Hyderabad: While 80% of the city continues to receive regular piped water supply without depending on tankers, about 20% of areas are witnessing high demand. Localities such as SR Nagar, Jubilee Hills, Madhapur, Gachibowli, and Kukatpally are heavily dependent on tankers due to falling groundwater levels, said HMWSSB MD K Ashok Reddy.Currently, around 11,000 tankers…
Kolkata: A complaint was filed against Tapas Roy, the BJP candidate from Maniktala in North Kolkata, for allegedly entering a housing complex by force to campaign. Residents of two housing complexes in Ward 31 reportedly filed complaints against Roy at the Phoolbagan Police Station. They alleged that Roy entered the premises with his entourage without…
Noida: A man was arrested for allegedly heckling and harassing a Muslim couple in Gaur City 2, triggering a sharp public backlash that was captured in a video posted online.Police said the accused, allegedly drunk, got into a late-night confrontation with the couple near White Orchid market on Thursday, before bystanders stepped in and challenged…
Panaji: State govt has reshuffled portfolios among five senior IAS officers with immediate effect, the department of personnel said in a notification.Michael D’Souza will serve as secretary for animal husbandry and veterinary services with additional charge of the protocol and museum departments. Nikhil Dessai has been given the agriculture portfolio and has also been assigned…
Ahmedabad: A 33-year-old shopkeeper was attacked in the Bhuyangdev area of Ghatlodia following an old shop-related dispute, police said. The incident occurred on April 10 around 4pm at the victim’s dairy shop near the Bhuyangdev Crossroads of the city.According to the complaint lodged by the shopkeeper, the complainant was present at his shop with a…
Ludhiana: A local councillor apprehended a woman with ‘narcotics’ in Sanjay Gandhi Colony and accused her of drug peddling. However the police released her without lodging an FIR, which fumed the residents.The controversy surfaced after a video showing the woman being apprehended with suspected contraband went viral on social media on Saturday. The woman was…
Hisar: A Hisar court has rejected the sixth bail application of Sanjay alias Fauji, an accused in the 2014 Satlok Ashram violence case, citing the gravity of allegations, his past conduct and repeated dismissal of earlier pleas.Additional Sessions Judge Dr Gagandeep Mittal dismissed the bail application, observing that no sufficient change in circumstances warranted relief…
Pune: The Union transport ministry has granted permission to state govt to resume manual fitness tests of vehicles until Oct this year, Pune MP and MoS for civil aviation Murlidhar Mohol said on Saturday.Earlier, the ministry had mandated that vehicle fitness tests could only be conducted at Automated Testing Stations (ATS). However, with many RTOs…
Guwahati: A controversy has erupted across Assam during Rongali Bihu celebrations after Bengali singer Marmita Mitra was accused of distorting songs of Zubeen Garg, triggering backlash and prompting multiple Bihu organising committees to cancel her scheduled performances.Police said the incident occurred during a Bihu function in Guwahati where Mitra performed some of Garg’s popular songs….
Kota: City police have arrested four men from Bhopal for allegedly duping a 75-year-old Kota resident of Rs 43.5 lakh and routing the money to a handler in Pakistan, SP Tejashwani Gautam said Saturday.The accused—Amjad alias Ayan (21), Rahul Purvi (30), Deepak Purvi (20) and Vijay Kumar (32)—were arrested on Thursday and produced in court…
