Police said the family was in financial distress Mira Road: Police saved a family of four, including two young children, from an alleged suicide attempt from a bridge in Mira Road early on Monday. Police said the family was in financial distress.Mira-Bhayandar, Vasai-Virar police’s control room alerted Kashigaon police stationaround 2am that a 28-year-old man…
The Central Consumer Protection Authority imposed a penalty on a restaurant (File Photo) NEW DELHI: Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has imposed a Rs 10,000 penalty on a restaurant in Connaught Place for adding “discretionary service charge” of Rs 80 to a consumer’s food bill. The country’s apex consumer rights protection watchdog has also directed…
Chennai: A single woman who tied the knot without knowledge of her partner’s first marriage can’t be prosecuted for bigamy, Madras high court has said.“On the plain language of the provision, the offender is the person who already has a living spouse; a person who is herself unmarried and marries such a person, without knowledge…
Patna: Bihar director general of police (DGP) Vinay Kumar has proceeded on a 21-day leave from Tuesday, prompting the state govt to assign the additional charge of the top police post to senior IPS officer Preeta Verma.The home department issued a notification on Tuesday evening appointing Verma, a 1991-batch Bihar cadre officer, as acting DGP…
NEW DELHI: Suspected militants attacked a hill village in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district on Tuesday night and burnt down at least two houses, while security forces engaged them in an exchange of fireAccording to officials, large number of militants armed with sophisticated weapons attacked Chawangkining Naga village around 10.30pm, hours after two Kuki women were shot…
Kolkata: The West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education on Tuesday revised its examination routine once again, rescheduling the papers, which were slated for Sept 22, to Oct 13 due to Karam Puja.The subjects previously slated for Sept 22 included vocational papers of healthcare, automobile, organised retailing, security, IT & ITeS, electronics, tourism & hospitality,…
(Representative image) Gurgaon man was arrested for duping a management student of over twenty-four lakh rupees MUMBAI: A 24-year-old man from Gurugram, who took inspiration from a web series about cybercrime, was arrested by the Bangur Nagar police for allegedly duping a management student of Rs 24.6 lakh. Alok K, the accused, had posed as…
According to Delhi Police, the altercation involved two 19-year-old Satyawati College students NEW DELHI: A clash broke out between two groups of students from Delhi University‘s Satyawati College near Wazirpur Village in Delhi’s Bharat Nagar area on Tuesday, leaving two vehicles damaged, police told news agency ANI.According to Delhi Police, the altercation involved two 19-year-old…
Bar council chair of TN and Pondy Chennai: Advocate and newly elected member of the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, K Kathiravan, was declared elected as chairman of the Bar Council on Tuesday. Advocate E Balamurugan was elected vice-chairman, while advocate P S Amalraj has been elected as the member representing Tamil Nadu…
(From Left) Revenue and land reforms minister Dilip Kumar Jaiswal, agriculture minister Vijay Kumar Sinha and cooperative minister Ram Kripal Yadav at a meeting in Patna on Tuesday Patna: Agriculture minister Vijay Kumar Sinha said on Tuesday that ensuring timely, transparent and hassle-free delivery of govt scheme benefits to farmers would be a priority of…
