Kolkata: Just hours before vote counting, over 1,000 VVPAT (Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail) slips belonging to the Noapara assembly constituency were recovered from a roadside drain at Madhyamgram near Duttapukur in North 24 Parganas on Sunday afternoon.The incident occurred in the Subhash Nagar area of Nilganj under Duttapukur PS, within the Madhyamgram assembly segment….
Mumbai: Time-of-Day (ToD) tariff concession has delivered major savings to electricity users across the state, with 70 lakh consumers receiving a combined benefit of Rs 2,235 crore since the scheme came into effect in July 2025, Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) managing director Lokesh Chandra announced on Sunday. The concession applies to electricity…
Chennai: Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has decided to build six new night shelters across the city at a cost of 9 crore. Designed with modern amenities, the facility will offer secure overnight accommodation for people living on the streets, particularly during extreme weather conditions. Each shelter will be a ground-plus-first floor facility. Civic officials said…
In a decisive crackdown on misconduct, Buxar SP Shubham Arya has suspended three Sub-Inspectors after an unscheduled night inspection unveiled glaring lapses in their patrolling duties. The officials from Town, Naya Bhojpur, and Industrial police stations are now under disciplinary scrutiny for failing to heed the orders of their superiors. Buxar: Three police officers were…
Chatra: Chatra police seized a huge quantity of illegal doda (opium husk) worth around Rs 42 lakh from the Pratappur police station area on Sunday. They also arrested one identified as Ajay Kumar Saw (27) on the spot who hid the doda under paddy sacks to mislead the police, but alert policing foiled the plans.On…
Jamshedpur: Deputy commissioner of Seraikela-Kharsawan, Nitish Kumar, has ordered a probe into the death of a 29-year-old woman who delivered a stillborn baby with the procedure allegedly conducted under mobile torchlight at the community health centre (CHC) in Rajnagar on April 30. Civil surgeon Dr Saryu Prasad Singh, who heads the probe team, said they…
NEW DELHI: As West Bengal awaits the results to be declared tomorrow, chaos erupted near the Asansol Engineering College strong room premises after a switched-off mobile phone was found in an envelope.Along with the mobile phone, several documents linked to the Raniganj assembly constituency were also recovered, triggering suspicion and a brief commotion at the…
Kolkata: Whether at work or working from home, people will have one eye glued to the election scoreboard as the nail-biting electoral season ends with counting on Monday.Unlike previous polls that revolved around a single dominant issue and relatively predictable outcomes, this year’s political climate is markedly different. A strong sense of urgency and seriousness…
Kalyan: A driver who parked his car on the road and his two aides allegedly assaulted a traffic police constable after being asked to move the vehicle responsible for a traffic bottleneck in Kalyan on Saturday. An FIR has been filed against the alleged assailants and a notice served as per the law.Police sources said…
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Saturday dismissed the bail plea of Al-Falah University chairman Jawad Ahmad Siddiqui in a money laundering case, with Additional Sessions Judge Sheetal Chaudhary Pradhan observing that the allegations against him are “grave and serious in nature” and that no grounds for relief are made out at this stage.The case…
