Panaji: Goa DGP Alok Kumar has directed the police to identify and arrest drug suppliers feeding local dealers, aiming to dismantle narcotics networks in the state. He also ordered the freezing of assets linked to the drug trade to cut off traffickers’ financial strength.Investigations often stop after the first arrest and fail to trace who…
Thiruvananthapuram: Women and child development minister Bindu Krishna has said that a photograph of her was taken from an obscene angle and posted online during a school function on July 6 in Kollam, raising serious concerns over women’s safety and online abuse.Bindu told reporters in New Delhi that, at the function, a man started zooming…
Hyderabad: As schools reopen for the new academic year, parents in Hyderabad remain distressed over exorbitant hikes in school fees, with some reporting increases of over 60% compared to last year. Parent associations claim that they have received complaints from several parents and maintained that the issue is likely to persist in the absence of…
Labour council workers close shops in Magadi Road and protest at Freedom Park in Bengaluru Thursday Bengaluru: Many Bengaluru residents were left without their morning cup of tea and cigarette Thursday as hundreds of neighbourhood tea stalls, pan shops and cigarette stalls remained shut, as traders gathered at Freedom Park to protest the alleged harassment…
Gaya: Magadh Range IG Vikas Vaibhav on Thursday directed police officers to expedite investigation and follow-up in rape cases and those under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. Earlier, he reviewed pending rape and Pocso cases from police stations in the Tekari sub-division and other parts of Gaya district. Tekari SDPO and…
Lucknow: A delegation of Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), led by cabinet minister Anil Kumar, met UP energy minister AK Sharma on Tuesday and urged an immediate enhancement of the capacity of 33/11 kV electricity substations in the rural areas of western UP.The team highlighted the growing power demand in the region and pressed for urgent…
Pune: An inquiry into alleged irregularities within the accounts department of the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has uncovered significant financial mismanagement. The probe revealed that civic officials cleared bills worth Rs60 crore without mandatory approvals from the standing committee or general body, and caused losses of approximately Rs6–7 crore through improper fixed deposit (FD)…
