Residents watch as a bulldozer demolishes steps in front of a house during an anti-encroachment action in DLF Phase 1 on Saturday Gurgaon: Eight enforcement teams simultaneously moved across colonies to implement on Saturday one of the biggest anti-encroachment drives the city has seen, demolishing hundreds of illegal house extensions violating right of way on…
Kolkata: A 29-year-old man, an advocate by profession, was arrested on Friday night for his alleged involvement in the gang rape of a massage therapist in Salt Lake. He denied all charges against him. On Saturday, he was produced before the Bidhannagar Court, which remanded him in police custody. The accused was apprehended from Chinar…
Protests by industrial workers in Noida on April 13 had turned violent, with vehicles, including police SUVs, set ablaze and cops pelted with stones in several sectors Noida: The labour department on Saturday cancelled the licences of 10 labour contractors for violations under the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970.Additional labour commissioner Rakesh Dwivedi…
Panaji: Economic Offences Cell (EOC) of Goa police on Saturday filed an FIR against 10 people in connection with an alleged misappropriation of funds invested in cryptocurrency to the tune of over Rs 7 crore.SP, EOC, Arshii Aadil said that the offence has been registered on the complaint of Poonam, a resident of Bicholim, against…
Ahmedabad: A cashier working with a gas agency was assaulted at his residence in the Sardarnagar area of the city, allegedly for terminating a tempo contract with the agency, police said.The incident occurred on Thursday night when the cashier returned home after depositing money at a bank in the Hansol area. At that time, three…
A meeting of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) was held at Isru Bhawan here on Saturday wherein it was alleged that the Union government was trying to remove Punjab’s representation from various institutions, mainly BBMB (Bhakra Beas Management Board). The SKM members said it was decided that a delegation would meet governor Gulab Chand Kataria…
Hisar: In a significant development in a long-pending case linked to the Jat reservation agitation, a Hisar court has granted anticipatory bail relief to an accused, Karambir Dhillon, resident of Adarsh Colony, Azad Nagar, Hisar, observing serious procedural lapses and lack of justification for arrest after more than a decade.The order was passed by additional…
Dhubri: Development of Jhagrarpar Beel (wetland) has remained a bone of contention for nearly 28,000 people living on the outskirts of Dhubri town, opposite Dhubri Medical College and Hospital, for years.The wetland sits in a corridor that is rapidly turning urban under the Dhubri-Gauripur Development Authority, positioned between Dhubri and Gauripur towns. Along the 2.5-km…
Jaipur: Divya Pratap Singh Rao, a rising cricketer from Lake City Udaipur, dazzled everyone with his batting prowess in Jaipur. At just 16 years old, Divya Pratap smashed a blistering 207 runs against the Rajasthan Royals Academy Under-17 team.Playing for Udaipur in the series opener at the PS Arena, Muhana, Jaipur, Divya Pratap smashed 38…
NEW DELHI: : As dust settles on the setback govt suffered in Lok Sabha, where the women’s reservation amendment bill by 2029 with a hike of 50% seats in the House was defeated by opposition, NDA is not exactly licking its wounds and is instead looking at it as an opening to burnish its pro-women…
