Mumbai: The quick alertness of two traffic constables led to the arrest of two persons from Aurangabad who were travelling in a tinted glass car with an illegal weapon. The two suspects have been placed under arrest and booked under the BNS sections of the illegal arms act.According to the police, head constable Prabhakar Pawar…
New Delhi: “Mujhse apraadh ho gaya ma’am… galti ho gayi (I have committed a crime, ma’am… I made a mistake),” the man accused of raping and murdering the 22-year-old daughter of an Indian Revenue Service officer at her southeast Delhi residence on Wednesday told a judicial magistrate on Thursday.The 23-year-old native of Alwar, a former…
The higher turnout percentage was largely due to the SIR, which removed around 57 lakh names, bringing down the electorate from 6.29 crore to 5.73 crore. CHENNAI: A small step for democracy, a giant leap for special intensive revision (SIR). That probably explains the 85.15% voter turnout in the Tamil Nadu assembly election on Thursday.Polling…
Ara: A 35-year-old govt school teacher was shot dead by unidentified assailants at his native village Tulsi Chhapra under the Sinha police station area of Bhojpur district on Thursday morning. The victim, identified as Neeraj Kumar Pal, was posted at a govt girls’ school in Farhada village under Barhara block.According to police, Pal died on…
Dumka: A 14-year-old tribal girl of Jamtara district is seven months’ pregnant after being allegedly “sexually exploited by a 17-year-old boy of her community on the pretext of marriage”. The accused has been sent to the Observation centre in Dumka after an FIR was lodged against him in Jamtara district on Wednesday, police said.“The survivor…
Ranchi/Hazaribag: Four students have jointly secured the top rank in the Class 10 board examinations, the results of which were declared by the Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC) on Thursday. Each scored 498 out of 500 (99.6%). A similar trend was seen in the second and third ranks, with multiple students sharing positions.A total of 4,22,109…
SRINAGAR: Initiating major reforms in the Union territory, the government of Ladakh on Thursday announced to deregulate the hospitality sector, freeing it from old regulations and bureaucratic interference. Lieutenant governor VK Saxena said, “I have approved major reforms related to ease of doing business aimed at deregulating the hospitality sector, reducing compliance burden on stakeholders…
Behrampore/Shamsherganj: On the eve on elections in Murshidabad, cops visited homes of many voters who were knocked out by SIR, warning them not to go anywhere near polling booths on Thursday. However, on poll day, many disregarded those warnings and turned up near polling stations to register their protest at being left out.Clutching his voter…
Mumbai: Two years after introducing a CET-based entry process for courses such as BMS, BBA, BCA and integrated MBA, the state govt has decided to modify the norms to address the issue of vacant seats and delays in the process. Students with a valid MHT-CET score in either PCM or PCB will also be eligible…
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a court reader posted with an additional sessions judge at Tis Hazari Courts for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe to facilitate a bail application, officials said on Thursday.According to the agency, the accused, identified as Sanjeev Sadana, Reader to the ASJ-02 court, was caught…
