CCTV footage shows the accused, wearing a helmet, coming up from behind the woman as she is walking near her home Ghaziabad: A 70-year-old woman was robbed of her gold chain by an assailant in Raj Nagar on Friday morning. The incident took place about 400 metres from the district magistrate’s house. CCTV footage showed…
CM Sawant on Friday told his ministers to show govt’s achievements to the public, retain their confidence and return to office with a strong mandate Panaji: Chief minister Pramod Sawant and BJP members on Friday reviewed the performance of ministers ahead of assembly elections scheduled to be held in Feb. Ministers also submitted their strategies…
Varanasi: Banaras Hindu University, in collaboration with the Varanasi Municipal Corporation, has launched a comprehensive plantation drive under the ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam’ initiative. The campaign began at Malaviya Bhawan, with plantation of white sandalwood saplings by vice-chancellor Prof Ajit Kumar Chaturvedi, mayor Ashok Tiwari and registrar Rajan Srivastava.The VMC has provided 5,000 saplings,…
Ahmedabad: In the bootlegging race, eastern Ahmedabad is so far ahead of the west that the value of booze seized in the east (from Jan to July) accounts for 71.5% of the value of police’s total liquor haul from the city. The western belt’s seizures were concentrated in Sarkhej and Sola, which recorded combined values…
Official figures show the civic body has collected only ₹25 crore in property tax so far, significantly lagging behind last year’s recovery during the same timeframe. Ludhiana: Ludhiana municipal corporation’s property tax recovery drive has hit a severe slowdown, falling ₹16 crore short compared to the previous year as civic employees remain tied up with…
SAD functionary Bikram Singh Majithia Chandigarh: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann’s officer on special duty (OSD), Rajbir Singh Ghuman, has sent a defamation notice to Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia over alleged remarks and accusations made against him.The legal notice comes in response to allegations recently levelled by Majithia against Ghuman, which…
A polling station in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Pune: The state election authorities have raised the number of electors in a polling station from 1,200 to 1,300. They will complete the rationalisation of polling stations by Aug 24 and the draft electoral roll will be published on Aug 31.The move comes as the state prepares to redraw…
Surat: In a rare move aimed at maintaining security and preventing gang-related violence, 10 accused involved in serious crimes have been transferred from Surat’s Lajpore Central Jail to different jails across the state.Jail authorities took the decision after concerns were raised over the possibility of a gang war and the involvement of certain inmates in…
Guwahati: The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday approved the establishment of Bongaigaon Medical College, granting permission to admit 100 MBBS students from the next academic session.With the approval, Bongaigaon becomes Assam’s 15th state-run medical college, taking the state’s total MBBS seat capacity to 1,925, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said in…
Lucknow: In a major move to make app-based transport and delivery services safer, more transparent and accountable, state govt has implemented the Uttar Pradesh Motor Vehicle (Aggregator and Delivery Service Provider) Rules, 2026, and launched the upmyfleet.com portal.This will end arbitrary practices in app-based rides in UP as govt will monitor fares.The new framework regulates…
