Garhwa: Taking cognizance of the tip-off received by Garhwa DC Ananya Mittal that gas cylinder are being sold in black market, Sadar SDO Sanjay Kumar conducted a raid in a semi-constructed building in Sonpurwa locality of the town on Monday evening and recovered 13 LPG cylinders.“When queried, no satisfactory response was given by operator Jay…
NEW DELHI: Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to visit India to attend the upcoming Brics summit scheduled to be held in New Delhi on September 12 and 13, according to a statement by the Russian Embassy in South Africa. Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov confirmed that Putin will participate in the summit in the national…
Kolkata: Lauding state govt’s move to end stipends paid to imams, muezzins and purohits, Bengal BJP on Monday said it supported all welfare schemes, but they should not be based on religious basis.Speaking on this, BJP state president Samik Bhattacharya said, “The Constitution does not allow discrimination among communities based on religion. Govt will work…
Two separate railway station assaults on minors in Mumbai (Image used for representational purpose only) MUMBAI: In two separate cases, a 10-year-old and a teenage college-goer– both minor girls– were groped at Kurla railway station and Dadar railway station on Monday. In both cases, Govt Railway Police (GRP) made arrests within 24 hours and produced…
New Delhi: Delhi police on Monday argued for the cancellation of bail granted by a trial court to 57-year-old staffer accused of raping a three-year-old girl inside a private school in west Delhi earlier this month.Challenging the relief before Justice Saurabh Banerjee, the police termed the move a “gross case” where the accused may face…
CHENNAI: There will be no indirect attempts to implement the Prime Minister’s Schools for Rising India (PM SHRI) scheme in Tamil Nadu, School Education Minister Rajmohan told mediapersons on Tuesday.The minister’s response came a day after he told mediapersons that the state government would have to assess whether the policies of PM SHRI aligned with…
Gaya: Police have lodged an FIR against seven named persons and 20 unidentified individuals in connection with the alleged attack on the convoy of Jyoti Devi, HAM-S MLA from Barachatti, on Sunday afternoon. No arrests have been made so far.Union MSME minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, who is the MLA’s ‘samadhi’, accused the local police of…
NEW DELHI: Days before the re-polls, Trinamool Congress candidate Jahangir Khan from West Bengal’s Falta on Tuesday withdrew his nomination.TMC spokesperson Arup Chakraborty said the party has received information about Khan’s decision, but is yet to get clarity on what prompted it.“We have heard that Jahangir Khan has decided not to contest or participate in…
Joint STF raid bunks illegal arms unit in Bihar’s Purnea; 5 arrested (File Photo) KOLKATA: An illegal arms manufacturing unit operating from an underground chamber beneath a paper plate factory was busted in Bihar’s Purnea district, police said on Tuesday. The concealed “mini gun factory” at Haripur village under Damdaha police station limits was exposed…
Mumbai: The state government’s plan to announce a farm loan waiver has hit a roadblock — the model code of conduct for the legislative council polls that came into force on Monday. If the election is contested, then the code will remain in force till June 25.Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had earlier said that the…
