Panaji: The issues of an illegal reclamation in khazan land, non-functioning of the local biodiversity management committee (BMC), and a five-hour power outage in the village dominated a heated gram sabha of Neura panchayat on Sunday.The members were agitated over damage to the underground power cable during excavation work for a new water pipeline.The five-hour…
Varanasi: The Sarnath police busted a pyramid scheme racket in Sarnath on Tuesday, arresting seven members of a gang accused of duping hundreds of youths of lakhs of rupees through a fake Multi-Level Marketing operation. For months, over 250 victims had been turning up at the gang’s office, operating as a call centre front, to…
The fire reportedly started in a pile of dry garbage that was lying near the library for a long time Ahmedabad: A minor fire broke out near the Central Library Building of Gujarat University on Tuesday, creating panic among students who had arrived on campus for exams. The fire reportedly started in a pile of…
It took nearly three hours to bring the blaze under control Mohali: A major fire broke out at a housing society in Peermuchalla on Tuesday, triggering panic among residents. The fire was preceded by a massive explosion on the sixth floor of one of the residential towers.The blaze rapidly spread to adjoining flats, gutting property…
Gathering outside the Kondhwa police station in the early hours of Tuesday Pune: A minor scuffle between children while playing in a society snowballed into a clash between two communities late on Monday night, prompting a huge gathering and tension near the Kondhwa police station around midnight.The members of the two communities allegedly threw stones…
The five persons arrested for abetting the land fraud Surat: The city police’s economic offences wing has arrested four bank officers and a mobile sim card distributor in a Rs 5.75 crore land cheating case involving bogus bank accounts opened in the names of land owners, who were in Canada at the time.Police said the…
Aizawl: A total of 2.02 lakh methamphetamine tablets valued at over Rs 19.21 crore was seized at Keifang town on Monday evening.Police officials from Saitual district, bordering Manipur, seized the contraband weighing 24.016kg, H Ramthlengliana, IGP and chief public relation officer of the state police, said on Tuesday.Ramthlengliana said a car bearing Meghalaya registration proceeding…
Lucknow: The state govt has ordered swift assessment of horticultural crop and orchards affected by adverse weather conditions and timely provision of relief to farmers.Minister of state (independent charge) for horticulture, agricultural marketing, agricultural foreign trade and agricultural exports Dinesh Pratap Singh on Tuesday said that necessary proposals regarding disaster relief management should be forwarded…
Rajkot: Eight people, including two minors, have been booked for the alleged repeated gang rape of a 14-year-old girl over the past two months, police said on Tuesday. The complaint was registered at Bhaktinagar police station.Those booked are Devil alias Sahil, Sahil alias Zeri, Mihir Kugasiya, Razak Theba, Dhaval, Asif Shahmadar and the two minors….
PCC chief Govind Singh Dotasara addresses media at PCC HQ (TOI) PCC Chief Govind Singh Dotasar with LoP during online meeting with district president preparing for protest against NEET paperleak on 21 May from PCC, Jaipur PCC Chief Govind Singh Dotasar with LoP during online meeting with district president preparing for protest against NEET paperleak…
