Lucknow | After hair stylist Jawed Habib, now a cook at a roadside eatery in Kakori on the outskirts of Lucknow, who has been caught on camera, spitting on the dough for making ‘rotis’ (flat bread). The cook has been arrested with his five helpers — Danish, Hafiz, Mukhtar, Firoz, and Anwar — who can be […]
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MP Police constable suspended for keeping long moustache, said ‘will not trim it’
Bhopal | A Madhya Pradesh Police constable has been suspended for refusing to cut his hair and trim his over-long moustache, despite being instructed by his senior officials. The suspension order, issued on Friday to constable Rakesh Rana, posted as a driver in MP Police’s motor transport wing, surfaced on social media on Sunday. The order, […]
Posing as doctor Kerala woman steals newborn from hospital, gets caught
Thiruvananthapuram | Things did not go as what 33-year-old Neetu Raj had planned and in a matter of two hours was put behind bars for stealing a baby from hospital. Around 3.20 p.m. on Thursday, the woman dressed as a doctor arrived at a the gynaecology ward at the Kottayam Medical College Hospital and after examining […]
PM returned as barely 700 people turned up for rally: Punjab CM
Chandigarh | Barely 700 people turned up for the BJP rally and that forced the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to “retrace his steps” and later the blame was pinned on the state government citing security threats, said Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Channi on Thursday. Challenging those questioning the nationalistic credentials of Punjab, Channi made it clear […]
Goa reports 8 new Omicron cases, total tally 19: Health Minister
Panaji | Eight new Omicron cases have been detected in Goa, taking the total count of Covid cases involving the new variant to 19, Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said on Wednesday. He also said that out of the eight new cases, five patients are local residents of Goa with no travel history. “8 Genome Sequence Reports […]
Top LeT terrorist gunned down by security forces in Srinagar
Srinagar | One terrorist has been killed in an encounter between terrorists and security forces near Shalimar area in Central Kashmir’s Srinagar district on Monday, officials said. The firefight between terrorists and security forces took place after a joint team of the police and the security forces cordoned off the area and launched a search […]
Chandigarh civic polls: AAP pips BJP on debut; ruling party’s Mayor among losers
Chandigarh | The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday won most seats in the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation polls on its debut. The ruling BJP’s Mayor, Ravi Kant Sharma, and two former Mayors, Davesh Moudgil and Rajesh Kalia, faced humiliating defeats. Of the total 35 seats, AAP managed to win 14, followed by BJP (12), Congress (8) […]
I-T raid at premises of two UP businessmen, tax evasion to tune of Rs 150 crore found
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) | Tax evasion worth crores of rupees has been detected during Income Tax raids on two businessmen in the city. The I-T raid was underway at the house, factory, office, cold store and petrol pump of perfume trader Piyush Jain in Kanpur, Kannauj, Mumbai and Gujarat. Along with the I-T raid, on specific […]
Elephant calf dies after being hit by train in Assam
Guwahati | An elephant calf aged around seven months was killed after being hit by a speeding train in Assam’s Jorhat district in the wee hours of Friday, an official said. With Friday’s incident, five elephants have been killed this year so far after being mowed down by train in Assam. Forest officials said that at […]
Goa BJP MLA resigns, says party has forgotten principles
Panaji | Former Forest Minister and sitting BJP MLA Alina Saldanha on Thursday resigned as legislator accusing the leadership in the state of forgetting party principles. Saldanha, who submitted her resignation to Speaker of the assembly Rajesh Patnekar, is the first BJP lawmaker to resign from the state assembly, even as two Opposition MLAs have quit […]