A govt-appointed Committee had identified 70 violations in ESZ Gurgaon: An affordable group housing project proposed in the eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) of Sultanpur National Park (SNP) has made a fresh bid for wildlife clearance.This comes after a govt-appointed committee had identified at least 70 violations in the ESZ.Mega Infratech has submitted the proposal for its…
Kolkata: A renewed demand for dissolving the West Bengal Medical Council (WBMC) has surfaced after Association of Private Hospital and Nursing Home (APHNH) accused the council of providing licences to doctors who had fake degrees. One of them is allegedly working as a gynaecologist in Burdwan and the other as a general surgeon in North…
Ghaziabad: A 17-year-old Class 12 girl died by suicide at her Vaishali home, days after she allegedly faced bullying, public humiliation and threats from a classmate and his family. An FIR has now been lodged against the classmate, his parents and brother for abetment.The girl, who studied at a private English-medium school in Delhi’s Anand…
Gorakhpur: The district administration has begun preparations for the month-long ‘Seva Sankalp Abhiyan’, which will be held from Sept 17 to Oct 17.Jal Shakti minister and district in charge minister Swatantra Dev Singh reviewed the arrangements at a meeting held in the Annexe Bhawan auditorium. He said the campaign would provide an opportunity to connect…
One son forged the document, the other filed a complaint Ahmedabad: A farmer was shown as dead using a fake certificate for land. It turned out that the person obtaining the fake document was none other than his own son. He allegedly used the fake certificate to create bogus land records and facilitate transfer of…
Fazilka: Fazilka police apprehended three youths and recovered two Glock pistols, four live rounds, and 50 grams of heroin on Friday along the Fazilka-Ferozepur Road.Fazilka senior superintendent of police (SSP) Gagan Ajit Singh stated that on Sept 11, a patrolling team led by assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Ramesh Kumar spotted three men standing near a Hero…
Pune: Pimpri Chinchwad police have acted against 2,500 criminals on record and externed 53 from the district ahead of the Ganapati festival as a preventive measure.The police launched a special drive across four zones. Deputy commissioner of police (crime) Rohidas Pawar said the police externed 53 criminals on police records from the district.“To avoid any…
Silchar: Former Assam minister and four-time MLA Siddeque Ahmed died of cancer at his residence in Baraigram, Sribhumi district, on Sunday. He was 63.Family sources said Ahmed died around 8.10 am. His funeral prayers were held at 4.30 pm at his ancestral home in Tuker Bazar, where thousands gathered to pay their respects.Ahmed represented Karimganj…
Lucknow: Two men, wanted in connection with the murder of a 25-year-old man in Deoria, were arrested in the early hours of Sunday, with one of the accused sustaining a gunshot injury during a police encounter after allegedly snatching a sub-inspector’s revolver and opening fire at the police team.The arrested accused have been identified as…
Jaipur: Police seized a packet of ambergris, a highly valued substance used in the perfume industry and estimated to be worth around Rs 70 lakh, in Bikaner after intercepting four youths who had allegedly travelled from Maharashtra to deliver it Saturday night.Police said ambergris is a substance produced in the digestive system of sperm whales…
