NEW DELHI: Southwest (summer) monsoon covered the entire country by advancing into remaining parts of Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab on Thursday, one day after the normal date (July 8) of covering entire India, said IMD.It took 36 days for the monsoon to cover the entire country after making a three-day delayed onset over Kerala on…
Kolkata: CBI and the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) Mumbai, supported by Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, jointly raided multiple locations in Maharashtra and Bengal and busted a wildlife smuggling racket and rescued 53 animals and birds.Six alleged key members of the syndicate were arrested and charged under provisions of Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 and criminal…
Aaditya Thackeray alleged that the speech delivered by CM Fadnavis on Wednesday was full of fictional claims Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Aaditya Thackeray on Thursday criticised chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on ‘rain-related mismanagement’ in the state and asserted that this was his last assembly session as CM. Replying to a discussion on heavy rains…
A preliminary enquiry suggests plumbing work involving the drilling or cutting of columns and beams may have triggered the collapse. NEW DELHI: Two under-construction buildings collapsed in northwest Delhi’s Rohini on Wednesday, killing a 42-year-old man and leaving four-five labourers feared trapped beneath the debris.A preliminary enquiry suggests plumbing work involving the drilling or cutting…
COIMBATORE: The Thudiyalur police in the city have registered a case against a 40-year-old man on charges of cheating a private firm manager of Rs 55.7 lakh by promising a multi-purpose vehicle (MPV), auctioned gold and a job at the Coimbatore airport.The victim has been identified as Kalaperumal Albert, 40, of Vellakinaru Road near the…
Buxar: Dumraon police on Thursday busted an illegal gambling den operating inside the defunct Santoshi cinema hall in Buxar town and arrested 16 people. During the raid, police seized over Rs 1.43 lakh in cash, 15 cellphones, three motorcycles and several decks of playing cards allegedly used for gambling.Dumraon SHO Sanjay Sinha said police had…
Daltonganj: A 27-year-old woman allegedly killed her two minor daughters by throwing them into a well after an argument with her husband at Kanda village under Nawa bazaar police station limits in Palamu on Wednesday night.The incident took place around 9 pm. Nawa bazaar police station officer in charge Sanjay Yadav said, “There was a…
Hazaribag: A 52-year-old man of Nagwa village, who was returning home from his nephew’s wedding at the same village, was mowed down by a tipper truck on the Rach-Patna stretch of NH-33 late Wednesday night, police said.Sadar circle officer Ashutosh Kumar said, “Vijay Ravani was crossing the road alone at the time of incident. The…
Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, Sushmita Dev, Mamata Banerjee and Prakash Chik Baraik (L-R) NEW DELHI: Former Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders Sushmita Dev, Sukhendu Sekhar Ray and Prakash Chik Baraik formally joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Kolkata on Thursday, weeks after resigning from the TMC amid growing rebellion within the party.The three leaders were inducted…
Kolkata: Bengali NRI industrialist Prasoon Mukherjee has been appointed adviser for India and Latin America to the Singapore Manufacturing Federation (SMF), Singapore’s apex manufacturing body representing more than 5,000 companies.Mukherjee also serves as chairman of the India Business Committee of the Singapore Business Federation (SBF), vice-chairman of its International Action Committee, and vice-chairman of the…
