Ahmedabad: At least 29 people, including private employees, autorickshaw drivers and labourers, were allegedly duped of over Rs 21 lakh by a man who promised to allot them flats under the Mukhyamantri Awas Yojana by claiming to have strong links in the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC).Two separate complaints were lodged with Bodakdev police against Ankit…
Chandigarh: Three burglars broke into a sports showroom in Sector 7 and decamped with cash estimated between ₹30 lakh and ₹35 lakh, along with two iPhones, on the intervening night of May 13/14.On the complaint of the showroom owner, Sector 26 police registered a case against unidentified persons and have begun scanning CCTV footage from…
Pune: The state registration department announced on Thursday that all sub-registrar offices in Pune city will remain functional as usual. The clarification comes just a day after the department had warned that 15 offices would be forced to shut down due to a severe staff shortage triggered by Census 2027 duties.Officials confirmed that several deployment…
Surat: Cash and jewellery worth Rs 31.47 lakh were stolen from the Vesu bungalow of a textile industrialist who also owns a chain of schools, after the house was left unlocked during a late-night outing. Police registered an FIR nearly a month after the theft, as the suspect remains unidentified.The theft occurred at the bungalow…
Shillong: Meghalay chief minister Conrad K Sangma has emphasised a long-term vision of positioning Shillong as a regional hub for IT services, innovation, and AI-led governance solutions, supported by infrastructure development, improved connectivity, and integrated ecosystem planning.Industry leaders committed to providing continued guidance and implementation support to the CM’s proposal during the National Association of…
Azam Khan’s family members with SP chief Lucknow: Jailed Samajwadi Party veteran Azam Khan’s family on Thursday visited party chief Akhilesh Yadav’s residence to offer condolences on the demise of latter’s step-younger brother Prateek Yadav whose mortal remains were consigned to flames earlier in the day.Prateek breathed his last at his house early Wednesday morning….
Rajkot: A one-year-old lion cub died on the spot after being hit by an unidentified vehicle on the Bhavnagar Somnath National Highway in Amreli district.The incident took place late at night on Wednesday near Dataradi village in Rajula taluka. According to preliminary information, the cub was attempting to cross the highway when it was struck…
Jaipur: Taking serious note of rampant illegal sand mining inside the National Chambal Sanctuary, the Supreme Court on Thursday summoned senior Rajasthan govt officials to appear personally before it and explain the steps being taken to curb the menace threatening the fragile river ecosystem, endangered wildlife habitat and nearby public infrastructure.A bench comprising Justices Vikram…
Talks for a BRICS foreign ministers’ joint statement seemed balanced on a knife-edge on the first day of the meeting, with a consensus on the West Asia situation remaining uncertain. Diplomatic sources said efforts to find common ground between the UAE and Iran were still on, even as the 2 countries held on to their…
A piece of space debris, a spent SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage, is speeding toward the Moon and will crash into it. Astronomers say this four-ton object will hit the Moon on August 5, 2026, around 06:44 UTC. It’s moving fast – about 2.43 kilometres per second or roughly 5,400 miles per hour – and…
