Varanasi: A notorious liquor smuggler and gangster, Vikas Soran, who was arrested in Haryana on April 18, was brought to Azamgarh on transit remand and later sent to jail after being produced before the court.Police said search for him was intensified especially after it became clear that Soran was facilitating the gangs involved in procuring…
Ahmedabad: A 37-year-old man was arrested for allegedly placing online bets during an Indian Premier League (IPL) match from inside the Narendra Modi Stadium. Police said the action was taken during Monday’s match between Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians. A team on bandobast duty received information about a spectator engaged in live betting using a…
Ludhiana: BSNL SIM cards have now become available at the Head Post Office in the city. The move follows an MoU between the department of posts and BSNL, under which post offices in the country are being used as points of sale.Balbir Singh, senior superintendent of post offices, confirmed that the agreement has already been…
Chandigarh: Contrary to the UT administration’s optimistic compliance claims, the amicus curiae appointed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has flagged “alarmingly high levels” of faecal coliform (FC), total coliform (TC) and biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) in all four major stormwater drains — Sukhna Choe, N-Choe, Patiala ki Rao and Faidan Choe. The findings raise…
Surat: The latest ward-wise voter data of the Surat Municipal Corporation reveals a persistent gender gap across the city, with male voters outnumbering female voters in all 30 wards. Of the total electorate of 24.76 lakh, there are 13.02 lakh male voters, 11.73 lakh female voters and just 81 third-gender voters. The widest gender gaps…
Guwahati: A massive storm hit several parts of Assam on Monday night, leaving a trail of destruction. A 20-year-old youth died in Chaygaon in Kamrup district near Guwahati after an uprooted tree fell on him while he was watching a Rongali Bihu programme at a pandal.The victim, Bhaskar Kalita, died on the spot when a…
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) is contemplating providing deemed approval to the building plan of the units that are being planned over 25-acre plots within the defence industrial corridor and integrated manufacturing and logistics clusters (IMLC) that are going to come up along the expressways in Uttar Pradesh.The move is aimed at…
Rajkot: A killing linked to a family feud rocked Vondh village in Bhachau taluka of Kutch district on Tuesday as Haridas Sadhu, 75, was shot dead near the village rickshaw stand, allegedly by his nephew, Mukesh Sadhu.The killing occurred around 10am. Bhachau police, on being alerted, rushed to the scene.According to inspector D D Zala…
refineryJaipur/New Delhi: A day after a massive fire ripped through the core processing unit of Pachpadra refinery in Balotra district, which PM Narendra Modi was scheduled to inaugurate on Tuesday, officials from security agencies including NIA, forensic teams and the state administration led by chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma, reached the site to assess the…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission has instructed presiding officers of all booths, particularly in West Bengal, to check and ensure that all candidate buttons on electronic voting machines (EVMs) are clearly visible and not covered with tape, glue or any other material, including colour, ink, perfume or chemical that can compromise the secrecy of votes.Cases…
