Chatra: Sadar police have busted an inter-state opium smuggling racket by arresting four peddlers including two from Punjab, it said on Tuesday. Acting on a tip-off received by Chatra SP Animesh Nathani, a special team led by SDPO Sandeep Suman conducted a raid during which police recovered 1.3 kg opium, along with a car, four…
Garhwa: A minor argument at a wedding ceremony turned fatal after a 27-year-old man was allegedly beaten to death at Raro village in Garhwa district on Monday night, police said on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Mukesh Yadav, a resident of Sonehara village, and part of the groom’s side.Sources said the marriage party from…
New Delhi: In fresh action against Anil Ambani and his Reliance group entities, ED on Tuesday said it has attached his family properties worth another Rs 3,035 crore, including a flat in Usha Kiran building in Mumbai and a farmhouse in Khandala (Pune), taking attachments to nearly Rs 20,000 crore in the ongoing money laundering…
Kolkata: As the sun beat down, Munsi Rezaul Karim boarded a Khanakul-bound bus on Tuesday, armed with an appointment letter from EC, assigning him to Booth 140A at Basantapur Prathamik Vidyalaya as the third polling officer.What would have been a routine civic duty turned out to be a strange one this year. The EC may…
Pune: Former deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar‘s elder son Parth, a Rajya Sabha MP, on Tuesday travelled from Mumbai to Pune in an aircraft operated by VSR Ventures, the same aviation firm responsible for the fatal crash that claimed his father’s life on Jan 28 this year.Parth boarded the aircraft, along with four others, to…
New Delhi: AAP on Tuesday stepped up its attack on BJP govt in Delhi, accusing it of failing to fulfil its poll promise of providing Rs 2,500 to women in the city even after more than a year of the assembly election.In a press conference on the assembly premises, leader of the opposition Atishi questioned…
Chennai: For many years now, passengers have been struggling with inadequate facilities at Tambaram railway station, especially on platforms 9 and 10. During peak hours, heavy crowding and absence of escalators force commuters to rely on staircases, often leading to stampede-like situations.The station has emerged as a key transit point for south-bound trains, as Egmore…
Patna: Union minister and LJP(RV) chief Chirag Paswan on Tuesday demanded a separate ministry in Bihar to look after the interests of people from the state living outside. He said it is also a key component of his party’s ‘Bihar First, Bihari First’ policy so the state govt can maintain data on people living and…
Ranchi: Police on Tuesday exhumed the body of a 50-year-old woman from a burial ground in the city’s Doranda area, in the presence of an executive magistrate, after receiving information about the woman being murdered, which initially looked like an accidental death.The woman, identified as Nahida Parveen, a resident of Manitola locality in Doranda, was…
Ranchi: A special CBI court in Ranchi on Tuesday sentenced CCL former clerk Mohammad Mahfooz Alam to three years rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on him under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act. The convict, while posted at CCL Barka Sayal area, demanded a bribe of Rs 5,000 from…
