Kolkata: City cops investigating the death of 66-year-old film-maker Anik Dutta are now certain it was a case of death by suicide.The sleuths have cited several findings — from the postmortem report, witness accounts and the recovery of a note and slippers on the roof from which Dutta fell — to arrive at the conclusion.Dutta…
A local from Loni’s Pachyara village said the company was mining beyong the area leased to them Ghaziabad: The National Green Tribunal has directed the state environment impact assessment authority (SEIAA) and the Ghaziabad district magistrate to examine whether the environmental clearance granted to a company mining sand on the Yamuna riverbed near Loni be…
Panaji: Old Goa police have arrested Shivekumar T B Patil, Sudeep Bhistappa Dodamani and Anand Kerul for inhumanely transporting at least 30 pigs. They have been arrested under sections of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960.Manoj B Meghwal, 25, a resident of Santa Cruz, complained that the trio was transporting pigs around the…
Amit Shah in Gandhinagar on Thursday Gandhinagar: Union home minister Amit Shah said in Gandhinagar on Thursday that the govt has resolved to remove every illegal immigrant from the country. He said that the high-level committee on demographic changes (HLCDC), constituted earlier this week to study ‘unnatural demographic changes’, will submit its report within a…
From expressing their love and apology to the parents, to seeking mercy from the God, speaking against crime against women and even youth getting attracted to violence, the inmates have touched various notes of emotions. Ludhiana: Five inmates of the Ludhiana Central Jail have poured their heart, their emotions and thoughts to make a bouquet…
Mohali: Two cadets of the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Armed Forces Preparatory Institute (MRSAFPI) — Arpit Parashar (9th course) and Vishesh Sood (10th course) — have been commissioned as officers in the Indian Navy at the Passing Out Parade (POP) held at the Indian Naval Academy (INA), Ezhimala, Kerala.The parade was reviewed by Vice Admiral Sameer…
AI-generated image shows vandalised cars with shattered windows Pune: Minor boys damaged the windshields of as many as 3 four-wheelers, including cars, parked on a public road in Janata Vasahat around 3am on Thursday.The police enquiry suggested there were three to four minor boys. After breaking the windshields with the rods and stones, the suspects…
New Mayor of Surat Maya Mavani. Surat: Amid prolonged consultations and last-minute deliberations, the BJP on Thursday unveiled the new leadership of the Surat Municipal Corporation, ending a three-hour wait for councillors and sealing Maya Mavani’s elevation as mayor.Councillors of the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) had gathered nearly a month after the civic elections for…
Guwahati: ‘Bhot jolokia’, also known as king chilli or Naga chilli and found in northeast India, has shown reduction in cancer tumours in a scientific study at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), under the supervision of researcher from Assam, Prof. Nirala Ramchiary at the School of Life Sciences of the university.‘Bhot jolokia’ (Capsicum chinense), among the…
Rajkot: Nearly a month after the Rajkot Municipal Corporation election results, the BJP’s announcement of key civic office-bearers on Thursday was marked by intense lobbying, last-minute consultations and internal political manoeuvring, culminating in the surprise elevation of Nehal Shukla as Rajkot’s new mayor.Considered close to the political camp of former chief minister late Vijay Rupani,…
