Bengaluru: A case of cyber fraud and identity misuse was filed Wednesday at Amruthahalli police station in north Bengaluru against “unknown person” for impersonating Bengaluru North City Corporation commissioner Pommala Sunil Kumar to solicit funds on WhatsApp.The FIR was filed by a gazetted officer, Akshath M M, a resident of Sahakaranagar, following a suspicious online…
Hyderabad: Sometimes courage and technology can achieve what official channels fail to deliver. Frustrated by police inaction, a govt employee from Karnataka tracked down his stolen phone himself—and in the process uncovered a stash of 10 more stolen devices. After the complainant, Shiva Kumar, highlighted the inaction of cops to Hyderabad police commissioner VC Sajjanar,…
Kolkata: Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday night held a strategy meet with key functionaries and fine-tuned the election blueprint to ensure a high turnout for the first polling day on Thursday. Shah tasked functionaries with ensuring that each polling station is manned until voting concludes.In a series of meetings that continued till 3am…
Panaji: Chief minister Pramod Sawant, on Wednesday, said that efforts are on in full-swing by Goa police to trace and secure the arrest of YouTuber Gautam Khattar, against whom an FIR has been registered in Goa for making derogatory remarks against St Francis Xavier.Sawant, who also holds the home portfolio, said that he is personally…
Gandhinagar: Voting for the Umreth Assembly constituency byelection will be held from 7am to 6pm on Thursday. As many as 2,45,623 eligible voters will exercise their franchise in the bypoll which was necessitated because of the death of MLA Govind Parmar.The Bharatiya Janata Party has fielded Harshad Parmar, the son of the late legislator, while…
Dharamshala: To boost adventure tourism in Kangra district, the Himachal Pradesh govt has accelerated efforts to roll out Asia’s “largest” zip-line project at Naddi, near Dharamshala.The project, estimated to cost around Rs 7.50 crore, is set to be inaugurated by the second week of June.Shahpur MLA Kewal Singh Pathania informed that a meeting was held…
Pune: The court of special judge (MCOCA) SS Kanthale has rejected the second bail application of jailed corporator Laxmi Udaykant Andekar in the Sept 5, 2025, murder of Ayush Komkar (18), holding that her conduct before and after the crime reflected her involvement in the conspiracy that cannot be ruled out at this stage.Kanthale referred…
Silchar: Cachar police on Wednesday seized heroin worth about Rs 2.3 crore and arrested two men near the Ramnagar Bypass on the outskirts of Silchar.Acting on specific intelligence inputs, a police team intercepted an SUV coming from neighbouring Mizoram. During a search, officers recovered 39 soap cases containing 456 grams of heroin concealed inside the…
TNNLucknow: Chief secretary SP Goyal on Wednesday reviewed preparations for Census-2027 and directed officials to focus on self-enumeration by citizens for more accurate results.Phase 1 of the census, which includes House Listing and the Housing Census, will be conducted between May 22 and June 20, 2026. The chief secretary said training of enumerators and supervisors…
Jaipur: The state health department has ordered an immediate halt to the sale, distribution and use of seven medicines after laboratory testing found them to be substandard, triggering a major regulatory response over drugs commonly used for infections, cough, inflammation and parasitic diseases.The commissionerate of food safety and drugs control on Wednesday directed all drugs…
