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The prime suspect in a brutal murder of a young man at Powai was arrested from Uttar Pradesh where he was hiding after changing his appearance Mumbai: The prime suspect in the brutal murder of a young man at Powai was arrested in Uttar Pradesh, where he was hiding after changing his appearance. His associate is wanted in the case.On May 25, police had found the dead body of an unknown person, subsequently identified as Yusuf, at Tunga Village in Powai. He had a stab wound on his chest, caused by a sharp object.Police registered a murder case and formed…
New Delhi: Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) plans to set up the capital’s first organised street food hubs across multiple zones.Designed to blend Delhi’s vibrant street food culture and regional culinary heritage with modern civic facilities, the proposed hubs will offer non-permanent vending spaces, have hygienic infrastructure, adequate lighting, waste management facilities and evening food zones — on the lines of food parks in Indore and Surat.The proposed hubs are being planned at locations with adequate public footfall and operational feasibility. Six places have been identified, including an MCD market near the NDRF camp in South Zone’s Vasant Vihar, at…
Bengaluru: Karnataka high court has granted bail to a radiologist from KR Pete in Mandya district who was booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act, following an inspection conducted by Lokayukta at various scanning centres on April 17, 2026.The petitioner was arrested and arraigned as co-accused for his failure to comply with the mandatory duty of reporting the offence as provided under Section 19 of Pocso Act.The allegation against the petitioner is that a scanning procedure was conducted on a girl under the age of 18 at his centre. On May 8, a special court refused…
Chennai: A 40-year-old man, who stalked and harassed a woman IT employee in Chennai, was arrested on Wednesday. Police also seized the two-wheeler and mobile phone of the culprit.Police said Babu of Tiruvannamalai, currently residing at Perungudi, worked as a rider for a private ride-hailing application in Chennai.A 26-year-old woman staying at a private women’s hostel in Thoraipakkam lodged a complaint stating that in the early hours of May 22, an unidentified man wearing a helmet followed her on a two-wheeler on Pillaiyar Kovil Street in Thoraipakkam, displayed obscene images on his mobile phone, and behaved inappropriately. She said he…
Ahmedabad: A coal trader on Thursday lodged a complaint with Vastrapur police alleging that he was cheated of more than Rs 64 lakh in a series of business dealings spanning over two-and-a-half years.According to the complainant — a resident of Bodakdev and a partner in a coal trading firm — the alleged fraud was carried out by a broker and four business associates between Dec 2022 and July 2025.Police said the complainant came in contact with a Kutch-based coal broker through a common acquaintance in 2022. The broker allegedly presented himself as an experienced intermediary in the coal trade and…
Rourkela: Test report of the rectal swab and water samples collected from Nuadihi village in Hemgir block of Sundargarh district has revealed presence of E Coli bacteria, known to cause diarrhoea. Four persons, including two from Jharsuguda district, died and a large number of people had fallen ill due to suspected food poisoning.Although cases are decreasing, six persons are still undergoing treatment and two are under observation in the village.Sources said residents of Nuadihi and nearby Jharsuguda villages had attended a post-funeral feast on May 21. From May 22, several of them complained of vomiting, diarrhoea and stomach pain. In…
Rohit suffered a fracture in his right leg, while Hitesh sustained injuries to his waist and shoulder Gurgaon: A man allegedly rammed his SUV into a property office in Palwal at 10.30 pm on Friday last week, injuring three people.According to a complaint filed by Rohit, one of the injured, the incident occurred near an Eicher agency in Kushlipur. Rohit was inside the office with his associate Hitesh and two others when the accused, Narendra Kundu, a resident of Devnagar, allegedly drove his vehicle at high speed straight into the office.Rohit suffered a fracture in his right leg, while Hitesh…
Ludhiana: As retail fuel prices surge, petrol pump owners report a financial crisis driven by stagnant dealer commissions and ballooning operational overheads. Dealers warn that while they must invest significantly more working capital to maintain stocks at current high prices, their profit margins have failed to keep pace with the rising costs of electricity, staff salaries, and general maintenance.Chairman of the Petroleum Pump Dealers Association, Ashok Sachdeva, emphasised that the sharp increase in fuel rates necessitates a proportional rise in commissions to cover the heavier investment burden. Dealers currently receive approximately Rs 3.8 per litre for petrol and Rs 2.4…
The fire broke out at Gaur Biz Business Park Ghaziabad: A fire suspected to have been triggered by a short circuit tore through a section of Gaur Biz business park in Indirapuram late on Wednesday, blackening parts of the commercial complex and damaging a flat in adjoining Gaur Green Avenue — the same residential cluster where a major blaze had ripped through multiple homes on April 28.The fire, reported at 11.52pm, began in the building’s basement meter room and raced upward through electrical wiring and wooden panelling, sending flames and smoke up to the top floors and sparking panic across…
A rescue team rappels down the gorge in Lonavla Pune: A 49-year-old Subedar posted at INS Shivaji in Lonavla died after falling into a 400ft-deep valley at Lion’s Point, about 70km from Pune, on Thursday afternoon.Members of rescue teams Shivdurga Mitra, Lonavla and Wanyajeev Rakshak, Maval, retrieved the body from the valley in the evening.Inspector Dinesh Tayade of the Lonavla Rural police told TOI that on Thursday afternoon, the victim, Rakesh Kumar Mishra, who hailed from Mangolpuri in New Delhi, and his colleague had gone to Lion’s Point and were sitting near the valley. Mishra’s son and friend had planned…