The petroleum ministry defended ethanol blending, stating it saved consumers nearly thirty rupees per litre. NEW DELHI: Petrol in Delhi would have cost around Rs 125 a litre when global crude prices touched $135 a barrel, had oil companies not blended ethanol into the fuel, the petroleum ministry said on Friday, defending the ethanol programme…
Chennai: A suspect in a multi-crore iridium investment scam was arrested by CB-CID at Chennai airport on arrival from Bahrain on Saturday. Suresh Kumar was remanded in judicial custody on Saturday for forging bank documents to cheat investors.The case was registered by the Salem branch of the Organised Crime Unit of the CB-CID on March…
A video grab of the tractor Buxar: A tractor driver triggered chaos and a police probe after driving his vehicle on a pedestrian footbridge near the Itadhi railway crossing in Buxar, where it got stuck at a narrow bend. A video of the bizarre incident has since gone viral on social media.The incident occurred amid…
The Barharwa-based residence of Arpita Sarkar Dumka: The frequent and prolonged stays of 21-year-old Arpita Sarkar at her maternal grandparents’ home in Kolkata have emerged as a key area of investigation following her arrest by the special task force (STF) of Kolkata police.Residents of Gwarkhol village in Barharwa said Arpita spent extended periods in Kolkata…
CM Hemant Soren wrote to PM Narendra Modi two days ago, citing a shortage of funds for scholarships for SC, ST and OBC students and seeking an increase in the Centre’s share Ranchi: Jharkhand has received Rs 3,660 crore from the Centre as an advance tax devolution instalment, part of a one-time release aimed at…
Responding to the growing protests in Karnataka, chief minister DK Shivakumar appealed on Saturday to organisations opposing the release of water to withdraw their proposed agitation. NEW DELHI: The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) on Saturday moved the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Karnataka government to immediately release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, arguing that…
West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya (file picture) Kolkata: Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya said on Saturday that despite the party’s efforts a section of party members is indulging in extortion. The state BJP chief and CM Suvendu Adhikari have both repeatedly cautioned against extortion rackets.“It will be wrong for me to say we have…
MUMBAI: Paving the way for the trial to commence, over five years after Antilia bomb scare and murder of Mansukh Hiran, a special court on Saturday framed anti-terror and murder charges against ten accused, including dismissed cops Sachin Waze, Sunil Mane and Pradeep Sharma.The accused pleaded not guilty.The accused have been booked under various charges,…
Sharmistha Panoli (L) was jailed for remarks, while Ruchika Singh (R) faces a zero FIR for alleged abuse. NEW DELHI: Last year it was Sharmistha Panoli, the law student jailed over a communal post on Operation Sindoor. This year it’s Ruchika Singh, named in a zero FIR for allegedly abusing PM Narendra Modi at a…
Children enjoy a rainy Saturday evening, playing in the showers in Chennai. Chennai: After a hot day when temperatures climbed nearly 3°C above normal, evening rain brought relief to many parts of the city and its suburbs on Saturday. While IMD has forecast light to moderate rain over the city and the suburbs only on…
