Chennai: Tasmac on Saturday launched a pilot in Coimbatore and Cuddalore allowing customers to return empty liquor bottles at any outlet in a district for a 10 refund, even as staff raised concerns over shortages of scanners and added workload.The initiative, aimed at streamlining collection of empty liquor bottles and improving compliance following a High…
Hyderabad: The liquor industry is urging the govt to expedite the long-pending price revision for suppliers, citing significant increases in manufacturing and operational costs. The industry has noted a notable escalation in the costs of key inputs, such as PET bottles, labels, caps and cartons. This increase is largely attributed to global factors such as…
Gurgaon: A 23-year-old delivery executive was found murdered, with his body stuffed inside an iron trunk in a slum in Sector 54, police said on Sunday.Aman was from Saharsa in Bihar and had been living in the area with his live-in partner. The crime came to light after a foul smell began emanating from the…
Kolkata: A 23-year-old woman from Alipore has accused her boyfriend of rape, cheating, physical assault and intimidation, according to a complaint filed on Friday.The woman alleged that she was in a relationship with the accused since 2024 and on Jan 1, 2025, he took her to a guest house in Howrah. He then drugged her…
Residents in Gr Noida West install nests to provide relief to birds from the heat Residents provide earthen pots of drinking water for commuters near Pari Chowk amidst scorching heat Residents in Gr Noida West install nests to provide relief to birds from the heat Residents provide earthen pots of drinking water for commuters near…
Panaji: Youtuber Gautam Khattar, who caused an outrage in the state with his remarks against St Francis Xavier at an event in Vasco, was brought to Goa on Sunday by state police. Khattar had been arrested in Himachal on April 24, and after securing a transit remand, Goa police team landed with the accused at…
Varanasi: In a shocking incident, a one-and-a-half-year-old boy was allegedly kidnapped after miscreants hit his mother with a speeding Bolero SUV in the Gagaha area on Saturday evening.Acting swiftly, police rescued the child within 45 minutes, and later detained two suspects for questioning.According to police, the woman, a resident of Gajpur village, had gone to…
Ahmedabad: The Infocity police in Gandhinagar on Saturday registered a complaint of a ₹3.4 crore fraud involving fake UK work permit visas, based on a complaint filed by a visa consultant. The complainant, a 31-year-old who runs a visa consultancy firm in Kudasan, alleged that he was cheated by two persons who promised to arrange…
Ludhiana: A Khanna man faces criminal charges after a 57-year-old woman died from injuries sustained when his speeding car allegedly struck her auto-rickshaw on Rani Jhansi Road.The woman, Vanti, of Prem Nagar, died at a private hospital on Saturday after a three-day struggle. Following her death, police registered a first-information report (FIR) on Sunday against…
Bathinda: Punjab recorded 72 farm fire cases on Sunday. While Haryana reported 18 cases, Madhya Pradesh remains the national leader in stubble burning with 916 cases on Sunday alone.Nationwide, farm fire cases have surpassed 41,500 this season. MP accounts for more than 69% of these incidents. According to data from the CREAMS monitoring consortium, the…
