Panaji: The cybercrime cell of the Goa police arrested six people on Thursday for allegedly accepting bets on an Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket match.Cybercrime superintendent of police (SP) Raju Raut Dessai said they conducted a raid at Sangolda on Wednesday and caught six people running IPL betting online.Dessai said that during the raid, police…
Brass working of Desia Kondh | OdishaThe community members specialise in creating artefacts and jewellery distinct due to its look from brass, also identified as Dokra. They use scrap brass work and use the lost-wax technique. It starts with artisans crafting a wax model, which is coated with layers of fine clay. It is dried…
Ludhiana: In the ongoing controversy surrounding the registration of an FIR against a Congress councillor’s husband over an alleged road construction dispute, Municipal Corporation (MC) Commissioner Neeru Katyal Gupta has withdrawn the charges from the junior engineer (JE) and sub-divisional officer (SDO) who filed the original complaint. The matter pertains to the construction project on…
Amritsar: A 33-year-old man was shot dead while sitting in his car outside a chicken shop in Bhullar village on Wednesday night, in what police suspect is a fallout of an old rivalry.The victim, Manjit Singh, was attacked at 10.30pm when assailants arrived and opened fire in front of the victim’s cousin. He was rushed…
Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad police on Wednesday registered a case of cheating and forgery against 36 people, including 25 directors of a credit co-operative society in Khed taluka, for misappropriating Rs6.53 crore from account holders and the society between 2014 and 2018.The fraud was revealed after a govt audit in 2018, following which the accused…
Surat: For the Surat Municipal Corporation election, Ward 25 — Limbayat-Udhna Yard — has the highest number of contestants, 26, making it the most crowded electoral ward in the city. Ward 18, covering Limbayat, Parvat and Kumbhariya, and Ward 30, comprising Kansad, Sachin, Unn and Abhva, are jointly second with 24 candidates each.The higher numbers…
Agartala: Tripura forest minister Animesh Debbarma, an MLA from Tipra Motha, filed a defamation suit against fellow party MLA Ranjit Debbarma, intensifying the discontent between ruling BJP and its coalition partner Tipra Motha.The case was submitted to the Agartala judicial magistrate court, stemming from alleged defamatory remarks made by Ranjit during the campaign for the…
LUCKNOW: Residents say the disaster was waiting to happen. They recalled that a similar fire broke out in Dec 2020 in the same densely packed cluster. In the 2020 blaze, at least six shanties were gutted and two minor girls suffered burns. “Mithilesh (8) and Jyoti (6) suffered minor burns but were given timely treatment…
Rajkot: An FIR was registered at Aji Dam police station here on Thursday for the alleged desecration and removal of a statue of Dr B R Ambedkar in Sardhar village. The FIR, filed by Bipin Makwana, accuses a mob of 20 to 25 unidentified individuals, along with people dressed as monks, of trespassing and vandalism….
Action resumed with the women’s doubles 75+ and professional singles and doubles matches, with seeded players living up to their billing in the G D Birla Memorial Masters Inter-Club Badminton tournament, promoted by Badminton Gurukul, at the Bombay Gymkhana on Thursday.In the Professional Singles category, top seed Manoj Nachanekar led the charge with a solid…
