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GURGAON: A contractor has alleged that more than 30 men arrived at his work site in a convoy of around 20 vehicles, threatened to kill him, and demanded protection money in the name of jailed gangster Kaushal Chaudhary to allow him to continue his work. Police have launched an investigation after the victim lodged a complaint at Rajendra Park police station. The contractor has also sought security for himself and his family. According to the complaint, the men, led by Davinder alias Sukku, Dinesh Dahiya, and others, reached the site on Wednesday afternoon and told him he would have to…

Itanagar: Surface connectivity to the strategically vital border outpost of Damin-Huri in Kurung Kumey district of Arunachal Pradesh was restored on Wednesday, less than 48 hours after a flash flood washed away a key bridge, an official report said.The incident occurred on July 13, leaving the frontier area cut off and disrupting the movement of residents, essential supplies and security personnel.The Kurung Kumey district administration, led by Deputy Commissioner Cheechung Chukhu, launched an emergency restoration operation in coordination with the 85 Road Construction Company of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO).Despite torrential rain, difficult terrain and adverse weather, engineering teams and…

Times News NetworkKanpur: Police arrested an absconding criminal after an encounter in the Chakeri police station area of the city late Tuesday night.Police said the miscreant opened fire but no one was injured. They said they cordoned off the area, arrested the accused and questioned him in custody.The accused was absconding and continuously evading the police. On Tuesday night, police traced his mobile location near Uttam ITI in Sanigawan, following which the Chakeri police team laid a cordon at the spot. When they tried to stop him, the accused attempted to flee at high speed on his Bullet bike, the…

LUDHIANA: A three-year-old boy who had toddled along with his mother to see off his elder sister to school, died after being mowed down by the same bus on the outskirts of Ludhiana on Wednesday morning.Samardeep Singh died on the spot. The 20-year-old bus driver tried to escape but was chased down by locals who handed him over to police. There was no attendant on the bus, a violation of Safe School Vahan policy, leading police to register an FIR against driver Navdeep Singh and management of BITS International Convent School.Samardeep’s mother accompanies their daughter Ramandeep to the bus pick-up…

Alok Kumar, chairman of YEIDA, chairs board meeting on Wednesday Noida: Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) in its 91st board meeting has accepted the International Trade City proposal. It is being planned along the lines of China’s Yiwu International Trade City, the world’s largest wholesale market for small commodities. It serves as a global trading hub where manufacturers and trading companies sell products in bulk to buyers from across the world.The Authority had hired Ernst & Young as a consultant to conduct a study for the Trade City proposal. The study found that India’s exports are highly diversified. Uttar…

(L) Ketan Agarwal (C) Siya Goyal and Chetan Chaudhary (R) PUNE: Police investigating the murder of Pune realtor Ketan Agarwal have visited a temple in Rajasthan to verify reports that the two accused, Siya Goyal and Chetan Chaudhary, secretly married there. Separately, Maharashtra’s food regulator has ordered the closure of a spice and dry fruits shop run by Goyal’s family over alleged violations of food safety norms. The two developments come as both accused remain in judicial custody in Yerawada Central Jail in connection with Agarwal’s murder. A team of the Pune Rural Police visited the Khatu Shyam Temple in…

ustice Neela Gokhale held that the magistrate had failed to consider the relevant provisions of the NDPS Act and applicable Supreme Court judgments while granting bail Panaji: The Bombay high court on Wednesday set aside a judicial magistrate first class (JMFC) order granting bail to Israeli national David Driham, alias Dudu, on the day of his arrest in a cocaine seizure case last year. However, considering that he has remained on bail for over a year and has cooperated with the investigation, the court allowed him to continue on bail under stricter conditions.The narcotics control bureau (NCB) registered a case…

Chandigarh: Supporters of former chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Wednesday stepped up their social media campaign amid the Punjab Congress leadership crisis, with several party functionaries sharing posts carrying the slogan “Saara Punjab Channi De Naal”, even as Punjab affairs in-charge Bhupesh Baghel submitted his report on the state unit to the Congress high command.Several Congress functionaries, including Bharat Bhushan Ashu, Brinder Dhillon, Smit Singh Maan and Isherpreet Singh Sidhu, shared photographs with Channi carrying the slogan on their social media accounts.The campaign coincided with Baghel’s meeting with Congress general secretary (organisation) K C Venugopal in New Delhi, where…

From the age of 13, Rahul won top honours at the India International Science Festival for three consecutive years with innovations including a roti-making machine, a battery-powered bicycle and an eco-friendly tractor. LUCKNOW: The family of 22-year-old innovator Rahul Singh, who was found dead in a Gomti Nagar hotel, has alleged that he had been receiving death threats over a Rs 62-lakh drone project. They have appealed to PM Narendra Modi and CM Yogi Adityanath for justice.Rahul’s younger brother Rohit alleged that a Noida-based man had been threatening his brother after a dispute over the project. According to the family,…

Patna: The headquarters team of the Vigilance Investigation Bureau (VIB) on Wednesday arrested Jitendra Kumar, panchayat rozgar sevak of Sirajabad panchayat in Sakra block of Muzaffarpur district, while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs20,000. He was arrested at a shopping mart near Subha Chowk under Sakra police station limits.According to the VIB, the accused had allegedly demanded the bribe for facilitating MGNREGA-related work in the complainant’s ward.The bureau said Aditya Kumar, a resident of Sirajabad under Sakra police station area and the ward member of Ward No. 11, lodged a complaint at the VIB headquarters in Patna on July 14,…