MVA must form SIR task force: Rais Shaikh

Mumbai: A day after the Election Commission (EC) announced the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Maharashtra, Samajwadi Party MLA Rais Shaikh on Friday urged Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) leaders to immediately constitute a state-level task force to monitor the process and prevent a repeat of the large-scale voter exclusion witnessed in West…

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Narcotics Control Bureau busts attempt to smuggle 465kg ganja worth 2.32 crore from Odisha to Tamil Nadu

Chennai: In the second major crackdown in two weeks, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), in co-ordination with the Telangana police, busted another attempt to smuggle 465kg ganja worth 2.32 crore from Odisha to Tamil Nadu and arrested two key operatives.NCB sleuths of Chennai zone intercepted a container truck at Nallur plaza in Tiruvallur on Tuesday. The…

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Appoint interim DSHC chief: Docs’ body to govt | Hyderabad News

Hyderabad: The Telangana Government Doctors Association (TGGDA) has urged the state govt to immediately appoint an interim in-charge commissioner of the directorate of secondary health care (DSHC) to ensure uninterrupted administration of the department.This follows the retirement of the current commissioner of the DSHC — formerly known as the Telangana Vaidya Vidhana Parishad (TVVP) —…

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17-year-old raped in Nuh, accused apprehended

Gurgaon: A 17-year-old was allegedly sexually assaulted by a minor in Nuh’s Punhana block on Wednesday. The accused, also a minor, has been apprehended.According to a complaint filed by the girl’s father, his wife and daughter went for a walk at 9pm on Wednesday.The duo was walking together in the same direction. A few minutes…

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FIR against Abhishek Banerjee over inflammatory statements, remarks against Amit Shah

Abhishek Banerjee (File Photo) KOLKATA: An FIR has been registered against TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee at the Bidhannagar North Cyber Crime Police Station for allegedly making inflammatory statements ahead of the elections, making remarks regarding the playing of DJs and issuing statements against Union home minister Amit Shah.On Friday, Banerjee accused the Centre of allowing…

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5 held for extorting money from spa owner in Kharadi

Pune: The Kharadi police on Friday arrested three men and two women from Yerawada for allegedly extorting money from a massage parlour owner by threatening to implicate her in a false prostitution case. The incident took place at a massage parlour operating from a commercial building in Kharadi on Wednesday night. A 36-year-old woman lodged…

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Relentless rain batters Barak Valley; 1 dead, rail links hit after landslides

Relentless rain batters Barak Valley; 1 dead, rail links hit after landslides Silchar: Relentless rainfall battered Assam’s Barak Valley on Friday, triggering landslides, urban flooding, and widespread disruption in rail and road connectivity across several districts. One person died of electrocution in Sribhumi district, while train services under the NFR were partially disrupted after landslides…

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