New Delhi: Two constables have been given out-of-turn promotions for rescuing people trapped under a collapsed building in south Delhi’s Saidulajab. In a separate recognition, eight police personnel received the Asadharan Karya Puraskar (AKP) for their role during the B&B fire in Hauz Rani that claimed 23 lives.Delhi Police commissioner Satish Golchha promoted constables Angad…
Pallikaranai Greater Flamingo at the Pallikaranai marsh in Chennai.04.05.2014.Photo:A.Prathap Chennai: Arappor Iyakkam, an NGO fighting against corruption, has petitioned the state govt to cancel approvals granted to a property developer for a residential project in Perumbakkam, alleging that the site falls within the protected Pallikaranai marshland.In a complaint submitted to chief minister C Joseph Vijay,…
CM Samrat Choudhary at a meeting in Patna on Saturday Patna: CM Samrat Choudhary on Saturday asked water resources department officials to prepare a special action plan to revive the historical identity of ancient Patliputra, while placing the development of the Ganga riverfront at the centre of Patna’s future growth.Chairing a review meeting of the…
Bokaro: The Bokaro forest division on Saturday busted a network allegedly involved in illegal felling of trees and timber processing and detained five persons in Gomia block.Divisional forest officer (DFO) Nitish Kumar said the action followed specific intelligence inputs. “A team of forest officials conducted simultaneous searches in Tulbul and Dhende villages. The accused were…
अमेरिका-ईरान के बीच होने वाली पीस डील से पहले आईआरआईबी ने बहरीन के माउंट अल-दुखान पर स्थित अमेरिकी रडार सिस्टम की सैटेलाइट तस्वीरें जारी कर तनाव को बढ़ा दिया है. इन तस्वीरों में अमेरिकी रडार सिस्टम हमले के बाद तबाह नजर आ रहा है. इस्लामिक रिपब्लिक ऑफ ईरान ब्रॉडकास्टिंग ने सैटेलाइट तस्वीर साझा कर बताया…
Garhwa: Officials of the forest department have initiated a probe into the alleged felling of trees by the electricity department reportedly to remove obstructions for the 33 KV wire passing from Ramkanda power sub-station to Bhandaria and Bargarh power sub-stations.The electricity department, which was to prune the branches and bushes along the transmission lines, allegedly…
India’s captain Shubman Gill (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia) Shubman Gill added another chapter to his remarkable rise in international cricket by becoming the fastest Indian to 3,000 ODI runs during the opening match of the three-match series against Afghanistan in Dharamsala on Saturday.The India captain reached the landmark in his 61st innings, eclipsing Shikhar Dhawan’s previous…
NEW DELHI: India continued to remain second largest buyer of Russian crude in May, with purchases worth nearly 4.8 billion euros (about $5.6 billion), up by nearly 7% from 4.5 billion euros ($5.2 billion) in April, said Centre for Research in Energy and Clean Air (CREA), an independent think tank based in Finland, in a…
Kolkata/Midnapore: Kalighat and Salboni cops on Saturday broke open locks to enter Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee‘s Kalighat Road home in search of his personal assistant, Sumit Roy, an accused in a West Midnapore land-deal related corruption case.Trinamool chief and former CM Mamata Banerjee rushed to her nephew’s home around 6.30 am after receiving news of…
Thane: A funeral procession in Diva was allegedly obstructed briefly after a private road that is incidentally the sole motorable access to the dense residential colony in the Bedekar Nagar area was barricaded by some miscreants, who locals said had been blocking the road to illegally collect a toll for use of the thoroughfare.A viral…
