Ghaziabad: A district court has acquitted a man accused of celebratory firing during an Independence Day event in 2021 and criticised police for a “designed defective investigation”.Chief judicial magistrate Aishwarya Pratap Singh said the prosecution was built entirely around a social media clip that police never properly secured, examined or produced in court.The court said…
Canacona: The Loliem-Polem gram sabha, on Sunday, unanimously opposed the construction of multi-dwelling units such as residential complexes, commercial blocks, hotels and other large projects. Villagers raised objections in view of an application received by the panchayat from a Mapusa-based real estate company asking for a licence to construct 36 villas and a swimming pool…
Varanasi: With Prime Minister Narendra Modi laying its foundation, the Rs 2,642-crore Signature Double Decker Bridge on the Ganga in Kashi will start taking shape parallel to the 139-year-old Malviya bridge. It will have four rail tracks on the lower deck and a six-lane road on the upper deck.Union railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw had announced…
Ahmedabad: Amdavadis voted on Sunday to elect 190 corporators to the state’s largest municipal corporation, recording a voter turnout of 45.7% in 45°C heat. The 2021 turnout for civic body polls was 42.5%.No major law and order issues were reported, though Congress and BJP workers briefly clashed at a polling station in Kubernagar ward and…
Ludhiana: A six-year bureaucratic stalemate that has left one of Punjab’s largest dairy hubs drowning in animal waste may finally be nearing an end, following a fresh land-sharing agreement between state agencies.The deal aims to revive a long-delayed compressed biogas (CBG) plant at the Tajpur Road dairy complex to stop the flow of raw effluent…
Bathinda: More than 48 hours after a local trader allegedly died by suicide, his family on Sunday refused to allow the post-mortem till the name of a police officer and another person were added to the abetment-to-suicide FIR.Sandeep Kumar (32), a building materials dealer, allegedly consumed poison on April 24. Before his death, he recorded…
Pune: Seven roads, chock-a-block with traffic, all converge at Omkar Garden Chowk underpass in Bavdhan.Further compounding matters are the absence of a traffic signal and little to no police presence at the spot on several days. All these factors create a recipe for extreme chaos and undue stress to motorists heading to work or home…
Surat: With the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) elections recorded a significant rise in voter turnout, even as the number of voters declined sharply due to deletions in the list.The provisional turnout stood at 59.32%, nearly 12% higher than the 47.14% recorded in the 2021 elections. However, the…
Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu on Sunday called on defence minister Rajnath Singh in New Delhi.In a post on X, Khandu wrote, “Always a privilege and a humbling experience to call on Hon Defence Minister Shri@rajnathsingh ji.”The CM said he sought continued support for strengthening critical infrastructure in Arunachal Pradesh.Khandu also said he discussed…
Lucknow: Panchayati Raj minister Om Prakash Rajbhar on Saturday accused the Samajwadi Party of attempting to vitiate the atmosphere in Uttar Pradesh over the Kataria village incident in Ghazipur.He asserted that a girl’s death should not be politicised and added that the state govt had already extended financial aid and housing support to the bereaved…
