Guwahati: BJP has regained the Nagaon Lok Sabha seat after 12 years, securing about 50% of the vote. AIUDF finished second, followed by Congress.The constituency has witnessed a significant political shift over the past two decades. Former senior BJP leader Rajen Gohain represented Nagaon for four consecutive terms from 1999 to 2014, establishing the party’s…
Belagavi: A 60-year-old man from Sarvodaya Colony in Hindawadi was allegedly duped of Rs 21.9 lakh in an online investment scam after fraudsters lured him with promises of high returns from stock market trading through a YouTube advertisement using Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s name.According to a complaint filed with Belagavi CEN Police, the victim…
Kanpur: District magistrate Mahendra Singh Tanwar, chief development officer Abhinav J Jain and municipal commissioner Arpit Upadhyaya inspected sanitation arrangements, garbage collection and ongoing construction works in different parts of the city on Thursday night.The officers first inspected a garbage vulnerable point (GVP) in an informal settlement near the old bridge in Govind Nagar. Officials…
Kolkata: Twenty-eight of over 60 establishments, whose licences were suspended during a food safety drive in Sept, have reopened within a month. After compliance checks conducted by the food safety inspectors, the suspension notices were revoked. Some of such establishments are sweetshops.Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) officials said most of the establishments that reopened had applied…
Udupi: Udupi MLA Yashpal Suvarna, in a memorandum submitted to energy minister KJ George, urged the urgent upgrade of Mescom substations to resolve low-voltage issues and ensure an uninterrupted power supply across Udupi assembly constituency.Highlighting Udupi’s growth as a key district headquarters, the MLA noted rapid developments across education, healthcare, fisheries, industry, tourism, and religious…
Chikkamagaluru: In a big relief to the farmers and residents of the district, the govt has decided to temporarily withhold the circular issued on Aug 13 on excluding properties located on govt and forest land from property tax assessment and from the purview of the e-Swathu 2.0 system.Sringeri MLA T D Rajegowda convinced the rural…
An Ajnara Homes resident who had taken a lift from the basement of L Tower was stuck inside the elevator on the fourth floor for over 20 minutes on Friday Noida: Two residents of Ajnara Homes in Greater Noida West were trapped in lifts of L tower within hours on Friday morning, days after 14…
Pune: The founder and a trustee of an animal rescue and shelter centre allegedly refused to return a woman’s seven dogs. Instead, the duo demanded Rs3.5 lakh from her to return them.Lohegaon police on Thursday registered a case against the duo under sections 314 (dishonest misappropriation of property) and 316 (criminal breach of trust) of…
Panaji: Panaji police registered two FIRs against Taleigao resident Ajit Shankhwalkar for cheating and forgery after a job scam surfaced at the excise department on Thursday. Manoj Talekar walked into the Panaji excise office claiming he had been appointed additional excise commissioner, carrying an appointment letter he had received from Shankhwalkar. Excise staff quickly realised…
Chandigarh: The Kalka Shatabdi, Jan Shatabdi from Chandigarh and Amritsar-Delhi Shatabdi are among 29 trains cancelled on Saturday, Oct 10, in view of the protest call by the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) in Delhi.The cancellations are applicable to Oct 10 only, according to information available from the railways. Several other trains originating from Amritsar, Sri…
