Panaji: Delta Pleasure Cruises, a subsidiary of Delta Corp, anchored its 112-metre off-shore casino vessel at Mormugao Port Authority’s (MPA) berth no. 4 on Wednesday. The vessel will remain docked at the port till it completes interior works, sea trials and obtains necessary certifications. Despite the arrival of the vessel, chief minister Pramod Sawant said…
Varanasi: A 25-year-old youth was allegedly beaten to death by unknown miscreants in Basantpur (Chakdulla) area under Sindhora police station area in Varanasi on Tuesday night.The deceased, Rohit Rajbhar, a resident of Chandwak area in Jaunpur was returning from a wedding ceremony when he was attacked.According to police, no specific motive has been identified in…
Ahmedabad: Online auctions of two commercial plots in Bodakdev have fetched the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) Rs 365.8 crore. The civic body had announced online auctions of 19 residential and commercial plots earlier this year, following which five plots in Bodakdev, Thaltej, Motera and Shilaj went under the hammer on Tuesday. There were no takers…
Chandigarh: A political war erupted in Punjab after chief minister Bhagwant Mann accused the BJP of attempting to turn the state into a “laboratory of fear and violence” ahead of assembly elections early next year, alleging that the twin blasts in Amritsar and Jalandhar were part of a “deliberate strategy” to destabilise the state following…
Surat: Egg supply from Navapur to Surat and other parts of South Gujarat has been halted after a bird flu outbreak that necessitated large-scale culling of poultry in the area.Around 10 lakh eggs were supplied daily from Navapur in Nandurbar district. The supply was stopped after laboratory tests confirmed H1N1 infection in poultry samples, prompting…
Guwahati: Raijor Dal chief Akhil Gogoi on Wednesday attributed the opposition alliance’s defeat in the recent assembly elections to their unplanned and haphazard campaign, coupled with the lack of a coherent strategy, to counter BJP’s ‘error-free’ approach and ‘well-graphed strategies’.Akhil, who secured a second consecutive term from the Sivasagar constituency, said BJP’s organisational discipline and…
DG Announces Rs1.9 crore Aid For Kin Of Four Cops Killed In AccidentLucknow: Scenes of grief unfolded at the police lines in Jalaun on Wednesday as the bodies of four police personnel killed in a road accident in Haryana were brought home for final honours.The four policemen, along with complainant Amreek Singh, were killed in…
Rajkot: Bagasara police on Wednesday arrested a 32-year-old man for allegedly murdering his wife near the Bagasara Marketing Yard following a domestic dispute.The deceased, identified as Vilas alias Hina Parmar (31), was allegedly attacked by her husband, Vijay alias Gani Parmar, with a trident and an axe.The incident came to light after the woman’s elder…
Jaipur: Two five-year-old girls died after drowning in a water-filled tank at an under-construction house in Jaipur’s Shipra Path area Tuesday evening, police said.Police have identified the deceased as Radhika (5), daughter of Pappu Kumar, originally from Bihar, and Gosia (5), daughter of Zakir, originally from Uttar Pradesh. According to police, the incident occurred in…
The vehicle with damaged side window through which Adhikari’s PA Chandranath Rath (inset) was shot in Bengal’s North 24 Parganas KOLKATA: Motorcycle-borne assailants fatally shot BJP’s Bengal face Suvendu Adhikari’s personal assistant Chandranath Rath at pointblank range and critically injured another aide, Buddhadeb Bera, inside their car in a Madhyamgram lane, close to Kolkata airport,…
