Indian national linked to Lawrence Bishnoi gang placed on FBI’s most wanted list Chandigarh: The FBI has added an Indian national linked to the Lawrence Bishnoi criminal network to its Criminal Enterprise Investigations most wanted list.The suspect, identified in court documents as 26-year-old “No Name Given Kamal“, was charged in a federal indictment unsealed in…
IMD said El Niño is further strengthening, while MJO is not favourable at present. These are among the factors contributing to most parts of India, except the eastern region, being in the below-normal rainfall category Pune: Monsoon is unlikely to revive in the country at least till the first few days of Sept, latest India…
Silchar: Cachar police seized 15,900 bottles of codeine-based cough syrup and 2,600 painkiller tablets worth around Rs 2 crore in the illicit market, officials said Friday.Acting on intelligence, a police team raided a godown near the accused’s shop at Gossaipur under Udharband police station on Thursday evening and recovered the contraband. Police arrested Sohud Ahmed…
Monsoon rainfall across the state has been scattered in Rajasthan Jaipur: Rajasthan’s monsoon rainfall deficit widened to 14.1%, with the state receiving 278.28mm of rain against the normal 323.91mm till Friday, according to the Daily Monsoon Bulletin. The Met office said at least three more monsoon spells are left and the deficit is unlikely to…
BJP-SAD alliance buzz has grown ahead of next year’s assembly polls. NEW DELHI: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia on Friday said that people in Punjab want his party to join hands with the Bharatiya Janata Party for the upcoming polls.Majithia cited Punjab’s status as a border state and the need to protect…
In 1979, about 30 mongooses were released on Japan’s Amami Oshima to control habu snakes Japan has officially declared the successful eradication of the invasive small Indian mongoose on Amami Oshima, ending a decades-long ecological crisis on the UNESCO World Heritage-listed island. According to an official announcement from Japan’s ministry of the environment, expert panels…
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay shared his condolences after South Indian veteran Sowcar Janaki passed away on Friday in Chennai after age-related complications at the age of 94. The actor turned politician remembered her seven-decade-long contribution to Indian cinema and said her death was an “irreplaceable loss” to the film world. C Joseph…
Image credit: Hockey India The Indian women’s hockey team suffered a 0-2 defeat to the Netherlands in their second-round match of the FIH World Cup on Friday.The Netherlands, the reigning Olympic and world champions, controlled much of the contest and scored once in each of the first and third quarters. Jansen, Matla score from PCs…
New Delhi: Commuters using the Shahdara flyover towards Apsara Border will have to brace for slower traffic as renovation and repair work on the stretch is expected to continue till Aug 31, Delhi Traffic Police said in an advisory.The location is a crucial commuter corridor for people travelling between east Delhi and the Apsara Border…
The FIR was registered recently based on a written complaint received by the police. Police are probing the case and are yet to make any arrests. MUMBAI: BKC police on Wednesday registered a first information report (FIR) against a diamond merchant, who had an office at Bharat Diamond Bourse, for allegedly duping an NRI by…
