Panaji: The Bombay high court on Thursday dismissed a PIL filed by Goa Foundation, challenging govt’s dump mining policy that allows iron ore to be returned to former leaseholders without auction.Goa Foundation challenged Section 2.2 of the policy for regulating iron ore dump handling, arguing that the state cannot hand over large quantities of ore…
Varanasi: In three separate encounters by Kotwali, Barsathi-Rampur and Mirganj-Pawara police, three criminals were arrested after suffering bullet injury in their legs in Jaunpur district on Thursday morning. The arrested criminals have multiples cases, including loot, theft and murder lodged at separate police stations.According Jaunpur SP Kunwar Anupam Singh, Kotwali police were busy in night…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Police’s official website continues to display the name of a deceased IPS officer, M K Nayak, as the first nodal officer for Ahmedabad responsible for assisting foreign tourists, raising questions over the upkeep of public safety information meant for international visitors.The list, hosted under the CID (Crime) section titled “In your service”, carries…
Ludhiana: A recent report by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) flags what Ludhiana residents already know. The city figured among the top 15 cities in the country in terms of road accident deaths in 2024. However, there was a slight reduction in road accident cases compared to the previous year.According to the latest NCRB…
Shimla: An incident in Himachal Pradesh”s Sirmaur district claimed the lives of two young brothers after they drowned in a stream near their village in Nohradhar area on Thursday. The incident occurred in Devamanal gram panchayat of Sangrah sub-division under the Shri Renukaji Assembly constituency. The police officials said that Ayaan (8) and his elder…
TNNGuwahati: Assam recorded one of the steepest declines in crime cases in the country, according to the latest Crime in India 2024 report released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) on Wednesday.The state registered 49,552 cases in 2024, down from 64,959 in 2023 and 68,937 in 2022. This marks a 28% fall in two…
Visitors at the exhibition Lucknow: An exhibition titled ‘Feminists of Awadh Par Salaam’, currently on display at the Lucknow Bioscope Museum in Kaiserbagh, showcases the women who shaped Awadh’s history in art, literature, culture, and politics.The exhibition that highlights the lives of 40 notable women will run for the next three months, opening daily from…
Surat: The Navsari consumer disputes redressal commission (CDRC) ordered an insurance company to pay a Rs 15 lakh claim that was repudiated for the lack of a postmortem report.A resident of Navsari died five months after his two-wheeler accident. As he had a personal accident (PA) cover of Rs 15 lakh, his family made a…
Jaisalmer: A Pakistani national who allegedly crossed into Indian territory along the Indo-Pak border in Barmer district was detained by the Border Security Force (BSF) and handed over to Dhanau Police for questioning Thursday. Officials said the man had crossed the border on Monday night near the Ashoka BOP in the Saroope Ka Tala area…
KOLKATA: Bengal governor RN Ravi dissolved the assembly Thursday as the election process for a new legislature concluded, paving the way for installation of BJP’s first govt in the state, reports Debashis Konar. Mamata Banerjee, protesting the results, maintained she wouldn’t resign as CM. The governor’s decision coincided with an Election Commission move to lift…
