Palghar: The four-year-old boy, who was brutally assaulted by an autorickshaw driver in Vasai earlier this week, is out of danger and is recovering at a hospital, police said on Thursday.The accused in the case, Sandeep Pawar, was on Thursday produced in a local court, which extended his police custody till April 4.The incident took…
A waste-laden truck from the Okhla landfill dumps garbage in an open ground in Madanpur Khadar Extension, located barely 10km away NEW DELHI: One of Delhi’s three garbage mountains — the Okhla landfill — is supposed to be flattened in the next four months. But where is the waste going? In an open piece of…
CHENNAI: Chief minister M K Stalin on Wednesday intensified his attack on AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami and Union home minister Amit Shah during his campaign in Trichy, while ignoring TVK president Vijay.Though Vijay was contesting from Trichy East, Stalin refrained from responding during the campaign. He maintained the same approach in Karur as…
Patna: A close associate of Phulwarisharif JD(U) MLA Shyam Rajak was shot at in his apartment under Shastri Nagar police station area in the state capital late Tuesday night. The aide, identified as Dilip Kumar (40), runs a construction material supply business. He was hit by a bullet in the stomach, and another grazed his…
Ranchi: At least 84 liquor shops across the state, including the city, downed their shutters from Wednesday, citing losses due to a very high daily sales target fixed by the excise and prohibition department after implementation of the new excise policy in Sept last year.General secretary of Jharkhand Sharab Vyapari Sangh (liquor dealers’ association), Subodh…
Ranchi: Parts of the state will witness hot and humid summers in the coming days, followed by heatwave-like conditions, the Met office said on Wednesday.The Met office on Wednesday issued a heat warning from Thursday to Saturday for Pakur, Dumka, Deoghar, Jamtara, Dhanbad, Bokaro, Saraikela-Kharsawan, West Singhbhum and East Singhbhum districts.Deputy director of Ranchi Met…
NEW DELHI: Govt on Tuesday appointed Chanchal Kumar, an IAS officer of Bihar cadre, as the new information and broadcasting (I&B) secretary, while designating Sanjay Lohiya as the secretary of department of financial services (DFS). In the bureaucratic reshuffle, Vir Vikram Yadav has been appointed director general of civil aviation (DGCA), replacing Faiz Ahmed Kidwai.Kidwai,…
Kolkata: The month ended on a rainy note on Tuesday, making it the third-rainiest March in 15 years. With a rain count of 8 mm between Monday night and Tuesday evening taking the month’s total rain tally to 55.8 mm, Kolkata logged a monthly rain excess of 51%. While the Met office expects the city…
Mumbai: A 35-year-old labourer, who used to occassionally fly down from Odisha to Mumbai for duping ATM users here, was arrested by Dindoshi Police recently. Sambhav Kumar Acharya was on the run for the past four years, police said. He was nabbed from a hotel in Naigaon, Palghar, where he was currently staying. With Acharya’s…
New Delhi: Two criminals were shot at on their legs during an encounter with police in Dwarka.The incident occurred on Monday night when police attempted to apprehend the accused, who were reportedly on the run in connection with a crime committed earlier in Dabri.According to initial reports, the cops had received specific information about their…
