Nagpur: A car rashly driven by a woman ploughed into the pavement, where children were playing near Gond Mohalla between Gittikhadan Chowk and Dinshaw factory late Tuesday night. Of the five critically injured, one is a two-year-old kid, Vanshika Kulmethe, and her uncle. Eyewitnesses said, the woman was driving under the influence of liquor. The…
Chennai: A major fire broke out at the 11th floor of an apartment complex in Thaiyur near Kelambakkam on OMR on Wednesday night following an LPG leak. No casualties were reported.The complex has around 1,500 flat sacross 18 floors, with more than 4,000 residents. Around 9pm, residents of a flat on the 11th floor noticed…
Mangaluru: Ahead of the cabinet meeting to be held in the city on Sept 18, the Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) has urged chief minister DK Shivakumar to intervene in a series of long-pending industrial and infrastructure issues in Dakshina Kannada. KCCI president PB Ahmed Mudassar sought the expediting of the proposed acquisition…
Ranchi: Police have arrested four persons for allegedly assaulting and abducting Chatra MLA Janardhan Paswan’s son, Saurav, near a private university under Vidhan Sabha police station limits in the city on Sept 7.SP (city) Paras Rana said the accused were produced before a court and sent to judicial custody on Sunday, but did not disclose…
Vadodara: The Vadodara Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (additional) has directed SBI Cards and Payments Services Ltd (SBI Cards) to pay Rs 15,000 to a credit card holder who disputed two transactions, ruling that the card issuer failed to prove he was responsible for the unauthorised payments.Shakil Pathan, a resident of Navayard, noticed transactions of Rs…
Police at the crime scene Varanasi: A 65-year-old woman and her 22-year-old blind and mentally challenged daughter were found dead at different spotsunder Rasda police station of Ballia on Thursday morning, with police suspecting they were bludgeoned to death with a heavy object. Blood had also been cleaned from the house, suggesting an attempt to…
Revenue and land reforms minister Dilip Kumar Jaiswal Patna: Revenue and land reforms minister DilipKumarJaiswal on Wednesday approved chargesheets and disciplinary action against nine officials and employees accused of corruption, negligence and procedural irregularities in land administration.The action relates to alleged irregularities in land mutation, fraudulent creation of jamabandis on govt land, unauthorised use of…
A devotee offers prayers to an idol of Lord Ganesha Kanpur: Idols of Lord Ganesh were installed at various pandals and homes in the city amid mantras and chants as the 10-day festivities of Ganesh Puja commenced with Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday. The day was celebrated with religious fervour across the city.The idols were welcomed…
Noida: A 37-year-old truck driver was found dead inside the locked cabin of his truck with no visible injuries on his body, near Kasna in Greater Noida on Wednesday afternoon.Locals informed police on the emergency helpline around 3pm that a man was lying unconscious inside the cabin of a truck parked along a road in…
NGO Jan Aakrosh Members Road Safety Nagpur Nagpur: The death of eight persons in a highway accident in Bhandara district on Friday prompted road-safety NGO Janakrosh to appeal to motorists to slow down, with the organisation citing govt data that puts speed behind over 70% of fatal road accidents in India.Ravindra Kaskhedikar, secretary of Janakrosh,…
