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Ghaziabad: A resident of Teela Mor has alleged four men snatched his bike after claiming that he had defaulted in loan repayment although he had paid the amount in full.The incident took place on April 30. An FIR was registered against unknown persons after a recent court order. ACP (Sahibabad) Amit Saxena said police are investigating if the accused posed as recovery agents.The victim, Mohan Kumar, who works in a private company, said he bought his bike on an EMI payment system in 2019. He said he had repaid the amount in full since then.A senior officer said Kumar told…
Pune: A 25-year-old woman was killed after a minibus hit her scooter from behind at Yamunanagar in Nigdi on Tuesday afternoon. She was on her way to work when the accident occurred.Nigdi police identified the deceased as Shraddha Rajaram Mane, a resident of Nigdi and a native of Karad taluka in Satara district. She had completed her MSc and was working at a private research firm in Nigdi. A case has been registered against the minibus driver for causing death by negligence.A police officer said, “At around 12.30pm on Tuesday, Mane was riding her scooter towards her workplace when a…
Panaji: The Bombay high court on Thursday ordered the release of three life convicts — Rohan Dhungat, Shankar Tiwari and Ryan Pinto — in the 2006 kidnapping and murder of Mandar Surlakar, after the Sentence Review Board recommended their premature release on completion of 14 years of actual imprisonment.The court quashed state govt’s order rejecting their premature release despite a recommendation in their favour by the Sentence Review Board. It also rejected a plea by the victim’s father opposing their release. The court directed that, after release, the three must report to the local police station once a month for…
People walk under umbrellas amid heavy monsoon showers, in Shimla on Thursday Kullu: Weak monsoon activity is likely to continue over Himachal Pradesh with the weather department forecasting only isolated spells of heavy rain in few districts over the next four days even as the state has recorded a 19% rainfall deficit during the first week of August.According to the meteorological centre, Shimla, parts of Bilaspur district are likely to receive moderate to heavy rain on August 7; Kangra district from August 7-10; Kullu, Shimla, Solan, Kinnaur on August 10; and Sirmaur on August 8, 9 and 10.The Met has…
Seized bottles of counterfeit branded whisky meant for supply to Bihar Lucknow: In a joint operation with the excise department and the southern zone surveillance cell, Lucknow police busted an illegal liquor manufacturing and smuggling racket operating from a rented house in PGI area and arrested a man with 1,346 quarter bottles of counterfeit branded whisky allegedly meant for supply to Bihar.Accused Anil Verma (36) of Azad Nagar in Krishna Nagar was arrested during a raid at a house in Sector 10-C, Vrindavan Yojana. His associate Vimal Yadav of Azamgarh is absconding.Police said teams were conducting checks near the Sector-8…
Patna: CPI(ML) general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya on Thursday accused the Centre and the Bihar govt of using repressive measures to suppress student protests instead of addressing their demands.Addressing a public meeting at Paliganj in Patna district, Bhattacharya alleged that the govts wanted to prevent the emergence of student leadership. “Earlier, student movements produced leaders. Today, governments want to ensure that no student leaders emerge so that the voice of the poor and common people is not heard,” he said.The Paliganj assembly constituency is represented by CPI(ML) MLA Sandeep Saurabh, who was arrested ahead of the Bihar Bandh on July 25…
Jodhpur: Rajasthan High Court has allowed long-settled residents of Gawar village near Kumbhalgarh Fort to repair existing homes and add rooms over old structures, but barred any new construction on fresh foundations in the protected heritage zone.A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma and Justice Sanjeet Purohit passed the order Tuesday while disposing of a PIL filed in 2021 by 60 villagers of Gawar in Rajsamand district.The petitioners said they had held ‘khatedari’ land since settlement but were being denied permission to repair or expand their houses to accommodate growing families.The court noted that the Archaeological Survey…
Nagpur: More than a month before Ganesh Chaturthi, Bappa’s idols are taking shape in narrow lanes of Chitar Oli. From towering idols for mandals to smaller clay idols for installation at homes, workshops across Nagpur’s centuries-old artisan quarter are buzzing with activity.When TOI spoke to sculptors and workers to understand the trend and preparations, they said idol prices are likely to increase by up to 20% due to a jump in the cost of clay, tin, decorative material and labour.Believed to have been established over 300 years ago during the reign of Raghuji Raje Bhonsle, Chitar Oli derives its name…
The waiter hailed from Nepal Rajkot: What began as an investigation into an assault by an employer after a man asked for unpaid wages for the past four months, may lead to murder charges after a 50-year-old Nepalese worker died at Rajkot Civil Hospital on Thursday.Gumansingh Thakur had been employed for several years as a waiter and kitchen assistant at Ronak Hotel near Mansarovar Park, Aji Dam Chowkdi.According to police, around 12.30am on July 22, Thakur asked to be paid his dues for the past four months. The proprietor of the establishment, Karan Mahatra, flew into a rage and summoned…
Ranchi: The Jharkhand high court on Thursday verbally observed that the post of chairman of the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) cannot be left vacant.Hearing a petition for filling up empty posts in the forest department, a division bench of Chief Justice MS Sonak and Justice Rajesh Shankar observed that the post of chairman of the JPSC is a constitutional post which cannot be left vacant for long.The post of the JPSC chairman has been lying vacant since the resignation of former chairman L. Khiangte on July 21, 2026, in the wake of ongoing CID probe into the alleged irregularities…