PATNA: Diwakar Sharma remembers the past two elections clearly. His wife Deepti voted both times without trouble. Now her name has disappeared from the electoral roll, and the couple has just a week to prove she still belongs.Across Bihar, thousands are scrambling to reclaim their place on the rolls before the Sept 1 deadline –…
Lucknow: In a major crackdown on land mafia, Aligarh Police seized property worth over Rs 33 crore from individuals involved in real estate fraud in the Tappal area.The action was carried out under section 107 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) that empowers police and courts to attach property acquired through illegal means. Police…
Chennai: Madras HC recently reduced a one-year sentence to four days for a Kerala man convicted in a 2013 car crash that killed three pedestrians and grievously injured two bikers – ruling he was rushing a stranger who had attempted suicide to a hospital.Justice D Bharatha Chakravarthy said driver S Sagul Hameed was not acting…
Lucknow: Following a court order, police on Friday registered an FIR against a girl, a hotel owner, and his staff in connection with the murder of 20-year-old pharmacy student Sachin Kumar Yadav, whose body was found hanging inside a hotel room in Lucknow’s Naka area on Aug 17 last year.Naka inspector Shrikant Rai said Sachin,…
A road is damaged after heavy rains, at Peer Kho in Jammu. (ANI file photo) JAMMU: A 52-year-old woman and her son were among three persons killed in two separate rain-related accidents while a fourth died after he was swept away in a flash flood Saturday.Several districts in Jammu region were lashed by rain since…
Lucknow: A Dalit superintending engineer (SE) was allegedly assaulted, abused with caste slurs and given death threat by a group led by a local politician in the Ballia office of the Purvanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited (PuVVNL).According to the FIR lodged by SE Lal Singh, 20–25 men led by Munna Bahadur Singh forcibly entered his…
Jammu: CJM court in Jammu has denied bail to a 19-year-old man who allegedly ran over a 68-year-old under his SUV, leaving him with a fractured skull and brain hemorrhage, after the elderly man’s scooter grazed his recklessly driven vehicle. The court termed the accused’s act a deliberate ‘attempt to murder’ a helpless senior citizen.“Running…
Lucknow: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of UP Police on Saturday arrested one of the prime accused in the Rs 11.33 cr scholarship scam linked to irregularities in the post-matric scholarship and fee reimbursement scheme for OBC students from Lucknow.This marks the 50th arrest under the statewide drive– “Operation Shikanja”– against financial fraud. The accused,…
New Delhi: A day after ED conducted searches at 30 premises associated with Karnataka Congress MLA KC Veerendra and on his alleged nationwide illegal betting and gambling network, the agency Saturday arrested him from Gangtok where he had gone to set up a casino.ED searches Friday led to the seizure of Rs 12 crore cash,…
Lucknow: In a shocking case of animal cruelty, a video showing three minor boys dragging a stray dog tied to a motorcycle with a rope has gone viral, sparking widespread outrage among citizens and animal rights groups.The disturbing footage depicts the three boys riding a motorcycle without helmets, with a stray dog painfully dragged behind,…
