COIMBATORE: The Sirumugai police in Coimbatore district have arrested two guest workers in connection with the death of a 27-year-old man who was their coworker. The deceased has been identified as Pisi Yadav, 27, from Bihar, who was employed at a private firm in Jadayampalayam near Sirumugai. Police initially registered a case under Section 194…
Ahmedabad: A day after nine people, including three minors, were killed in a blast at an illegal firecracker factory in Ramol, Ahmedabad police commissioner Anupam Singh Gahlaut on Sunday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT).Gahlaut told the SIT to submit a progress report within 10 days.The explosion occurred around 3.30pm on Saturday at New Gujarat…
Varanasi: Police on Wednesday announced reward of Rs 50,000 each on a total of 36 wanted and absconding criminals in three districts of Varanasi zone including Jaunpur, Ghazipur and Chandauli. According to DIG Varanasi Range Vaibhav Krishna, all criminals were wanted for more than one year. In Chandauli district, 12 wanted criminals, include Bajrangi Musahar,…
Drug death, a representational photo Ludhiana: Police have charged two men with culpable homicide two months after their 27-year-old friend died of a suspected drug overdose.The Division Number 2 police registered a first-information report (FIR) against Vikas, alias Marua, and Manish Kumar, following a complaint by Karamjit Kaur, the sister of Harsharan Singh, the man…
NEW DELHI: The owner of a hotel in south Delhi where a fire killed 21 people allegedly drove past the burning building and left without stopping because he was afraid.According to TV reports, during interrogation, Lavkesh Bajaj allegedly told investigators that he passed by the hotel after the fire had broken out but did not…
The six-storey building that collapsed in Saidulajab on Saturday was one of more than 125,000 properties that the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has “booked” – a label the civic body slaps on structures found to have violated regulatory norms – but against which authorities have taken little or no action at all, HT has…
Mapusa: The Mapusa judicial magistrate first class (JMFC) court on Saturday has remanded 29-year-old Yadukrishnan S Sajaikumar in five days of police custody following a fatal head-on collision in Siolim.Anjuna police arrested the accused, a native of Alappuzha, Kerala, after he drove a Mahindra Thar rashly under the influence of alcohol.According to the police, Yadukrishnan…
Panaji: The Bombay high court on Wednesday sought responses from Birch by Romeo Lane co-owners Saurabh Luthra, Gaurav Luthra and Ajay Gupta in petitions filed by the state challenging the bail granted to them earlier.Goa govt argued that 25 lives were lost in the fire and that granting bail in such a case which is…
