Rourkela: Odisha Vigilance on Friday arrested Muralidhar Urmal (57), tehsildar-cum-subregistrar of Lathikata in Sundargarh district, a day after intercepting him with Rs 5 lakh in suspected ill-gotten cash while travelling in his hired office vehicle from his office to residence in Rourkela.Vigilance SP, Rourkela, Harekrushna Majhi, said as he failed to explain the source of…
Ghaziabad: Amid student protests in several districts of Uttar Pradesh over govt school infrastructure, the Ghaziabad administration has formed a three-member team to inspect schools. The team, comprising a block education officer, block development officer and an engineer, will assess infrastructure, basic facilities and other arrangements in schools across the district.DM Ravinder Mander told TOI,…
Ghaziabad: An additional sessions court on Monday rejected the bail application of a man accused of helping his friend kidnap a minor for marriage last year. The court held that considering the nature and gravity of the crime, the punishment prescribed for it, and its impact on society, there was insufficient basis to release the…
Shivamogga: A 55-year-old civil contractor from Bengaluru has mysteriously gone missing from Thirthahalli town in Shivamogga district, prompting local police to launch a search.Anil B Ramdas, a resident of Kodigehalli ini Bengaluru, had checked into Mayura Hotel Lodge in Thirthahalli on Aug 14. According to police, he left the lodge premises around 5.30am on Aug…
Mangaluru: The state govt appears reluctant to act against those allegedly dumping hazardous waste into rivers such as the Nethravati, Kumaradhara, Phalguni, Swarna and Seetha in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts, MLC Kishore Kumar Puttur has complained.He said the response of the forests, ecology and environment minister indicated that the state govt has not initiated…
TiE Mangaluru president Shyamprasad Hebbar addresses reporters at the Press Club in Mangaluru on Friday Founding president of TiE Mangaluru, Rohit Bhat, addresses the media on Friday TiE Mangaluru president Shyamprasad Hebbar addresses reporters at the Press Club in Mangaluru on Friday Founding president of TiE Mangaluru, Rohit Bhat, addresses the media on Friday TiE…
Prayagraj: Two women labourers were killed and over a dozen others injured when a tractor trolley carrying more than two dozen workers overturned after hitting a divider near Surval Sahani on the Prayagraj-Rewa highway in the trans-Yamuna area on Friday morning, police said.The accident occurred around 10am when the labourers were on their way to…
Protesters blocked key traffic points in Ludhiana, including the Ladowal stretch on the Amritsar-Delhi highway, Jalandhar Bypass, and Samrala Chowk, though demonstrators permitted emergency vehicles such as ambulances to pass through. Ludhiana: The statewide Punjab bandh called by the Qaumi Insaaf Morcha to demand the release of Bandi Singhs (Sikh prisoners) evoked a mixed response…
Ahmedabad: In the bootlegging race, eastern Ahmedabad is so far ahead of the west that the value of booze seized in the east (from Jan to July) accounts for 71.5% of the value of police’s total liquor haul from the city. The western belt’s seizures were concentrated in Sarkhej and Sola, which recorded combined values…
Agartala: Ahead of a scheduled meeting between senior netas of BJP and its ally TIPRA Motha in Agartala on Friday, TIPRA chief, Pradyot Kishore Debbarman, reiterated that his party would not enter into a seat-sharing arrangement with BJP unless the Centre gives a written commitment on implementing the tripartite agreement signed ahead of the last…
