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Lucknow: A Lucknow-based tech entrepreneur has lodged an FIR alleging that a man repeatedly posted abusive, threatening and defamatory content against him and his family on social media platforms.The FIR was registered at Gomtinagar police station on the complaint of Anvesh Tiwari (35), founder of a private technology company. Police booked Abhishek Singh, a resident of Ayodhya district, under provisions of the Information Technology Act.According to the complaint, Singh allegedly uploaded videos, posts and comments on Facebook and other social media platforms containing abusive language, threats and false allegations against Tiwari and his family.Tiwari claimed the posts damaged his personal…
Patna: Two youths died and three others sustained serious injuries after two speeding motorcycles collided head-on on the Dumri Ghat bridge under Chautham police station area of Khagaria district on Sunday night. The victims were returning with Gangajal from Aguwani Ganga Ghat for jalabhishek when the accident occurred.The deceased were identified as Suraj Kumar (25), son of Anil Yadav of Paura village, and Luv Kush Kumar (18), son of Ramadhar Singh of Kohwa Basa in Beldaur block.According to police, the two bikes, coming from opposite directions, collided on the bridge, killing both riders on the spot. Three others sustained serious…
Jaipur: Rajasthan health and medical education minister Gajendra Singh Khimsar Monday directed officials to begin the process for posting and paying 225 newly recruited Food Safety Officers after they protested over eight months of unpaid salaries and delayed field deployment.The officers, appointed to the Commissionerate of Food Safety and Drug Control to support the state’s “Shuddh Aahar–Milawat Par Vaar” anti-adulteration campaign, said they joined in Dec 2025 and completed departmental training in Jan 2026. They said they have not received even one month’s salary since recruitment.The FSOs submitted a memorandum at Khimsar’s Civil Lines residence and later staged a dharna…
Nagpur: The demolition of four illegal bridges over a natural nullah at Kachipura may have cleared one hurdle for Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC), but a larger encroachment battle awaits the civic body. Its long-pending action against 56 commercial establishments spread across nearly 19.82 hectares of PDKV land along Central Bazar Road includes shops, restaurants, garages, automobile workshops and event lawns.A senior Dharampeth Zone official told TOI that, apart from the High Court proceedings, two appeals related to the action are pending before Mantralaya. The civic body will proceed based on the outcome of the court case and the administrative appeals,…
Rajkot: Unlike the usual investigative pattern where police identify a murder victim before hunting for suspects, Morbi local crime branch (LCB) arrested six persons — including a local industrialist— for allegedly killing an unidentified man, whose naked body was found on April 8, on the outskirts of Samtherva village of Wankaner taluka.Despite extensive efforts analyzing CCTV footage, tracking vehicle movements and broadcasting appeals via social media, police have not been able to establish the victim’s identity. Human intelligence led investigators to bring in local businessman Sandeep Jhalariya and five others for interrogation. Jhalariya has a vitrified tiles factory.Morbi DSP Mukesh…
Ranchi supply circle achieved 97.57% billing coverage in July Ranchi: Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited (JBVNL) recorded its highest-ever billing efficiency in July, issuing electricity bills to 96.59% of its consumers, up 1.59 percentage points from the previous record of 95 in June.According to the discom’s data, bills were generated for 5,413,542 of the 5,604,917 registered consumers across the state. Hazaribag, Koderma, Ramgarh, Jamshedpur and Ranchi emerged as the five best-performing supply circles.Hazaribag topped the state with billing coverage of 99.26%, followed by Koderma at 99.13% and Ramgarh at 98.48%. Jamshedpur and Ranchi achieved coverage of 98.14% and 97.57%, respectively.…
Vadodara: Two men who allegedly escaped from police custody in the city 11 years ago have been re-arrested by the Crime Branch. The duo was accused of circulating counterfeit currency and a complaint was registered against them at Jawahar Nagar police station.The accused, Mohammed Haq and Mohammed Narul Sheikh, both hailing from West Bengal, were arrested in 2015. Haq escaped from police custody after allegedly pushing a guard on duty while they were being taken to West Bengal for investigations. According to police, Narul also escaped from the lock-up and both were on the run.Recently, police received information about the…
Gorakhpur: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will inaugurate the newly widened and strengthened Green City–Madhopur Bundh Road in Gorakhpur on Tuesday morning. The nearly two-kilometre road has been developed at rS 69.58 crore.The inauguration ceremony will be held near the National Highway junction. Following the inauguration, the CM will travel along the newly upgraded road to the venue of a public meeting at a ground near the Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) in Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Nagar.The road connects National Highway-24 (Sonauli–Nautanwa–Gorakhpur) with Madhopur Bundh via Green City and Patniya. The widening and strengthening project was executed by Construction Division-2 of…
LDF workers attacked the ED vehicle in front of the residence of leader of the opposition Pinarayi Vijayan on May 27 Thiruvananthapuram: One more accused has been arrested in the case relating to the attack on an Enforcement Directorate (ED) vehicle at the Thiruvananthapuram residence of leader of the opposition Pinarayi Vijayan on May 27. The arrested has been identified as Adarsh, the 27th accused in the case, who had allegedly fled abroad after the incident.Adarsh, an SFI activist, was detained by the airport authorities and police on his arrival at Chennai International Airport on Monday morning. Police had earlier…
Kolkata Municipal Corporation Kolkata: Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has resumed the process of issuing death certificates, revoking a verbal order that suspended the signing authority of sub-registrars, bringing relief to at least 4,000 bereaved families by crematorium figures alone. The state had kept the process of issuing death certificates from crematoriums and burial grounds suspended for 15 days.While giving back signing authority to sub-registrars, KMC on Monday also set up an infrastructure for clearing pending birth certificate applications. However, signing authority has not been given back to contractual sub-registrars. The state govt’s portal for birth and death certificates has been…