An idol of Goddess Durga being prepared in Patna Patna: Durga Puja pandals failing to comply with fire-safety guidelines will be sealed from Sunday, DIG Nat warned on Friday, as the fire services stepped up safety checks ahead of the festival. Patna has around 1,500 pandals this year, including nearly 100 large installations, a 30-32%…
Two held for loot in Daulatpura Jaipur: Police arrested two men for allegedly robbing Rs 1.26 lakh from a loan collection agent in Daulatpura on Oct 3.DCP (Jaipur West) Prashant Kiran said the complainant Nathuram Bagdi was collecting instalments for a women’s joint liability group loan scheme run by NABFINS Ltd, a NABARD subsidiary. After…
Chandrapur: A Class V student of Sanmitra Sainik School, a military school at Visapur near Chandrapur, died by suicide on the school’s hostel premises. The deceased, Jeevan Zarekar (12), was found hanging at around 6 pm on Thursday. He had reportedly developed a skin condition earlier in the day, said sources. No suicide note was…
Palanpur: Sabarkantha police’s anti-narcotics wing arrested a man after discovering 10 cannabis plants weighing 13.14kg, valued at Rs 6.57 lakh, growing amid a cotton crop on his farm in Dotad village of Poshina taluka.The search was was carried out following a tip-off received by police constable Samatbhai Chandubhai, who was part of a team patrolling…
The woman and her newborn were released after Deputy Commissioner Utkarsh Gupta intervened Koderma: A private clinic in Koderma was sealed on Thursday evening after allegations that it held a patient over unpaid medical bills.Puni Kumari of Yogiyatilha, under Jainagar police station, complained to the Deputy Commissioner and Civil Surgeon that she was shifted from…
Surat: Ichhapore police have arrested a 45-year-old man for allegedly abducting a 13-year-old boy and attempting to sexually assault him in a wooded area near the victim’s home.The accused, Krishnanand Thakurji Mishra, was a contractual worker at ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel (AM/NS) company campus for the past 20 years. He was apprehended in Ichhapore following an…
Ramesh Bhaliya’s body was recovered from the river Vadodara: A 60-year-old farmer was killed in a crocodile attack in the Vishwamitri river near Paldi village in Waghodia on Thursday afternoon.The deceased, identified as Ramesh Bhaliya, owned farmland near the river. According to local residents, he went into the river when a crocodile lurking nearby attacked…
Varanasi: Ghazipur Cyber Crime Police busted an alleged fake call centre operating an online fraud racket through Facebook advertisements offering jobs abroad and arrested three persons on Thursday. Police seized Rs 3.54 lakh in cash, 10 mobile phones worth around Rs 5 lakh, 13 ATM cards, 23 SIM cards, computer equipment, a laptop, a printer…
Keralam chief minister V D Satheesan Thiruvananthapuram: The state govt will introduce legislation to provide legal guarantees to senior citizens, seek to pass the bill during the current assembly session and conduct a three-month file adalat from Oct 15 to clear 2.76 lakh pending e-files, said chief minister V D Satheesan at the post-cabinet briefing…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Friday refused to entertain an AIADMK party worker’s petition challenging the Tamil Nadu speaker’s decision to accept AIADMK’s plea to withdraw disqualification petitions against 21 of its legislators who had defied party orders and voted for the confidence motion moved by the governing TVK.A bench headed by Chief Justice of…
