Varanasi: Taking serious note of negligence in various ongoing construction works, the Varanasi municipal commissioner Himanshu Nagpal imposed a fine of Rs7 lakh on two firms for negligence in development works and substandard construction.The commissioner also issued a strict warning that misuse of public funds and compromise on quality will not be tolerated under any…
Ahmedabad: A love affair, a daring jewellery heist and a betrayal in a hotel room — what began as an alleged plan to start a new life ended with a saleswoman and her boyfriend behind bars, with most of the stolen ornaments still missing.The Ahmedabad crime branch has arrested a saleswoman accused of stealing gold…
Amritsar: Amid allegations of poor desilting of Punjab’s streams and canals leading to overflows and damage, the state govt on Monday claimed to have completed desilting of the Ravi river and Sakki Nallah ahead of the monsoon.Water resources minister Barinder Goyal reviewed flood protection works at the Dhussi Bundh near Border Out Post Tota and…
Pune: A 30-year-old man was killed and his two friend friends sustained severe injuries after a motorcycle they were driving triple -seat hit the divider on the flyover at Bhosari.The accident happened in the early hours o of Saturday, when they were driving towards Bhosari from Khed, Bhosari police said.The police have identified the deceased…
Surat: A Surat-based trader dealing in plastic poly poplin granules was allegedly cheated of Rs 6.55 crore by a group of 13 accused from Navsari and Rajkot in a fraud involving fake trade transactions and misuse of GST credits.Athwalines police registered a complaint in the case and transferred the investigation to the Economic Offences Wing…
Dimapur: Union minister of development of north eastern region (DoNER) Jyotiraditya Scindia and Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio jointly launched the ‘Cluster-based Coffee Value Chain Development in Nagaland’ project at Sanchar Bhavan, New Delhi, on Monday.Nagaland deputy CM TR Zeliang, adviser to the land resources department G Ikuto Zhimomi, senior govt officials, representatives of the…
Lucknow: The oil marketing companies (OMCs) state level coordinator (SLC) office of UP has claimed that on average, 8 lakh LPG refills are being delivered daily across the state, and a backlog of approximately 5.4 days is being cleared as per the scheduled booking list.Last month, the backlog of LPG was around six days.SLC Sanjay…
Palanpur: A four-year-old case of a man allegedly raping his minor stepdaughter, then 16 years old, has come to light in the in Mehsana district’s Vijapur taluka after the girl lodged a complaint at the Ladol police station.The accused took advantage of the girl being alone at home when her mother went to run her…
Jhunjhunu: Four youths were killed in a head-on collision between two bikes on the Laxmangarh-Salasar route in Sikar Monday evening. Laxmangarh police station team reached the spot and took the bodies to the district hospital mortuary.Laxmangarh police station in-charge Rajkumar Yadav said that a head-on collision occurred between two bikes near Sinwali village in Laxmangarh….
PUNE/NEW DELHI: CBI arrested Shivraj Raghunath Motegaonkar, the director of Maharashtra-based Renukai Career Centre (RCC), alleging he circulated leaked NEETUG 2026 questions through coaching networks and “mock tests” conducted before examination, report Gitesh Shelke, Rajshekhar Jha & Koushiki Saha. This is the 10th arrest by CBI, which has now widened its probe, bringing more than…
