Varanasi: Tension spread in Kuru village under the jurisdiction of Kapsethi police station in Varanasi on Friday after a statue of Bharat Ratna Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar was damaged for the second time in 15 days.The statue, located near the Polytechnic, had also been vandalised earlier, leading to the registration of an FIR on June 25.Kapsethi…
Lord Jagannath temple in Jamalpur illuminated ahead of the 149th annual Rath Yatra procession of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balbhadra, and Goddess Shubhadra Devi Ahmedabad: Ahead of the 149th Jagannath Rath Yatra on July 16, Ahmedabad mayor Hitesh Barot on Thursday conducted a joint inspection of the entire 14km route to review civic amenities, security measures…
A donkey-impounding drive was launched after the death of youth Rajkot: While most civic bodies in Gujarat grapple with the menace of stray cattle and dogs, the Bharuch municipality has found itself battling a far more unusual problem — stray donkeys.Triggered by public outrage over the death of a 27-year-old man in an accident caused…
A forest department-led anti-encroachment drive in Bihar’s Bagaha turned violent on Friday after villagers allegedly attacked officials attempting to clear illegal occupation from forest land inside the Valmiki Tiger Reserve (VTR). A video of the incident showed that an earth-moving heavy-duty machine deployed for the operation was set on fire during the clash, while several…
Protesting vendors sell vegetables outside the RMC office on Wednesday Ranchi: Vegetable vendors from Morabadi haat, which was stopped from operating on Saturday, took their protest to the Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) on Wednesday, setting up their stalls right at the office’s entrance and blocking the gates.During the anti-encroachment drive by RMC on Saturday, dozens…
Ara: A 34-year-old man was allegedly stabbed to death by unidentified miscreants at Badki Kharaon village under Sahar police station area in Bhojpur district on Wednesday morning. The deceased was identified as Vikrant Kumar Singh, a resident of the village, who had an old land dispute with a co-villager, police said.According to the police, Vikrant…
Chandrajit MukherjeeRanchi: The Jharkhand high court on Tuesday directed the state govt and the district administration to ensure adequate security while organising the forthcoming Rath Yatra in Ranchi.Following the court’s directive, Ranchi SSP Rakesh Ranjan and Ranchi DC Manjunath Bhajantri visited the venue.While hearing a series of petitions with regard to dispute of the trustees…
One of the controversial posters Bhubaneswar: A dispute over removal of posters sparked tension between student groups affiliated with Biju Chhatra Janata Dal (BCJD) and Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) at Ramadevi Women’s University on Tuesday, with male outsiders allegedly entering the all-women’s campus during the confrontation.University vice-chancellor Jyotsna K B Rout had earlier in…
Times News NetworkKanpur: Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) East Satyajeet Gupta held a meeting on Saturday with Jagannath Rath Yatra organisers at the Collectorganj Police Station to ensure the safe, secure and peaceful conduct of the upcoming Rath Yatra.Gupta gave necessary directions to the officials concerned. The meeting discussed security arrangements, traffic management, crowd control,…
The TMC office in the middle of controversy Kolkata: The rebel MLAs’ attempt to “take control” of the Trinamool party office at Metropolitan off the EM Bypass took a dramatic turn on Saturday, with rebel MLA Akhruzzaman claiming that former Kolkata mayor Firhad Hakim — now in the rebel camp — had signed the tenancy…
