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Bokaro: Nine members of an alleged cybercriminal gang were arrested for duping people by posing as bank officials and travel agents, police said on Thursday. The accused were arrested in raids conducted in Sector-12 and Marafari police station limits. Of them, eight hail from different parts of Bihar, while one is from Bokaro.Bokaro SP Nathu Singh Meena said, “The accused used to contact people by pretending to be agents ofa travel bank employees and obtained their confidential details through deception. The investigation has revealed suspicious financial transactions in several bank accounts. Further action is being taken after placing those accounts…
T’puram: Museum police on Thursday arrested two men for allegedly molesting a woman who was having dinner at a roadside eatery near Sri Mulam Club at Vazhuthacaud on Tuesday night.The arrested have been identified as Vivek (28) of Rajaji Nagar and Arun Kumar (33) of Vattiyoorkavu. Police said Vivek is the prime accused, while Kumar allegedly helped him escape immediately after the incident.According to police, the incident occurred around 8.45pm. Vivek was travelling in an autorickshaw driven by Kumar when the vehicle allegedly brushed against another car in front of the eatery. As people gathered and discussed the minor accident,…
A file photograph of the College Square puja pandal Kolkata: BJP state president Samik Bhattacharya on Thursday urged party legislators to keep Durga Puja outside the ambit of politics, asking them not to use their political influence to take control of community pujas beyond their own constituencies.Speaking at the Khuti Puja of the College Square Sarbojanin Durga Puja on Thursday, Bhattacharya also declined the organisers’ proposal to make him the committee’s chairperson, saying he preferred to remain associated with the puja without holding any official position.Addressing the gathering, he said political change in the state has also affected community pujas.…
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Visual of collapsed Morandi Bridge in Genoa (Source: Reuters) An Italian court on Thursday convicted the former CEO of Italy’s main highway operator and 29 others in the 2018 Genoa highway bridge collapse that killed 43 people, a disaster that exposed serious lapses in the maintenance of Italian infrastructure.The former chief executive of highway operator Autostrade per l’Italia, Giovanni Castellucci, was sentenced to 12 years in prison, the highest in the case after four years of trial. Autostrade’s former head of maintenance, Michele Donferri Mitelli, received 11 years, while the former CEO of the SPEA engineering company, Antonino Galatà, received…
Mumbai: BJP MLA and the party’s Mumbai chief Ameet Satam, along with local residents, has opposed BMC’s plan to lease a 12-acre open space housing the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Sports Complex on Veera Desai Road in Andheri (W) for 10 years under the public-private-partnership (PPP) model to the Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal.According to BMC’s tender conditions, Kelavani Mandal will pay the BMC annual rent of around Rs 21 lakh, which will increase by 6% every year and share 50% of its revenue too. This is the first time BMC has leased an open space plot under a PPP model.…
Delhi Police apprehended a 37-year-old man for the murder of a three-year-old girl. He allegedly fired at officers during his arrest and was injured in the leg. NEW DELHI: Delhi Police have arrested a 37-year-old man for allegedly murdering a three-year-old girl whose body was recovered from a drain in Kapashera.Police said a missing complaint regarding the child was received at Kapashera police station on the evening of July 10, following which an FIR was registered under Section 137(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and an investigation was launched.During the intervening night of July 14 and 15, police received…
New Bridge Rises, Mangaluru’s Sultan Battery Awaits Revival For almost two-and-a-half centuries, Sultan Battery has watched over ships entering Mangaluru through the Phalguni River. Today, as a ₹64-crore bridge rises beside it and promises to transform connectivity across the waterway, the 18th-century watchtower faces a different challenge: neglect, poor visitor infrastructure and uncertainty over how its heritage value will be preserved amid rapid development.Stuck Between History And NeglectConstructed using black stone blocks, the watchtower features openings for cannons, and an underground chamber believed to have been used for storing gunpowder. Protected by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), the monument…
Hyderabad: Enforcement Directorate on Thursday took three key accused from Chanchalguda Central Prison into its custody for interrogation in the alleged Andhra Pradesh liquor syndicate and transportation contracts scam.Former AP State Beverages Corporation Limited (APSBCL) managing director Dontireddy Vasudeva Reddy, businessman Kessireddy Raja Shekhar Reddy and Karumuri Sunil Kumar, son of former Andhra Pradesh civil supplies minister Karumuri Nageswara Rao, were handed over to ED officials at around 10 am following separate orders issued by a Hyderabad sessions court.The three accused were questioned through the day and will remain in ED custody until July 18. The orders, passed on July…
Chennai-Bengaluru Expressway Chennai: The 263.4km Chennai-Bengaluru expressway is stuck in litigation over a 25-km stretch falling within Tamil Nadu. Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh have already made giant strides in construction of the highway in their respective territories.The 25km stretch from Arakkonam to Kancheepuram of the six-lane NE-7 has seen a mere 50% progress with the contractor going on an appeal against NHAI in Madras high court. Officials said the cases were over, and they were awaiting orders.The problem pertains to high costs of fly ash from Ennore Thermal Power Plant sold by cartels when, according to tenders, the contractor was…