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Vadodara: Tension prevailed on Madan Zampa Road in the old city on Monday night after two groups, from the same community, clashed over an old dispute. Members of both groups assaulted each other in the communally sensitive locality, prompting police to rush to the spot to bring the situation under control.Samir Elaichiwala lodged a complaint against three persons, alleging that he and his father were attacked with sticks by the accused. In a counter-complaint filed at Navapura police station, Tahir Hussain accused Elaichiwala and his father of assault. Source link
Varanasi: A 20-year-old and his juvenile aide were arrested after an exchange of fire with Bilariyaganj police personnel in Azamgarh district early Tuesday morning. The duo had snatched the purse of a woman who was commuting on an e-rickshaw on May 23. The 20-year-old accused was identified as Fuzail Ahmad.Azamgarh ASP (rural) Chirag Jain said that during night patrol, Bilariyaganj police were alerted and they cordoned off Naseerpur canal road to intercept the motorcycle-borne miscreants. On finding themselves encircled by policemen, they opened fire at the police team and tried to take a U-turn in a bid to flee but…
T’puram: A former executive engineer of harbour engineering department has been sentenced to five years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) and fined Rs 40,000 by vigilance court in Thiruvananthapuram for accepting a bribe from a contractor in connection with the release of a road work bill. The convicted officer, Dinesh Sankar, a native of Vanchiyoor, was serving as executive engineer of Vizhinjam harbour engineering sub-division at the time of the incident. According to vigilance and anti-corruption bureau (VACB), the case relates to a road concreting project undertaken in Anchuthengu grama panchayat during 2018-19. The contractor had completed the work worth Rs…
Darjeeling: The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has issued a warrant of arrest against Saurav Garg, director of M/s Longview Tea Estate in Pankhabari, Kurseong, over alleged non-payment of provident fund dues amounting to Rs 7.30 crore.The warrant, issued on May 19 by Ankit Srivastava, assistant provident fund commissioner and recovery officer, regional office Siliguri, was sent to the officer-in-charge of Kurseong police station under Section 8(B)(2) of the Employees’ Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952.Police were directed to arrest Garg and produce him before the recovery officer at Bhavishyanidhi Bhawan, Siliguri, “as soon as practicable and in any…
RK News Service Srinagar, May 26: Continuing its sustained crackdown against narcotics trafficking under the ongoing Nasha Mukt Jammu & Kashmir Abhiyan, Srinagar Police have attached an immovable property belonging to a notorious drug peddler in Anantnag district in connection with a narcotics case registered in Srinagar. “The attached property is a residential house belonging to Aamir Hassan Mir, son of Ghulam Hassan Mir, a resident of Bonpora Dupatyar, Bijbehara, constructed over land bearing Khasra No. 134 at Bonpora Dupatyar, Bijbehara, Anantnag, with an estimated market value of approximately Rs 1 crore,” a police spokesperson said in a statement issued…
NEW DELHI: Strongly disapproving of law students bunking class to roam around campus, Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed Delhi HC’s order which said no student could be prevented from taking exams on the grounds of lack of minimum attendance.While issuing notice on a batch of petitions filed by law colleges and Bar Council of India against the HC order, a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta said all National Law Universities were suffering because of low attendance.Posting the petitions for hearing on July 21, the bench said, “In the meantime, effect and operation of paragraph 249 of the…
Police said 58 boys and 109 girls were found to be trafficked between 2021 and April 2026 Mumbai: More girls were found to be trafficked than boys, as per Mumbai Government Railway Police (GRP) records, over the past five years. Police said 58 boys and 109 girls were found to be trafficked between 2021 and April 2026.The Anti-Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU) of the GRP registered 167 offences of trafficking of children in this period. Of these offences, 97% (162 cases) were solved by the AHTU. Five cases are still under investigation, while 34 cases are pending before courts after being…
New Delhi: Four persons, including a BCA student and two minors, have been nabbed for murdering a 60-year-old security guard by thrashing him with a stick and then running him over twice with an SUV in west Delhi’s Peeragarhi, over a month-old personal grudge.Two of the arrested accused have been identified as Vinay, 22, a resident of Bahadurgarh who is the BCA student, and Ayush Chauhan (18) from Najafgarh.Police said the guard, Bijender (60), worked at a tempo stand near the entry gate of Peeragarhi village. The incident was earlier reported as an accident but CCTV footage showed that one…
Bengaluru: Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) has decided not to invite new applications for nursing colleges for academic year 2026-27. However, the university will process the pending 130 applications for new colleges filed for 2025-26.Last year, the file for 130 nursing colleges was not processed. Of these, around 70 colleges are likely to be eligible. These applications will have to be checked by various bodies like academic council and senate before the final decision. No new applications will be entertained, said RGUHS vice-chancellor Bhagavan BC. “The seat matrix for nursing seats has been sent. The new additions will…
Hyderabad: For years, stubble burning has largely been associated with Punjab and other northern states, where the practice has triggered severe air pollution in Delhi and nearby states, and sparked a national debate. Now, Telangana is beginning to see early signs of a similar trend, prompting the state govt to crack down before it turns into a larger environmental challenge.Concerned over the recent rise in crop residue burning in several districts and human fatalities, the Telangana govt has decided to use satellite imagery to identify farmers setting fire to crop waste. Those found violating norms will face cases under National…