Kolkata/Darjeeling: The Centre and the state would jointly undertake an early scientific assessment of the vulnerabilities of the Himalayan region, said chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday at the launch of a special 200-member state-level, region-specific disaster response squad, ‘Arjun Bahini’, which will be deployed in the aftermath of natural disasters and infrastructure-related emergencies in…
D-Park green belt, where Balraj was killed in a gunfight with cops on Aug 29 Noida: The main accused in the murder and alleged sexual assault of a six-year-old girl in Greater Noida last Friday was arrested in 2017 after he allegedly sodomised and killed a nine-year-old boy, and months before that, raped and murdered…
Porvorim: Chief minister Pramod Sawant, who holds the civil supplies and consumer affairs portfolio, on Tuesday told the assembly that the state has not received a single complaint from consumers, vehicle owners, automobile associations or garages regarding E20 petrol since its introduction in the state.Sawant was replying to a calling attention motion moved by MLAs…
The incident took place on August 28 and came to light after a video of the stone-pelting circulated on social media. Varanasi: In a joint operation, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) and Government Railway Police (GRP) on Monday evening arrested four persons and detained two juveniles for allegedly pelting stones at a MEMU train near…
Ahmedabad: A former sales manager of a money exchange firm in Navrangpura allegedly obtained foreign currency worth Rs 40.1 lakh using fake employee details of corporate companies.On Tuesday, Navrangpura police received a complaint against the accused from an authorised representative of the money exchange. When employed, the accused was responsible for bringing corporate clients to…
In the first five months of this financial year, Chandigarh registered 3,243 electric vehicles Chandigarh: A few years ago, the electric vehicle in Chandigarh was easy to picture: a scooter gliding through the city’s broad, tree-lined streets, bought as much for the savings at the petrol pump as for the novelty of going electric.That picture…
Draft roll entry mistakes Pune: Kondhwa Khurd has voters who are 126 years old. That makes them the oldest humans on the planet and they are in sizeable numbers too, according to the draft electoral roll.A voter from Hadapsar assembly constituency who checked the list on Monday found that his age was registered as 126…
Surat: Two incidents of crowd surges during Ganesh Agaman processions have raised concerns over crowd management and the safety of devotees during the upcoming Ganesh Chaturthi festival, with large gatherings of 10,000 to 20,000 people being reported at some events.Both incidents occurred in the Ram Chowk area under Umra police station recently.The Shri Ganesh Utsav…
Guwahati: Govt promised compensation after three family members died in a Mathgharia landslide.MLA Tapan Das visited the site and assured support.“There is a 19-year-old child there, and we will provide whatever assistance is required from the govt’s side. We are making arrangements to move the family to a safe place. We have also identified others…
Lucknow: Police investigating the murder of transporter Dhirendra Pratap Singh, 40, have turned their focus on the brother of arrested driver Ravi Kishore Tiwari, suspecting that he helped arrange the pistol used in the killing.Singh was shot dead inside his SUV on Aug 30, with the police finding two bullet injuries—one in his chest and…
