Dumka: Deoghar police busted an interstate brown sugar smuggling network, arresting four accused from Mohanpur police station area in a late-night operation on Saturday and seizing 102.14 grams of the narcotic.The arrested were identified as Sheikh Rasel Alam, Md. Samad alias Sameer, Rohit Kumar and Neeraj Kumar Mahta. Police said two are from Birbhum, West…
World Health Organization Sunday declared the Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) NEW DELHI: As World Health Organization Sunday declared the Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), Indian health experts said there is no reason for panic as Ebola…
Howrah: Villagers vandalised the house of a Trinamool panchayat chief in Howrah’s Amta on Sunday, accusing her and her husband of siphoning off funds from multiple govt schemes for months. Around 200 villagers, armed with sticks, stormed the residence of Anjali Dolui, damaging property and setting fire to furniture, clothes and documents.Villagers Nazneen Begum and…
Mumbai: BJP’s Kirit Somaiya has urged the Municipal Commissioner, Mayor, and Police Commissioner not to allow goats to be slaughtered in residential complexes, housing societies and chawls on the occasion of Bakri Eid.Somaiya alleged that even after the BMC and court have imposed restrictions on several occasions, the rules are violated. The BMC should give…
New Delhi: With every flush in Delhi begins a long underground journey.In theory, sewage travels through sewers, reaches pumping stations, is treated at sewage treatment plants (STPs), and only then is safely discharged or reused.In reality, large volumes of untreated or partially treated waste still find their way into the Yamuna through stormwater drains, broken…
Chennai: Puducherry chief minister N Rangasamy, who won the Union Territory’s assembly elections in two constituencies, resigned from Thattanchavady on Sunday by handing over his resignation letter to Puducherry assembly secretary J Dayalane at his residence. He retained his seat in Mangalam constituency, where he won by a margin of 7,000 votes. He won Thattanchavady…
Patna: In response to heatwave warnings forecasting daytime temperatures between 38°C and 44°C, the Patna district administration has prohibited all academic activities after 11am in private and govt schools up to Class VIII, including pre-schools and anganwadi centres, starting Monday. The directive, issued by DM Thiyagarajan S M, will remain in effect till May 21…
Hazaribag: A man and his two children suffered burns after raw acid allegedly spilled from tanker UP 78 CT 8526 near Rahul Medical, Tilaiya Road, under Barhi police station, around 9:42 pm Saturday. Victim Chandan Sahu, 35, alleged the tanker’s upper lid was open when brakes were applied. Barhi OC Binod Kumar said, “We have…
Ranchi: Opposition leader Babulal Marandi alleged a senior Birsa Munda Central Jail officer “mentally and physically exploited” a woman inmate and impregnated her. In a letter to CM Hemant Soren, he claimed efforts were on to destroy evidence, transfer witnesses, and buy silence. JMM’s Supriyo Bhattacharya said, “If there is a crime, action would be…
Dutch PM Rob Jetten pressed India for the return of a young girl who was allegedly abducted by her father in 2016, when she was two years old, from Amsterdam and brought to India.“We also spoke about the case regarding the abduction of Insiya to India by her father,” said Jetten on X after his…
