Hyderabad: After the rollout of free bus travel for women across the state, Telangana govt has now decided to extend a similar benefit to the city’s MMTS train services. If this plan goes through, Hyderabad will become the first city in the country to provide free travel on local train services. However, unlike the RTC…
Investigators said the setups were deliberately located near IT hubs to avoid suspicion and enable uninterrupted operations Gurgaon: Police probing a SIM box cyber fraud racket that operated from rented accommodations in the city have identified an India-based handler linked to operators in Cambodia and the Philippines, pointing to a cross-border network.The development follows a…
Kolkata: Several hospitals are apprehending a staff shortage as hundreds of employees plan to leave for their home towns for the first-phase elections on April 23. At many facilities, OPD appointments and planned surgeries are being deferred or scheduled earlier while election rosters have been created to serve patients and keep operations running with local…
Ghaziabad: A 22-year-old man was arrested for allegedly abducting a seven-year-old girl as she slept beside her family at an under-construction site in Indirapuram, raping her, and then returning her to the same spot before fleeing with cash and a mobile phone.The accused, Alfajuddin, alias Bhalu, is from Farrukhabad and was living in a slum…
Bicholim: ‘Dhonds’ of Shree Devi Lairai are set to conclude their annual ritual at the jatra that begins on Tuesday. These special devotees of the goddess, not just from the state but also from Maharashtra and Karnataka, have already begun their fast on Friday.President of the Lairai temple Dinanath Gaonkar said the prime attraction of…
Ahmedabad: A 48-year-old retired army man residing in Gandhinagar was duped of Rs 29.5 lakh in a cyberfraud case after being lured into a bogus stock-trading scheme operated through a mobile application, police said on Sunday.According to the complaint lodged with the cybercrime police of the Gandhinagar range, the victim received a WhatsApp audio call…
Ludhiana: The Punjab State and Chandigarh (UT) Human Rights Commission has directed the Municipal Corporation (MC) Commissioner to submit a detailed report one week before the next hearing date. Failing this, the responsible officer must appear in person to explain why action under Section 16 of the Human Rights Act should not be initiated. These…
Times News NetworkPanchkula: A 4-year-old boy and a truck driver lost their lives when a truck overturned at the entrance gate of the Kali Mata temple in Kalka early Sunday morning.The deceased child has been identified as Maninder, a resident of Ambala. Police said the incident took place around 4am when the family arrived to…
Surat: In what could easily pass as one of the most entrepreneurial experiments, residents of Choryasi village in Kamrej taluka of Surat decided that if you can’t beat a toll plaza, you might as well set up your own.Just a stone’s throw away from the bustling Choryasi toll plaza on the Bharuch–Surat stretch of National…
Shillong: The April edition of the monthly farmers’ market, organised by 1917 iTEAMS under the state dept of agriculture & farmers’ welfare and supported by the Meghalaya Farmers’ (Empowerment) Commission, was held in Shillong on Saturday, drawing around 600 people.The focus crops for this month included potatoes, coriander and spring onion, locally called ‘jyllang’, sourced…
