Chennai: A crime inspector attached to the Tiruvottiyur police station has been suspended for failing to act on repeated complaints alleging that liquor was being sold illegally at the bar attached to a Tasmac outlet at Tiruvottiyur.Sources said a departmental inquiry revealed that the Tiruvottiyur law and order inspector was on leave for the past…
Gaya: Anil Kumar Bhanot, a cop, on Friday appeared as a prosecution witness in a Gaya courtin a case in which Parampal Singh, currently posted as commandant in the fourth Commando Battalion, Mohali, was allegedly awarded a questionable degree by the Magadh University. Parampal is alleged to have got job in the Punjab police on…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday set aside Delhi high court order which suspended the jail sentence and granted bail to former BJP MLA Kuldip Singh Sengar, convicted of raping an alleged minor in Unnao in Uttar Pradesh, and asked HC to hear the politician’s bail plea afresh during pendency of his appeal against conviction.Sengar’s…
Kolkata: The ED on Friday told a special PMLA court in Kolkata that DCP Santanu Sinha Biswas, arrested at 10.40pm on Thursday, was part of an organised land-grab and extortion syndicate involving illegal land deals, transfer of OCs and threats to genuine builders. The court remanded him to ED custody till May 28.ED said the…
Mumbai: Post-SSC polytechnic courses in the state will undergo changes, in line with National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, with the inclusion of subjects such as soft skills, social and life skills, yoga, entrepreneurship, Indian knowledge systems, environment and sustainability, management, startup studies, among others. The state govt is planning to start admissions to post-SSC polytechnic…
NEW DELHI: The city faced a sweltering Friday although the maximum temperature saw a slight fall from a day earlier.The maximum temperature at Safdarjung was 39.8 degrees Celsius, which is normal for the season against 40.6 degrees Celsius a day earlier.The hottest area of the city was the Ridge at 41.4 degrees Celsius, while Ayanagar…
Chennai: Tasmac bar owners association on Friday protested in front of the Tasmac headquarters, claiming that officials have arbitrarily chosen liquor shops to be closed in a hurried manner, without conducting a proper study. The association’s president, Anbuselvan, told reporters that the liquor shops are currently functioning in line with the existing rules — liquor…
Patna: A report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Bihar Election Watch has revealed that nearly half of the ministers in Bihar’s reconstituted cabinet have declared criminal cases, while an overwhelming 90% are ‘crorepatis’. The findings were released on Friday, after analysing the self-sworn affidavits of 31 of the 35 ministers, including CM…
Ranchi: A 50-year-old man was allegedly killed by his brother-in-law with a sharp-edged weapon and a stone following a domestic dispute in Ranchi district, police said on Friday.The incident took place in Nichetoli village under the Tamar police station limits. The deceased has been identified as Gajendra Singh, a resident of Runia village in neighbouring…
Bokaro: A local court on Friday sentenced two men to life imprisonment for the murder of 35-year-old Vishnu Sharma in Shivpuri Colony under Chas Police Station, nearly three years after the killing.The court of additional district and sessions judge-I Deepak Baranwal found the prime accused, Sanoj Singh, and his associate, Ajit Singh, guilty of murdering…
