The helicopter landed in a farm located between a large lake and the Chelliyamman Temple at Keerapakkam, near Vandalur, police sources said Chennai: An Indian Air Force helicopter made an emergency landing in an agricultural field at Keerapakkam in Chengalpet district on Monday morning after a technical snag during a training sortie.Vishal Bhaskar and his…
Patna: Patna University (PU) colleges on Monday organised induction meet on their respective campuses for their newly admitted undergraduate students in the current academic session (2026-27). The main purpose of organising this meet was to help newcomers acclimatise to the new academic environment and develop a bond with fellow students and teachers. The classes of…
Ranchi: Enumeration forms have reached over 1 crore voters in Jharkhand in the first seven days of the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, state chief electoral officer K Ravi Kumar said on Monday.Booth-level officers (BLOs) covered 39.73% of the state’s electorate — 1,05,13,490 voters — and made enumeration forms available to eligible Indian…
Dumka: Two brothers were arrested from near Mohanpur railway station on Sunday on charges of their involvement in several cases of murder, robbery, snatching, kidnapping, and vehicle theft lodged in police stations across Deoghar district, police said.The habitual offenders, identified as Rajiv Kumar Das (25) and Sanjeev Kumar Das (20), are residents of Aamgachhi village…
NEW DELHI: The new rural employment scheme VB-G RAM G — rolled out from July 1 — has laid significant focus on strengthening water security in villages, allotting 107 of 318 permissible works to the addressing the issue in the employment guarantee framework’s interim list — an initiative that could tackle a El Nino-triggered rain…
Union home minister Amit Shah and Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari at Syama Prasad Mookerjee’s house in Bhowanipore Kolkata: The life of Syama Prasad Mookerjee should be included in Bengal’s syllabus and the Singur movement removed from it, chief minister Suvendu Adhikari said at a programme to mark the 125th birth anniversary of the founder…
According to police, the gang had trafficked around 20 women for prostitution and used them to solicit customers in and around the Kalyan Kalyan: In a first-of-its-kind action in Thane district, Thane police have invoked the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against a six-member women-led gang allegedly involved in running an organised…
New Delhi: A departmental inquiry has been initiated against eight Delhi Police personnel, including four inspectors, over allegations of collusion with a drug trafficker and shielding a head constable linked to the case.The case dates back to 2024, when a woman was arrested in North Delhi’s Majnu Ka Tila area, and heroin was seized from…
The statewide drive was conducted as part of the Tamil Nadu govt’s continuing efforts to curb the illegal trafficking, possession, sale and transportation of narcotic drugs and banned tobacco products. Chennai: Tamil Nadu police registered 617 cases under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, arrested 621 persons, and seized 296kg of ganja, 1.3kg…
Patna: In a major step to enhance passenger safety and crowd management during the festive season, the railways has decided to introduce drone-based surveillance at major railway stations including Patna Junction falling under jurisdiction of Danapur division of the East Central Railway (ECR).According to ECR’s principal chief security commissioner cum IG RPF Amaresh Kumar, the…
