Police recovered Rs 9 lakh in cash, four country-made pistols with live cartridges, the Swift and a bag of clothes from their possession Zubair (left) and Sameer, the alleged ‘masterminds’ of the May 6 cash-loading van heist, were killed in an encounter with police on Tuesday night Police recovered Rs 9 lakh in cash, four…
Panaji: With the new Institute of Nursing Education having become operational last year at the Margao district hospital premises, Goa now has six nursing institutes offering a total of 340 seats.Until 2021, Goa had only two such institutes—the state nursing college at Bambolim, Tiswadi, offering 110 seats in the BSc nursing programme, and the Vrundavan…
Varanasi: An Indian Merchant Navy officer Manish Dwivedi, native of Mirzapur, has gone missing mysteriously from a port in Pennsylvania, USA since May 6. Accused the ship management company of not providing clear information, his distressed family met local MP and Union minister Anupriya Patel in Delhi on May 11.Anupriya sent a letter to MEA…
Gandhinagar: As part of a major workforce planning and cadre management exercise, the Gujarat govt has begun overhauling its state cadres by merging similar posts and creating new ones to address emerging technologies in governance. Official sources said at least 10 of the 34 cadres are likely to be cut in the exercise, which the…
Gurdaspur: A man shot dead his younger brother and sister-in-law over a property dispute in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district on Tuesday night, police said.Amarjit Singh (alias Amba), the accused, was arrested the next day. Police said Amarjit ambushed Ajaib Singh (52) on a secluded road near a poultry farm in Nainkot village, shooting him in the…
Pune: The Samarth police on Tuesday arrested a man (23), son of a police constable, for sodomizing a minor boy (12) around 7.30 pm on Sunday at a police colony in the city.The minor boy is also a son of a police constable. The minor’s mother (30) lodged a complaint with the police on Monday.Deputy…
Guwahati: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday welcomed the West Bengal cabinet’s decision to hand over land to the Border Security Force (BSF) for fencing the India-Bangladesh border, calling it a ‘historic step’ crucial for the security of Assam and the entire northeast.Addressing the media, Sarma said strict vigilance and closure of the border was…
LUCKNOW: Luxury fitness chains and high-end workout studios became common in Uttar Pradesh only after Prateek Yadav established the first such facility in Lucknow, recalled fitness trainers, bodybuilding experts and long-time associates.Prateek Yadav, son of late Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav and husband of BJP leader Aparna Yadav, was widely recognised in Lucknow’s fitness…
Jaisalmer: Two Great Indian Bustard chicks were born at the Ramdevra and Sudasari breeding centres in Jaisalmer on May 10 and May 11, taking the total number of birds at the two Wildlife Institute of India (WII) facilities to 86.The chick at the Ramdevra Breeding Centre was born on May 10 and the chick at…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar underlined the significance of India’s ties with Russia in a meeting with counterpart Sergey Lavrov, saying political cooperation between the two countries was even more valuable in an uncertain and volatile global environment. Jaishankar told Lavrov the complicated international situation merited an open exch-ange of views, especially between…
