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Kolkata: Sabita Kamila (65) from West Bengal’s Gosaba town set out on a spiritual trip to Puri for Rath Yatra with a group of 12 people, including her daughter’s family of five, with no inkling how her trip would quickly turn into a nightmare.“We reached Grand Road around 3.30 pm on Thursday amid a huge sea of devotees. After waiting for around 90 minutes, the moment came when the chariots would start rolling with the pulling of ropes attached to them. As the yatra started, the crowd surged, and suddenly there was chaos all around,” recalled Dhiman Mondal, her son-in-law.With…

Dhubri: Police seized 600 Yaba tablets during a raid on NS Road in Dhubri on Thursday night and arrested four persons in connection with the seizure.A joint team of the District Crime Unit and Dhubri Police made the arrests during a raid at a house in Dhubri.The accused were identified as Noor Khan of NS Road, Dhubri; Saiful Islam of Birsing Char Part-II; Jahangir Alom of Ward 12, Gauripur Town; and Monisur Islam of Ward 12, Gauripur.Police said the seized Yaba tablets weighed about 66g. A bottle of cough syrup, three mobile phones and two motorcycles were also seized.A case…

Kanpur: Police on Friday arrested a man for allegedly attempting to rape his 15-year-old daughter in an intoxicated state in a colony in Naubasta.According to police, the victim’s mother was away when the incident took place.The girl alleged that her father came home in a drunk state, and began molesting her. She said that when she resisted, he caught hold of her and tried to rape her after which she started screaming.Hearing the girl’s cries, the women living in the colony rushed inside the house, and rescued the teenager from the man’s clutches.Police reached the spot and took the father…

The demand for bitumen is expected to be high for the civic areas in the days to come, with PMC poised to lay around 135-km-long roads for an international cycling event, apart from completing regular road repairs and restoration Pune: Escalating bitumen costs have triggered a severe hot-mix shortage in Pune amid surging global crude oil prices driven by geopolitical tensions. The supply crunch has crippled the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC)’s Yerawada plant and was adversely impacting pothole restoration.Civic officials said the PMC sources asphalt from Mumbai. However, due to a shortage, the civic body has been forced to order…

Times News NetworkPanaji: The cybercrime cell of the Goa police on Friday busted a fake call centre operating in South Goa and arrested six persons. The call centre was cheating US nationals on the pretext of providing loans and money.Cybercrime SP Raji Raut Dessai said the call centre was allegedly run by Visvadipsinh Harisingh Jadav (29), a resident of Bhavnagar, Gujarat, along with five staff members: Vishal Singh (24) of Sirohi, Rajasthan; Himanshu Prajapati (19) and Dhanraj Valera (24) of Ahmedabad, Gujarat; and Trushit Sawant (39) and Mayur Sawant (36) of Raigarh, Maharashtra.Police said the accused persons allegedly impersonated loan…

CHANDIGARH: In a major international operation, two notorious gangsters have been arrested in the African nation of Angola following a coordinated effort by the Punjab and Haryana Police along with central intelligence agencies.The successful crackdown on foreign soil was initiated based on crucial intelligence provided by the intelligence agencies, Haryana Special Task Force (STF) and the CBI.The arrested fugitives have been identified as Varinder, alias Joban Saidoke, and Manjot. Varinder was a highly sought-after criminal in Punjab, wanted in connection with four sensational murder cases.Recognizing the severity of his crimes, the Punjab government had previously announced a reward of Rs…

Lucknow: Senior divisional security commissioner (RPF), Agra division, P Rajmohan, was on Thursday transferred to the Northeast Frontier Railway, a day after his press-conference on the Agra Cantt railway station controversy.The transfer comes amid an ongoing inquiry into the Jul 12 incident in which four RPF personnel were suspended and later booked by the GRP for allegedly assaulting deputy station superintendent operating (dy SSO) Narendra Singh Chahar. The confrontation erupted after the unscheduled halt of Hirakud Express (20808) shortly after its scheduled departure from Agra Cantt station.Sources said Rajmohan was not authorised to address the media.The RPF personnel include assistant…

Patna: Chief minister Samrat Choudhary on Friday flagged off 48 buses, 30 four-wheelers and six ambulances for the use of Bihar Police and said the new vehicles would further strengthen crime control, quick action in emergency situations and public safety.Accompanied by deputy chief minister Bijendra Prasad Yadav, Choudhary flagged off the new vehicles from a specially-built podium in front of ‘Samvad’ Hall, located at the chief minister’s secretariat here.In a statement, the chief minister said the availability of these police vehicles would further enhance the operational capacity and efficiency of policing in the state. It would also provide greater convenience…

Jaipur: Jaipur Development Authority’s (JDA) decision to make rectification of setback violations mandatory before approving residential-to-commercial conversions has led to a sharp fall in approvals.Officials said more than 80% of conversion applications remained pending over the past six to seven months because the properties had setback violations requiring regularisation. More than 90% of these applications were eventually rejected after applicants showed no interest in rectifying the violations.“At present, around 15 applications are on hold because of setback violations. Under the new rule, applicants will not get approval unless they regularise these violations,” a JDA official said.Earlier, the authority granted conditional…

Nagpur: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has informed the Nagpur bench of the Bombay high court that it has approached IIT Bombay to conduct an independent technical audit of the quality of the city’s cement concrete roads. It contended that there is no need to appoint a separate private expert committee as sought in a PIL.The submission was made on Thursday before the bench hearing a PIL filed by Rajiv Jagtap, president of Janmanch, seeking an independent assessment of the quality of cement roads constructed across the city.Chief engineer Leena Upadhye filed an affidavit that stated that a govt resolution…