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A remand prisoner who fled from custody when he was taken to Gandhi Hospital for medical examination on Sunday was arrested by the Chilkalguda police on Tuesday. Hyderabad: A remand prisoner who fled from custody when he was taken to Gandhi Hospital for medical examination on Sunday was arrested by the Chilkalguda police on Tuesday.The accused, Syed Ameer Hussain, from Bowenpally, was arrested on May 19 by Trimulgherry police in a mobile phone-snatching case and remanded to judicial custody.While he was lodged at Chanchalguda prison, on Sunday, Hussain swallowed five iron nails, and at around 1 pm, he was shifted…

Chennai: Union minister of state for home affairs Nityanand Rai said the Centre did not receive any memorandum from the Tamil Nadu govt seeking financial assistance for the Ditwah cyclone that hit the state in 2025.Rai made the remark in a recent letter written in Tamil to Sudha R, who had raised the issue during the Lok Sabha’s Zero Hour session on Dec 11, 2025, urging the Union govt to extend relief support to Tamil Nadu.In his response, Rai stated that for the financial year 2025-26, Tamil Nadu had been allocated ₹1,322.40crore under the SDRF, including the Centre’s share of…

The accused in custody on Tuesday. The crackdown followed a tip-off received by Gujarat ATS on May 25 Ahmedabad: A scrap warehouse in Gujarat’s Valsad district was allegedly being used as a covert drug manufacturing unit where banned mephedrone (MD) was processed into high-grade powder before being distributed to buyers, officials from the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) and the Valsad district Special Operations Group (SOG) said on Tuesday.In a joint operation under “Operation Clean”, the ATS and SOG raided a godown in the Sarigam area of Vapi taluka and seized narcotics, chemicals and manufacturing equipment valued at over Rs 1…

Bhubaneswar: A day after meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss Odisha’s development, chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Tuesday held talks with BJP president Nitin Nabin in New Delhi.“Discussed organisational issues and Odisha’s holistic development. Grateful for his continued support and guidance,” Majhi posted on X after the meeting.It was Majhi’s second meeting with party’s national president in two weeks after Nabin attended the BJP’s core committee meeting and interacted with state’s council of ministers, MPs and MLAs during his visit to Odisha, earlier this month.Ahead of completing two years in office, Majhi, along with state BJP president Manmohan…

Guwahati: The mastermind behind Nagaon’s Morikolong dacoity, which happened in April, was shot dead during an encounter with officers from Nagaon police station during early hours of Tuesday.The deceased, identified as Khairul Ali alias Moni, hails from Lakhimpur district and was staying at a Nagaon hotel to carry out another dacoity. Police said the encounter happened in the district’s Barkandoli village.“We received inputs about a planned dacoity attempt. When we arrived at the spot, the gang members opened fire at us. It was dark, and we could not make out how many of them were there. The officers retaliated in…

Kanpur: Residents across the Kanpur division are likely to face another day of scorching heat on Wednesday, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasting severe heatwave conditions in all districts over the next 24 hours.According to the IMD, the weather will remain completely dry under clear skies, with no chances of rainfall or cloud cover. Day temperatures are expected to range between 43°C and 46°C, making afternoon hours extremely uncomfortable.The department warned that intense heat and harsh sunlight between 12 noon and 4 pm could severely affect normal life. Night and early morning temperatures are also expected to stay high,…

The restructured and newly created shops will be up for auction in the fifth e-lottery round on May 29 After failing to attract bidders for four unsold liquor vends, including three model shops and one country liquor shop, since the fourth phase of the excise e-lottery on April 9, the excise department has restructured the outlets into 11 shops, adding seven new vends to reduce the licence fee burden on the existing four.Officials said the district had struggled to find takers for the model shops, which carried annual licence fee liabilities of Rs 2.2 crore. The restructured and newly created…

Officials say registered online agreements offer stronger legal validity and are automatically integrated with police records Pune: The registration department has urged property owners to execute registered leave-and-licence agreements rather than rely on notarised rent pacts, cautioning that unregistered agreements could lead to legal and procedural complications, especially during police verification and tenancy disputes.Officials said registered online agreements offered stronger legal validity and were automatically integrated with police records through the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS). “Once a leave-and-licence agreement is registered online, tenant information is automatically shared with the police department. Property owners do not need…

Shimla: The Shimla district administration on Tuesday suspended four polling officials for alleged negligence during the panchayati raj institution elections after a serious procedural lapse was reported at a polling station in Rampur subdivision.The suspended officials include the presiding officer and three polling officers. The action was taken by district election officer and deputy commissioner Anupam Kashyap against the entire polling party deployed at Brandli-1 polling station in gram panchayat Narain. During polling, the NOTA rubber stamp was mistakenly left inside the voting compartment along with the authorised arrow-cross seal. The issue surfaced after a voter reportedly stamped NOTA instead…

Lucknow: A 36-year-old service manager died after being struck on the head by a sack of construction debris allegedly thrown from the second floor of a hotel in Lucknow on Tuesday morning, police said. The incident occurred around 8 am in Vasundhara Vihar locality of Naubasta Kala under Chinhat police station limits.The deceased was identified as Anoop Kumar Singh, a resident of Kundouli village in Deoria district, employed as a service manager at a Maruti showroom near IT Chauraha. Police and family members said Singh was walking to work when he passed a hotel owned by Vishal Tiwari, where labourers…