New Delhi: The double life of Nandlal Verma, a seemingly humble spare auto parts businessman living with his family in Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh, came crashing down after police discovered that he was actually Rakesh Patel, a murder convict absconding for 24 years.Patel, originally from northwest Delhi’s Jahangirpuri, had stabbed a neighbour to death along…
Chennai: Calling the detention of a private builder under the Goondas Act ‘draconian’, the Madras high court has directed former Chennai city commissioner of police, A Arun, to appear in person next week during the hearing of a habeas corpus case challenging the detention. A division bench comprising Justices G R Swaminathan and V Lakshminarayanan…
Patna: Job aspirants demanding the release of BPSC TRE-4 vacancies staged protests in Patna on Wednesday. Police detained student leader Rinkal Yadav, who had contested the Patna University students’ union presidential election with Tej Pratap Yadav’s support. Student leader Khushboo Pathak was also taken into custody earlier.Heavy police deployment was seen around Patna College, with…
Hazaribag: In cricket season, when everyone loves to catch a glimpse of their favourite IPL stars on television or troop to a stadium to watch a match, can politicians be any different?Turns out, an ongoing tussle between BJP MP Manish Jaiswal and the party’s Sadar legislator Pradeep Prasad over a cricket match has turned into…
Hazaribag: The May salaries of 400 teachers, posted in 59 govt schools across Hazaribag district, have been withheld by the district administration after their schools displayed poor performance in the Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC) board examinations.The move comes after district education officer (DEO) Praveen Ranjan issued notices to these teachers on May 13 and sought…
NEW DELHI: A Pune-based defence company has successfully carried out firing demonstrations of the EXTRA and Predator Hawk “Suryastra” rockets with ranges of 150km and 300km, respectively, at the Integrated Test Range in Chandipur, Odisha, on May 18 and 19, reports Surendra Singh. Suryastra is India’s first indigenous universal multi-calibre rocket launcher system, designed for…
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Wednesday refused to hear the state’s urgent appeal to withdraw the interim protection granted to TMC‘s Jahangir Khan, who withdrew his candidature from Falta repoll on Tuesday.The state’s counsel mentioned before Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya that the HC had granted Khan the protection from police arrest in 5 FIRs when he…
Mumbai: The state Transport Department on Wednesday renamed the welfare board for autorickshaw and taxi drivers as “Dharmveer Anand Dighe Saheb Maharashtra Passenger Transport Drivers Welfare Board”.Earlier it was called the Dharmveer Anand Dighe Saheb Maharashtra Auto-Rickshaw and Mitred Taxi Drivers Welfare Board.After the change in name, drivers of all passenger transport vehicles will be…
New Delhi: A case of dowry death has been registered two days after a 25-year-old woman died after allegedly falling from a building in west Delhi’s Dasghara village.The woman was married to Raju Singh, who works in customer verification for a private real estate company. The couple, married in 2022, and had a six-month-old child….
Chennai: Five inspectors of police, who had earlier served in stations under Kolathur and Harbour police sub-divisions and were shifted before the Model Code of Conduct came into effect duringelections, were transferred fromtheir present positions on Wednesday. The transferred officers S Ramesh of Otteri, G S Pushparaj of Meenambakkam, I Khader Meera of Madhavaram, and…
