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Kolkata: Bharti Airtel has launched “Priority Postpaid,” a new service powered by advanced 5G slicing technology for postpaid customers. The service, available across Airtel’s postpaid plans, aims to enhance connectivity for activities such as streaming, video calling and online collaboration, while also offering a range of premium digital benefits. Source link
Centre tests UT’s apple, grapevine samples under Rs 1,765 cr prog Will reduce cost production cost, health risk, say fruit growers Ovaise Gul Srinagar, May 20: Jammu and Kashmir’s horticulture sector is set to receive a major boost under the Government of India’s ambitious Clean Plant Programme (CPP), aimed at providing virus-free and high-quality planting material to fruit growers across the country. According to the annual report by the Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India, Jammu and Kashmir’s horticulture sector, along with other states, is set to receive a major boost…
KOLKATA: CBI approached a Barasat court on Tuesday seeking the release of an accused in the murder of Chandranath Rath, an aide to Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari, saying the state police team that was earlier probing the crime had picked up the wrong person, reports Dwaipayan Ghosh. The court accepted the plea and ordered the release of Raj Singh, arrested in UP by an SIT of West Bengal Police on May 11, five days after the murder. The investigation was later handed over to CBI. The central agency submitted in court that Raj, who was picked up along with Mayank…
Navi Mumbai: The Raigad Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) team laid a trap Tuesday and arrested the circle officer of Panvel tehsildar office for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 30,000 from a Panvel resident for registering the 7/12 extract document of the land in Panvel taluka belonging to the complainant and his wife. The arrested accused has been identified as Govardhan Mane (49), a class-3 officer, residing in Khopoli.Raigad ACB deputy SP Sarita Bhosale informed that, on May 16, a Panvel resident lodged a complaint with the Raigad ACB office, Alibaug, alleging that Govardhan Mane, the circle officer at Panvel Tehsildar…
New Delhi: A case of dowry death has been registered two days after a 25-year-old woman died after allegedly falling from a building in west Delhi’s Dasghara village.The woman was married to Raju Singh, who works in customer verification for a private real estate company. The couple, married in 2022, and had a six-month-old child. The woman was a homemaker, said police.According to investigators, a PCR call was received regarding a woman falling from a building, near Holi Chowk, in Dasghara village. A team from Inderpuri police station reached the spot and shifted the woman to a nearby hospital, where…
Bengaluru: Police busted an international drug-peddling network with the arrest of eight persons, including three foreigners, and seizure of 17kg of MDMA valued at Rs 17 crore.Police said the racket was allegedly masterminded by Reena Yadav alias Bapi, 50, who was released from a Delhi jail last year after serving 13 years in a criminal conspiracy case.According to police, the Delhi woman’s associates Dheeraj and Debashish Banerjee alias Debu were involved in collecting and transporting the contraband before handing it over to Bengaluru-based operatives through foreign women acting as couriers.The others arrested are Mohammed Masoor P and Abdul Samad, both…
Hyderabad: Officials of the prison department on Wednesday said governor Shiv Pratap Shukla has granted permission for remission to 92 convicts serving life imprisonment.A source in the prison department said, following an internal scrutiny process, 103 life convicts were first identified by jail superintendents and their names were forwarded to the state govt. The government, in turn, sent the list for vetting by intelligence agencies. After this verification, a high-level committee led by the chief secretary selected 92 prisoners based on the intelligence reports. The proposal was then placed before the state cabinet and subsequently forwarded to the governor for…
Chennai: Five inspectors of police, who had earlier served in stations under Kolathur and Harbour police sub-divisions and were shifted before the Model Code of Conduct came into effect duringelections, were transferred fromtheir present positions on Wednesday. The transferred officers S Ramesh of Otteri, G S Pushparaj of Meenambakkam, I Khader Meera of Madhavaram, and A Kannaki of Vanagaram from the law and order wing, along with T Kirubanithi of the Maduravoyal from crime wing, have been kept without posting. On Tuesday, Greater Chennai Police Commissioner Abhin Dinesh Modak transferred five inspectors of police and directed them to report to…
Ahmedabad: Responding to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal, several companies in Gujarat’s service sector are gradually implementing a phased work-from-home (WFH) arrangement. While some are still working out the nitty-gritties, others already have a provision of a section of their workforce working from home rotationally. Others are still assessing the feasibility of flexible work models.IT and technology firms, many of which already operate on hybrid systems introduced during the pandemic, are among the early movers. However, industry executives said large-scale remote operations continue to pose logistical and infrastructure-related challenges.”We were already partially operating in a WFH model. Around 50% of…
Prayagraj: A 35-year-old woman was taken into custody by Kaushambi police on Wednesday on charges of killing her husband. Police said Gudia, resident of Pabhosa village had a fight with her husband Pappu Nishad (40) on May 18 evening after he arrived home in an inebriated state. In a fit of anger, the woman attacked him with a brick and injured him seriously, said police.On Wednesday morning, Nishad’s condition deteriorated and he was brought to a private hospital by his father and nephew. Doctors declared him dead on arrival. A team of Paschim sarira police sent the body for post…