Chennai: A police ministerial staff has said a woman deputy inspector-general (DIG) of police assaulted him and threw footwear at him at the Armed Reserve headquarters at Kilpauk, following a dispute over an e-office file number.The Tamil Nadu Police Ministerial Staff Association condemned the incident and adopted a resolution demanding action against the DIG, M…
ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA BUILDING AT PATEL CHOWK IN NEW DELHI. PHOTO BY RAJESH MEHTA. Hyderabad: Political parties in Telangana have become alert following the announcement of the schedule for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR). Aware of the potential impact of voter deletions and additions on future political prospects, parties are proceeding cautiously.The Election Commission…
Gurgaon: A 50-year-old motorcyclist was killed after a trailer allegedly ran over him on the Pataudi-Gurgaon Road near Farrukhnagar on Wednesday.A resident of Jodi Khurd village, Omprakash, was returning from Jamalpur on his motorcycle. As he reached the Pataudi-Gurgaon Road, he saw his relative and namesake Omprakash going ahead of him towards Khawaspur on a…
Kolkata: Former food minister Rathin Ghosh was questioned for eight hours by the ED on Friday in connection with the alleged civic recruitment scam. Ghosh, who reached the agency’s Salt Lake office at 10am, had skipped five previous summonses.“I do not know why I have been called. I will know once I go inside,” Ghosh…
The cleaning operation began around 9.30pm on Thursday after water was pumped out of the underground tank used for treating coloured industrial wastewater generated during fabric dyeing operations Ahmedabad: Three migrant workers died and another was left battling for life after inhaling toxic fumes while cleaning an underground tank at a textile processing unit in…
TNNChandigarh: In the aftermath of increase in the rate of the petrol and diesel, pressure is mounting on the Chandigarh administration to increase stipulated rates of taxis, aggregator cabs and autos. However, UT officials said there are no plans to do so. They also ruled out an immediate increase in CTU ticket prices.Chandigarh auto union…
Pune: In a statewide shuffle on Friday, joint commissioner of police Ranjan Kumar Sharma has been transferred as special inspector general of police, Kolhapur region. He was replaced by Sanjay Darade, the special IG of Konkan region.Tejaswi Satpute, who is heading the SIT to investigate allegations of rape against astrologer Ashok Kharat, has been promoted…
Heavy rain causes urban flooding in Barak Valley Guwahati: The Kamrup (Metro) district commissioner has directed all departments, including PWD, transport and soil conservation, Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) and Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA), not to permit any earth cutting and earth filling activity in the hilly terrains, water bodies and low lying areas of…
Lucknow: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday distributed approval letters, cheques, toolkits and house keys to selected beneficiaries of various public welfare schemes in Maharajganj district.Yogi also performed the annaprashan ceremony for some children and presented them gifts. He also visited an exhibition at the event venue.Under the ODOP scheme of the industries department, the…
Jaipur: The Rajasthan High Court Friday expressed displeasure over the failure of police to trace a minor girl aged 17 years and 10 months, missing for nearly three months from Sawai Madhopur district, and directed authorities to produce her before the court by July 3.The court warned that if the girl is not traced within…
