Hyderabad: The sleuths of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Friday arrested a prohibition and excise inspector from Bichkunda in Kamareddy district for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of 2 lakh. The accused, Deenu Satyanarayana, was caught red-handed while accepting the bribe at his rented house in Bichkunda. According to officials, the inspector demanded the…
ULB minister Vipul Goel held a meeting with officials of Gurgaon, Manesar and Faridabad on Friday to review monsoon preparedness Gurgaon: Urban local bodies minister Vipul Goel on Friday directed officials to expedite monsoon preparedness measures in Faridabad, Manesar and the city so that there are no accidents or loss of lives due to waterlogging…
Kolkata: Two contemporary Bengali films — one adapted from a Tagore play and another on the jatra culture of Bangladesh with a Kolkata-based sound designer — are being screened at the Moscow International Film Festival. This is in addition to the screening of the restored ‘Saat Pake Badha’.While Joyraj Bhattacharjee’s ‘Bisarjan’ is in the Apocalypse…
Stones and bricks lie strewn outside Motherson Company, where employees staged a violent protest on Monday Noida: The labour department has initiated proceedings against 203 contractors and outsourcing agencies who supply workforce to industries in the city for violations of Contract Labour Act, including withholding wages, bonuses and overtime pay.Labour department officials said while contractors…
FC Goa are five points and five places behind leaders Mumbai City Panaji: For the last two days, FC Goa coach Manolo Marquez’s message to his team has been simple and straightforward: win this one against Mumbai City FC.You might think it’s because of the history. There’s the Mumbai-Goa rivalry and plenty in between. Like…
Ahmedabad: A woman allegedly bit off a grocery shop owner’s ear after she was asked to clear pending dues at a shop in the Sarkhej area of the city, police said. A 23-year-old woman from Fatehwadi has filed a complaint with Sarkhej police on Thursday. According to the complaint, the incident occurred on Wednesday, at…
Amritsar: Kicked out of her home and chained to a porch for days, 75-year-old Prerana Devi could finally move her frail body on Friday, after she was unchained by her family. However, except for the removal of chains, little had changed despite the Punjab State Women Commission taking note — she continued to live outside…
SLUG: World Heritage DaySurat: At a time when modern education dominates and seats in mainstream institutions are scarce, a 125-year-old Sanskrit Pathshala in Surat is quietly drawing strong interest, keeping the tradition of classical learning alive.Suryapur Sanskrit Pathshala, located in the historic Gopipura area, continues to attract students to courses centred on the Vedas, scriptures…
Silchar: The long-standing demand to rename the Silchar railway station as “Bhasha Shahid Railway Station” — commemorating the 11 language martyrs of May 19, 1961 — has run into fresh uncertainty, with the railway ministry stating that no formal proposal is currently under consideration.An RTI reply accessed recently has revealed that no request regarding the…
Kalyani: A Trinamool Congress councillor was arrested in West Bengal’s Nadia district Friday. Rajib Dalal, who represents Ward 17 and is the first-ever chairman of Haringhata Municipality, was picked up from his residence. The arrest was allegedly linked to a supposed altercation on the day of nomination filing by TMC candidate Rajib Biswas. Dalal was…
