One accompanying woman passenger will also be eligible for free travel. Varanasi: Women travelling in urban transport buses across UP will be allowed to travel free of cost on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan, following an announcement by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. One co-passenger accompanying each woman will also be allowed to travel free of…
Ahmedabad: A businessman, 49, lodged a complaint alleging financial irregularities, procedural violations and a criminal conspiracy in the auction and sale of a residential-commercial project in Narol. He claims that a property worth nearly Rs 50 crore was sold through an auction at a reserve price of just Rs 6.3 crore.The businessman had purchased about…
The incident occurred while the victim was sleeping in her room and her mother was asleep in an adjoining room. According to the victim’s statement, the accused entered her room under the cover of darkness and sexually harassed her. Ludhiana: Police have arrested a man for allegedly sexually harassing his minor stepdaughter at their residence…
Mohali: A municipal corporation (MC) anti-encroachment drive in Phase 4 turned violent Thursday when a tehbazari team was allegedly attacked by a group of five people while removing furniture displayed on a public footpath. Two MC employees were injured in the incident.The injured, identified as Gaurav Kumar and Piyush, were taken to the civil hospital…
Pune: PMC standing committee on Thursday directed the civic health department and all 15 ward offices to conduct daily spraying and fogging drives at vulnerable locations amid fears of a rise in dengue and chikungunya cases.Standing committee chairperson Shrinath Bhimale also instructed health inspectors to visit housing societies and open plots to ensure that stagnant…
Surat: In a joint operation, the Navsari Local Crime Branch (LCB) and Cybercrime police arrested a 35-year-old man from Gandevi taluka for allegedly creating and circulating AI-generated posters defaming Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi.The accused, Hardik Patel, allegedly used Sanghavi’s photographs to create the posters, which questioned why the police alone should be held responsible…
Silchar: Cachar has introduced a single-rod contraceptive implant offering pregnancy prevention for up to three years.The long-acting, reversible method was launched on Thursday at Silchar Medical College and Hospital, SM Dev Civil Hospital and Chhoto Mamta Model Hospital under National Health Mission.Cachar is among the latest Assam districts to introduce the implant, which is already…
Lucknow: A professor from the Madiaon area was allegedly duped of Rs 46 lakh by two fraudsters who promised to secure her son’s admission to a prominent technology institute in Rajasthan, police said on Thursday.The victim, Kiran Chaubey, lodged an FIR at the cyber crime police station on Aug 22. She alleged that she was…
Sugana offers a ladoo to her brother, Ramswaroop, on Raksha Bandhan in 2025, two years after donating one of her kidneys to him Jaipur: On Raksha Bandhan, 37-year-old Ramswaroop Gurjar looks at the sacred thread on his wrist and thinks of another bond — one that cannot be seen but keeps him alive every day.For…
Though Kiren Rijiju made no comment about an immediate session. NEW DELHI: Keeping the opposition on edge by dropping indications about the possibility of Parliament being reconvened, parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju has said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had made a commitment to women for speedy implementation of the women’s reservation law and govt…
