Colva: A South Goa sessions court granted bail to Mohandas Sawant Dessai of Curchorem, who was arrested by the Economic Offences Cell (EOC) in June in connection with alleged financial irregularities at Ashtagandha Urban Cooperative Credit Society.According to the prosecution, the EOC registered a case in 2024 under various IPC provisions, alleging that before 2023…
Punjab minister Tarunpreet Singh Sond Chandigarh: Addressing the prevailing power situation in the state, Punjab power minister Tarunpreet Singh Sond on Saturday said Punjab is currently receiving 1,051 MW less power than its allocated share from the central power pool.He asserted that while the state-owned thermal power plants have adequate coal stocks, private thermal power…
Lucknow: Books found their beat at Lucknow University as the Gomti Book Festival turned into a vibrant meeting point for young readers, music lovers and campus goers. From the rustle of new pages to the sound of Paras Band’s rock performance, the book fest offered students a chance to browse, discover, connect and capture moments…
A cleanliness and awareness rally organised in Gaya on Saturday Gaya: Ahead of the Pitripaksh Mela beginning Sept 25, police, disaster management officials and railway authorities on Saturday reviewed arrangements to manage the expected rush of pilgrims, with focus on traffic, parking, passenger facilities and security.At a meeting of the traffic, transport and parking cell…
Wards in Walled City, Amer and Adarsh Nagar areas recorded high polling percentage Jaipur: High turnout in wards falling under Congress-held assembly segments has lifted the party’s hopes of capturing the unified Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) board for the first time in 32 years.Overall polling Friday stood at about 65%, but the pattern varied sharply…
Nagpur: With the city all set to welcome ‘Bappa’, the hotmix plant department of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has repaired 819 potholes covering 12,490 square metres across the city between Sept 1 and 9. However, despite the civic body’s efforts to provide pothole-free roads along idol procession and immersion routes, several roads continue to be…
Liquor smuggled in private ambulance intercepted Rajkot: Babra police in Amreli district intercepted a private ambulance being used to smuggle Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL) on the Bhavnagar-Rajkot highway, seizing liquor bottles, the vehicle and a mobile phone, worth a total of Rs 10.66 lakh.Police received intelligence about an ambulance ferrying liquor along the Bhavnagar-Rajkot highway.Setting…
Deoghar: Gujarat Police on Saturday detained a man in his 20s from his maternal grandparents’ house in Deoghar, in connection with alleged email threats concerning the Brics summit venue in Delhi and the Gujarat secretariat in Gandhinagar. Police identified the suspect as Gulshan Kumar Singh, a native of Bihar’s Jamui.Singh was picked up from Town…
Surat district recorded 66mm of rain in just two hours Surat/Vadodara: Ending a prolonged dry spell, rain returned to parts of Gujarat on Saturday, with several areas of South Gujarat receiving moderate to heavy showers. Umarpada in Surat district recorded 66mm of rain in just two hours between 6pm and 8pm, taking its rainfall since…
Vadodara: A power of attorney (POA) may allow someone to act on another person’s behalf, but can that authority be used to give away the person’s property after she has died?The Supreme Court has declined to interfere in a Gujarat High Court (HC) ruling that answered the question in the negative in a dispute over…
