Mumbai: Customs at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) arrested two Indian passengers for smuggling 19.017 kg of hydroponic weed worth over Rs 6.65 crore in the illicit market from their baggage following their arrival from Bangkok.The arrested persons have been identified as Tejinder Gaba, 48, a resident of Karnal, Haryana, and Rohan Chandrakant Mahale,…
New Delhi: Police have found a curved khukri-like knife that Dr Manish Gupta allegedly used to slit the throat of his domestic help, Meena, at his south Delhi residence on June 19.The weapon was part of a collection of similar knives that the dermatologist had accumulated at his Mount Kailash home over the years from…
Fishing ban comes to an end Chennai: The first Sunday after the seasonal fishing ban was lifted brought large crowds to Chennai’s Kasimedu harbour. However, celebrations were short-lived as a dramatically thin catch drove fish prices to punishing highs.Species such as sankara, aiyla, vanjiram, nethili, paarai, soorai, crab, and squid arrived in meagre quantities, triggering…
Security personnel verify NEET candidates’ documents at Magadh Mahila College in Patna on Sunday Patna: A NEET-UG candidate lodged in a Sitamarhi jail appeared for the examination in handcuffs under heavy police escort at Kamala Girls School in Dumra on Sunday.The candidate, a resident of Bagaha village under Kanhauli police station, has been in judicial…
Daltonganj: A heartfelt appeal for support by a six-year-old girl from Osaney village in Palamu district’s Chainpur block, which went viral after being shared by a local social media influencer, prompted deputy commissioner Dilip Pratap Singh Shekhawat to visit her family and extend immediate support on Saturday.Lalita Kumari had urged the DC through the video…
Ranchi: In a major push to bolster connectivity, the road construction department has initiated work on two tourist circuits designed to link key destinations and nature hotspots across the state.The first circuit, spanning 363.22 km, will connect prominent spots such as Netarhat, Palamu Tiger Reserve, Lodh falls, Panchghagh falls and McCluskieganj. The development will be…
NEW DELHI: With villages around cities and towns acquiring urban characteristics – more built-up area, less dependence on agriculture for livelihood and more facilities like high-speed transport network – govt is looking at creating a new category – ‘functional urban settlements’ – in addition to the existing ‘rural’ and ‘urban’ classifications.An estimate based on the…
The Park Circus road that has been named after Gopal Mukherjee Kolkata: Suhrawardy Ave-nue in Park Circus has been renamed Gopal Mukherjee Road after ‘Gopal Pattha’, one of the key defenders of central Calcutta’s Hindu neighbourhoods during the Direct Action Day communal clashes of Aug 1946.CM Suvendu Adhikari announced the renaming in an X post…
Thane: A 75-year-old Mumbai-based businessman was allegedly duped of Rs 56 lakh by a ‘healer’ who promised to cure his ailments with alternative treatments before allegedly blackmailing him using nude photographs, police said.According to the Kasarvadavali police, the accused and an associate befriended the businessman at a Mumbai hospital nearly two years ago while he…
New Delhi: The investigation into the inter-state newborn trafficking racket busted by Delhi Police last week has hit a roadblock, with several suspected biological parents of trafficked infants and key intermediaries becoming untraceable after news of the crackdown surfaced.Police teams probing the case had recently reached Rajasthan’s Mount Abu region, where investigators were hoping to…
