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JAMSHEDPUR: Six men were arrested with arms and ammunition in Jharkhand’s Jamshedpur for allegedly opening fire at a garment showroom over a ransom demand, police said on Wednesday.According to police, the incident took place on May 15 when five armed men travelling in a car allegedly fired at a garment showroom in the Town Council market area of Jugsalai after their ransom demand was not met. The accused also allegedly carried out the attack to establish dominance in the area.Addressing a press conference, SP (City) Lalit Meena said a case was registered on May 17 under relevant sections of the…

Kolkata/Falta: For an assembly constituency that has long been a fortress for Trinamool, Falta is arriving at Thursday’s repoll amid dramatically altered circumstances. On Tuesday, Trinamool candidate Jahangir Khan announced that he would not contest the election. By Wednesday, party functionaries conceded that TMC — which secured a lead of nearly 1.6 lakh votes in the constituency during the Lok Sabha election — was unlikely to have enough polling agents.”Jahangir withdrew at the last hour. It is virtually impossible to make arrangements, especially at a time when several hundreds of our partymen are either under arrest with false cases or…

·       Takes stock of Jal Shakti Department preparedness for SANJY-202 Anantnag, May 20: Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Jal Shakti, Shaleen Kabra on Wednesday visited Anantnag and chaired a comprehensive review meeting with the concerned officers at DC Office to assess the progress of Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) and irrigation schemes in the district besides taking stock of the Jal Shakti Department’s preparedness for the ensuing Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra-2026. Deputy Commissioner, Dr. Bilal Mohiuddin Bhat, MD JJM, Director Planning, JSD, Chief Engineer, PHE/I&FC, Conservator of Forests South, ADC, CPO, Technical Officers, SE Hydraulics, Executive Engineers and Senior Officers of various engineering wings,…

NEW DELHI: Repolling in West Bengal’s Falta assembly constituency began on Thursday amid tight security, as the seat in South 24 Parganas district emerged as a political flashpoint between the ruling BJP and the ousted TMC.Falta, which falls within Abhishek Banerjee’s bastion of Diamond Harbour, reflected the intense on-ground political heat during the West Bengal Assembly polls. Apart from authorities finding attempts to tamper with footage captured by web cameras installed at several polling stations, allegations of EVM manipulation were reported at a Falta booth, eventually prompting the Election Commission to order repolling.Questions were subsequently raised over the role of…

By: Srimoyee Palit & Meghna RewachandMUMBAI: As bulldozers tore through the narrow lanes of Garib Nagar in Bandra East this week, hundreds of families watched decadesold homes crumble into heaps of concrete and twisted metal, their belongings piled onto tarpaulins under the harsh summer sun. As authorities cleared land for railway expansion and infrastructure integration, the drive left families, including newborns, the elderly and children, sitting on mats in sweltering heat with no food, water or shelter.Locals said that while some families had received prior notice to vacate, many claimed they were given insufficient time to relocate and that no…

New Delhi: On the iron bridge close to ITO, the missing railings unfold almost like a disappearing act in plain sight, spotlighting an eyesore on Delhi’s roads that simply refuses to go away.As vehicles move from ITO towards Vikas Marg, the bridge begins with four silver GI pipes lining the parapet above the Yamuna. Then the gaps begin. One pipe is missing. A little ahead, another has disappeared.Soon, entire stretches where metal once existed now stand empty. Towards the end of the bridge, all four pipes vanish at some spots, leaving behind rusted joints, exposed gaps and open views of…

Hyderabad: A 24-year-old city-based software engineer has filed a police complaint against her co-passenger, alleging that he inappropriately touched her during a recent flight from Guwahati to Hyderabad. Based on her complaint, the airport police have registered a criminal case and started a probe.The complainant boarded the flight from Guwahati at 8.45 pm on Monday. She alleged that during the three-hour journey, a male passenger seated next to her misbehaved with her. “He repeatedly spread his hands and legs into my space, causing discomfort. Initially, I believed the contact was accidental, but later he continued doing the same thing intentionally.…

Chennai: Velachery MLA R Kumar has asked GCC to withhold payment to a contractor after flagging quality defects during an inspection of a stormwater drain (SWD) work project in Jeevarathnam Nagar.When Kumar inspected a SWD site on Jeevarathnam Nagar Second Street on Monday, he came prepared with measuring tapes. The video, showed officials measuring the height of the drain which was above the road level. Kumar then told the contractor that the concrete density of the drain was supposed to be 0.175m but the side walls were found to be 0.155m and top slab was 0.160m “You are being paid…

Ahmedabad: A controversy has emerged at Gujarat University after temporary employees appointed on an 11-month contract were assigned census duties, raising questions over procedural violations and administrative pressure. The census exercise is set to begin across the state in the coming days, with responsibilities being allocated to regular staff, including govt employees, professors, and personnel from public institutions. While such duties are assigned to regular employees, sources said many of them reportedly refused to take up the work and insisted their names be withdrawn. So the university administration allegedly removed names of 40 such employees and forwarded the names of…

Cuttack: The East Zone Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has formed a joint committee to investigate allegations of environmental pollution and groundwater contamination caused by chromite mining operations in Odisha’s Jajpur district.The bench, comprising judicial member Arun Kumar Tyagi and expert member Ishwar Singh, directed the panel to inspect Sukarangi and South Kaliapani chromite mines under Sukinda tehsil and verify allegations of illegal and unscientific dumping of mining overburden by Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC).The order released online on Monday was passed on a petition filed by Kailash Chandra Nayak, who alleged that untreated run-off water from the mines…