias Bhalu, is from Farrukhabad and was living in a slum…
Bicholim: ‘Dhonds’ of Shree Devi Lairai are set to conclude their annual ritual at the jatra that begins on Tuesday. These special devotees of the goddess, not just from the state but also from Maharashtra and Karnataka, have already begun their fast on Friday.President of the Lairai temple Dinanath Gaonkar said the prime attraction of…
Ahmedabad: A 48-year-old retired army man residing in Gandhinagar was duped of Rs 29.5 lakh in a cyberfraud case after being lured into a bogus stock-trading scheme operated through a mobile application, police said on Sunday.According to the complaint lodged with the cybercrime police of the Gandhinagar range, the victim received a WhatsApp audio call…
Ludhiana: The Punjab State and Chandigarh (UT) Human Rights Commission has directed the Municipal Corporation (MC) Commissioner to submit a detailed report one week before the next hearing date. Failing this, the responsible officer must appear in person to explain why action under Section 16 of the Human Rights Act should not be initiated. These…
Times News NetworkPanchkula: A 4-year-old boy and a truck driver lost their lives when a truck overturned at the entrance gate of the Kali Mata temple in Kalka early Sunday morning.The deceased child has been identified as Maninder, a resident of Ambala. Police said the incident took place around 4am when the family arrived to…
Surat: In what could easily pass as one of the most entrepreneurial experiments, residents of Choryasi village in Kamrej taluka of Surat decided that if you can’t beat a toll plaza, you might as well set up your own.Just a stone’s throw away from the bustling Choryasi toll plaza on the Bharuch–Surat stretch of National…
Shillong: The April edition of the monthly farmers’ market, organised by 1917 iTEAMS under the state dept of agriculture & farmers’ welfare and supported by the Meghalaya Farmers’ (Empowerment) Commission, was held in Shillong on Saturday, drawing around 600 people.The focus crops for this month included potatoes, coriander and spring onion, locally called ‘jyllang’, sourced…
Rajkot: A 65-year-old man was arrested on Sunday for allegedly molesting an eight-year-old girl in a village along the Rajkot-Ahmedabad highway.The accused, a widower who lives alone and runs a cutlery business, was taken into custody by Kuwadva Road police following a complaint lodged by the victim’s mother.The incident occurred around 11.30am when the girl…
House in Nagaur frozen in NDPS case Jaipur: Police in Nagaur district have frozen a residential property worth over Rs 1 crore allegedly built using proceeds from drug trafficking, officials saidSaturday.SP Roshan Meena said that the accused was identified as Govind Ram alias Govind Jat, a resident of Barani, who is alleged to be an…
KOLKATA/NEW DELHI: Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Sunday raided the residence of a Kolkata Police DCP (Special Branch), Shantanu Sinha Biswas and arrested city businessman Joy Kamdar in a moneylaundering probe linked to alleged illegal land deals and extortion . The ED action during the Bengal poll season came days after I-T searches at the home…
