Minister for Marathi language Uday Samant Thane: Industries minister Uday Samant on Thursday said the govt will hold stakeholder meetings to clarify public concerns over the proposed 29-km Thane Integral Ring Metro Rail project after legislators questioned its viability and impact in the Legislative Council.Samant said the Thane District Collector would convene the meetings within…
New Delhi: A court Thursday dismissed CBI’s plea for further police custody of IPS officer Deepak Gehlawat in the Rs 3-crore bribery case linked to the alleged Rs 5,000-crore fake medicine manufacturing racket. The agency is “totally silent with regard to the steps taken in investigation” to ascertain the identity of the public servant whom…
Former AIADMK Ministers C Vijayabaskar and M R Vijayabhaskar along with senior leaders join TVK at Mahabalipuram in Chennai. Chennai: Senior AIADMK leaders C Vijayabaskar and M R Vijayabhaskar, along with their former cabinet colleagues M S M Anandhan and S Valarmathi, joined TVK on Thursday in a major blow to AIADMK.State water resources minister…
Patna: Patliputra University (PPU) on Thursday released its second merit list for admission to the four-year choice-based credit system (CBCS) undergraduate (UG) programme for the academic session 2026–30. Altogether 25,679 students have been shortlisted in the second merit list to take their admission in the colleges allotted to them, said PPU dean of students’ welfare…
Sanjay Sahay| TNNRanchi: With the Centre deciding to establish a separate National Cadet Corps (NCC) directorate for Jharkhand, experts have stressed the need for a dedicated NCC training academy in the state to support the expected expansion of cadet activities.The Centre in mid-June announced an independent NCC directorate in Jharkhand to ensure focused coordination, better…
Sharad ChandraDhanbad: In an unprecedented move aimed at strengthening crime prevention, Dhanbad police on Thursday conducted a first-of-its-kind collective interaction with 785 identified repeat offenders at the police centre. The initiative, led by senior superintendent of police (SSP) Prabhat Kumar, combined strict surveillance with an opportunity for offenders to reintegrate into society by abandoning criminal…
NEW DELHI: Another video purportedly showing a damaged stretch of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Rajasthan’s Sawai Madhopur has gone viral, intensifying criticism of NHAI following the recent cave-in on the Delhi-Dehradun Expressway. Officials said the highways authority had terminated the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway contractor’s agreement in April after the builder repeatedly failed to fulfil the contractual…
Kolkata: A fresh complaint was lodged at the Kalighat PS against Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee for allegedly violating the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. The traffic wing of Kolkata police is probing this incident.According to the complaint, security personnel assigned to Banerjee were seen standing on an SUV’s footboards on either side with their…
Thane/Kalyan: A 17-year-old Mumbra girl and a 42-year-old Dombivli woman were electrocuted in separate incidents in Thane district on Wednesday after coming into contact with live electric current in waterlogged areas near their respective residences.The Mumbra incident took place around 8.30pm, when Aliya Chandiwala stepped out of Yasmin Apartment on Maulana Hasrat Mohani Road in…
New Delhi: Posing as an eligible bride in search of a husband and later going “missing”, 40-year-old Lalita allegedly got unsuspecting men into fake marriages before vanishing with their money. Police have arrested three people, including Lalita, her husband and another accomplice, Deepu.According to the police, the scam came to light after a missing-person report…
