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Hyderabad: The Enforcement Directorate has summoned IAS officer Amoy Kumar in connection with a land case in Hyderabad and asked him to appear before it on May 25. ED sources said the joint collector and the sub-registrar linked to the case were also summoned.The agency said this is a separate ECIR in which Amoy Kumar is being examined over alleged land transactions. Earlier, he was summoned by the ED in connection with the Bhoodan land case as well.Sources said Kumar was earlier questioned for seven hours in connection with a land dispute case in Maheswaram. Kumar, currently serving in the…

Chennai City Police Commissioner A. Amalraj, a 1996-batch IPS officer who recently assumed office, stated that controlling rowdyism and ensuring swift action in crimes against women and children would be among his key priorities in the city.Chennai City Police Commissioner A. Amalraj, a 1996-batch IPS officer who recently assumed office, stated that controlling rowdyism and ensuring swift action in crimes against women and children would be among his key priorities in the city.Chennai City Police Commissioner A. Amalraj, a 1996-batch IPS officer who recently assumed office, stated that controlling rowdyism and ensuring swift action in crimes against women and children…

An Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner, flight AI-171, carrying 242 passengers and crew members en route from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick, crashed shortly after takeoff on June 12, 2025, after the pilot issued a mayday call to air traffic control Ahmedabad: Responding to a letter from a Surat resident seeking black box data of the ill-fated AI-171 aircraft, the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) India has stated that the data cannot be provided, and the final report will be published “as soon as the investigation is completed and accepted for publication”.The letter signed by K Ramesh Babu, director of AAIB,…

Rourkela: A retired panchayat secretary has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years of rigorous imprisonment by special judge, Vigilance, Sundargarh, on Friday for misappropriating cash and rice worth Rs 42,777, 22 years ago. The judge also imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 on Alexander Ekka (66), the former panchayat secretary of Jodakudar gram panchayat under Lathikata block in Sundargarh district, failing which he will have to undergo an additional four months of rigorous imprisonment.The court also directed that the period already undergone by the convict as an undertrial be set off under Section 428 of the CrPC. He, however, was released…

Mangal Prajapati was riding back towards Sampka with his younger brother Rohit after stepping out for personal work when a bus approached from the Pataudi side at high speed, allegedly on the wrong side of the road Gurgaon: A solar panel maintenance worker died in a late-night collision on Gurgaon-Pataudi road after a bus allegedly entered the wrong carriageway and slammed into the motorcycle he was riding near Sampka village in Pataudi.The crash took place around 10.30pm on Thursday in front of Hafele India Private Limited warehouse. Police said Mangal Prajapati (35) was riding back towards Sampka with his younger…

Silchar: Cachar police seized a consignment of banned cough syrup valued around Rs 2 crore during a checking operation on NH-27 near Puticherra toll gate under Barkhola police station on Thursday night, reports BB Goswami.Police intercepted a six-wheeler truck and searched it, leading to the recovery of 21,600 bottles of codeine phosphate syrup packed in 144 cartons. Two mobile phones were also seized.According to police, the contraband was allegedly being smuggled from West Bengal to Tripura. Cachar DSP (border) Rimank Baruah said investigation suggests the consignment was meant for illegal trafficking. Truck driver, identified as Mithun Sarkar alias Motin Sarkar,…

Kanpur: Harshwardhan’s second back-to-back century empowered Green Park hostel beat National Club by a big margin of 159 runs in KDMA league match played here at Green Park on Friday. Earlier, he had scored 143 in a match against Ashoka Jyoti on May 14.Green Park hostel, batting first, scored 277 runs with the help of Harshwardhan’s fine knock of 117 runs. National Club in reply could collect 118 runs.In anotyer match, Khandekar Cricket Academy outplayed Tarun Club by 45 runs at PAC ground. For Khandekar Academy, Saurabh Sikarwar scored 119 runs. Tarun Club could collect 2 for 272 in 30…

Estimated 20 lakh households are being covered Noida/Ghaziabad: The door-to-door house listing and housing Census exercise began across Ghaziabad and Gautam Budh Nagar — covering estimated 20 lakh households — on Friday.Braving a blazing heat — temperatures hovered at 44 degrees Celsius — more than 13,000 enumerators fanned out across residential colonies and villages to carry out their duties for Census-2027.The exercise involves door-to-door collection of details related to houses, household amenities and occupancy status as part of the first phase.In Ghaziabad, the district has been divided into 7,848 house-listing blocks, with an estimated 11.77 lakh houses to be covered.…

Pune: Maval MP Shrirang Barne has written to chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and deputy CM Eknath Shinde, demanding an all-party meeting to resolve the long-standing deadlock over the Pavana closed water pipeline project. The project has remained stalled since 2011 following violent protests by farmers.In his letter, Barne raised serious concerns regarding the quality of drinking water currently supplied to Pimpri Chinchwad from the Pavana river. He alleged that the river, a primary water source for the city, is being heavily polluted by untreated sewage, industrial chemical waste, and even animal remains.“Laboratory reports have confirmed that the river water is…

Vasco: Mormugao municipal council (MMC) has decided to impose strict ban on the sale of wholesale fish in Vasco city and have issued further necessary directions to all the concerned authorities to impound vehicles which are found in the illegal trade.A joint site inspection of entire Khariawada belt was conducted by the municipal authorities involving its chairperson Girish Borkar, along with govt authorities such as deputy collector and sub divisional magistrate Mormugao Pratap Gaonkar, Mormugao mamlatdar Pravinjay Pandit, chief officer Siddhivinayak Naik, Vasco police inspector Vaibhav Naik and others on Friday .”The municipal council has already notified Baina and Vasco…