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11:24 PM

Victim's friend apprehended in Durgapur rape case, total arrests at 6

Police on Tuesday evening arrested a friend of the medical student of a private college, who was allegedly raped in West Bengal's Durgapur, taking the total number of arrests in the case to six, a senior police officer said. The accused had accompanied the victim when she had gone outside the campus of the medical college to fetch food on the evening of the alleged crime, he said.

 

11:18 PM

Gangster linked to Rohit Godara-Goldy Brar syndicate detained in US

The Rajasthan Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) has tracked and facilitated the detention of fugitive gangster Amit Sharma alias Jack Pandit in the United States, an officer said on Tuesday. Sharma, a key operative of the Rohit Godara and Goldy Brar syndicate, was detained due to coordinated inputs shared by the AGTF with the CBI's Interpol Branch, which alerted American agencies through a Red Corner Notice, Additional Director General of Police (Crime/AGTF) Dinesh M N said.

 

11:06 PM

MCD allocates ₹12.5 crore for sanitation drive during festival season, 50 new LED lights per ward

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Tuesday sanctioned Rs 12.5 crore for a special festival sanitation and repair drive across the Capital. The decision was announced at the civic body's monthly general house meeting. One of the major outcomes in the meeting was the passing of an on-table agenda regarding a three-month extension of the current contractor for Toll Tax and Environment Compensation Charge (ECC) collection at Delhi's border entry points.

10:43 PM

YSRCP slams Andhra CM for 'hiding' Adani deal behind Google data centre

YSRCP senior leader Gudivada Amarnath on Tuesday accused Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu of "misleading" the public over tech giant Google decision to set up a USD 15 billion gigawatt-scale Artificial Intelligence data centre in Visakhapatnam, while "hiding" Adani Group's name in the project.

 

10:23 PM

Odisha govt to launch scheme to empower women drivers

The Odisha government will launch a scheme to promote gender equality by empowering women drivers and supporting them with entrepreneurship opportunities, a state minister said on Tuesday. The state government aims to empower 1,100 women under the Atmanirbhar Mahila Su Vahak' over a period of four years, Transport and Commerce Minister Bibhuti Bhusan Jena told reporters here.

4:32 PM

Ex-VVCMC commissioner used bribe to buy expensive sarees, invest in wife's residential project: ED

The ED on Tuesday alleged that IAS officer Anil Pawar generated Rs 169 crore worth "proceeds of crime" from bribes and utilised this amount to purchase gold, diamond and "expensive" sarees apart from investing in a residential project in the name of his wife. Pawar, a former Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC) Commisioner, was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in July, along with three others, as part of a money laundering investigation.

3:24 PM

Two more Assamese expats from Singapore appear before CID in Zubeen death case

Two more Assamese expats, who were present during the dying moments of cultural icon Zubeen Garg in Singapore last month, appeared before the Assam Police's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Tuesday, which is probing the death of the singer, a top officer said. So far, seven Assamese NRIs living in the Southeast Asian nation have deposed before the investigating agency here, with four more who have been issued summonses by the CID yet to appear.

3:19 PM

US, Malayasia work to expand Thailand-Cambodia ceasefire in advance of Asean summit

Malaysia and the US are facilitating efforts to secure an expanded ceasefire agreement between Thailand and Cambodia that they hope will be signed during a Southeast Asian summit later this month, Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan said on Tuesday. Thailand and Cambodia engaged in five days of combat in late July that killed dozens of people and displaced more than 260,000. 

2:21 PM

Employees' pen-down strike paralyses functioning of Nagaland govt offices

The Joint Coordination Committee (JCC), comprising five major employees' associations, on Tuesday started their three-day pen-down strike, paralysing the functioning of the Nagaland government offices across the state. The JCC, comprising five major associations of Nagaland government employees, launched the strike to demand the withdrawal of a move to include a non-NCS officer for induction into the IAS cadre.

1:13 PM

ED raids in multiple states in Rs 70-crore bank loan 'fraud'

The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday conducted multi-state searches as part of a money laundering investigation linked to an alleged bank loan fraud of Rs 70 crore. Around four premises each in Delhi, Hyderabad, Jaipur and Mumbai are being searched under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), they said.

11:41 AM

Bihar: JD(U) MLA sits on dharna in front of CM's residence

JD(U) MLA Gopal Mandal, who is understood to have a slim chance of getting a party ticket for the upcoming assembly polls, on Tuesday sat on a dharna near Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's residence. Mandal, who is enjoying the fourth consecutive term from the Gopalpur seat in Bhagalpur district, reached 1, Anney Marg with a group of slogan-shouting supporters.

11:38 AM

Rahul Gandhi meets family of Haryana IPS officer Puran Kumar

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday met the family of Haryana IPS officer Y Puran Kumar, who allegedly committed suicide. After landing at the airport here, Gandhi reached Kumar's residence at 11:08 am to offer his condolences. Gandhi's visit came amid stepped up attack by the opposition on the Haryana government over Kumar's alleged suicide.

11:31 AM

Jairam Ramesh recalls BR Ambedkar's formal initiation into Buddhism on anniversary of event

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday recalled that 69 years ago on this day BR Ambedkar and his wife Savita Ambedkar were formally initiated into Buddhism in Nagpur and thereafter, the prime architect of the Constitution administered 22 revolutionary oaths prepared by himself to about half a million people. In a post on X, the Congress general secretary in-charge communications also pointed out that India celebrated the 2500th anniversary of the Buddha's birth in 1956.

11:15 AM

Bihar's Shahabad region seeks official language status to Bhojpuri, Bharat Ratna for Bhikhari Thakur

Demands for the grant of official language status to Bhojpuri, arguably the most widely spoken dialect in Bihar, and Bharat Ratna (posthumously) to legendary folk artiste Bhikhari Thakur appear to dominate the public discourse in Shahabad region of the state ahead of the upcoming assembly elections.

9:59 AM

Case against MNS students' wing members for storming ABVP office in Pune

Police have registered a case against some members of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) students' wing after they allegedly barged into the ABVP's office following a dispute over posters at a college in Pune city, officials said. The accused allegedly tried to create a ruckus by locking the office of the RSS-affiliated Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) in Sadashiv Peth area on Monday afternoon, they said. According to the police, some posters with the message to "boycott" MNS students' wing were put up at some places in the Wadia College.

9:37 AM

Ladki Bahin scheme: e-KYC deadline extended for women in flood-hit areas, says minister

Maharashtra minister Aditi Tatkare has said the November deadline for completing e-KYC for the 'Ladki Bahin' scheme will be extended by 15 days for women residing in the flood-affected regions. Significant improvements were being made to the e-KYC server system under the 'Ladki Bahin Yojana' to ensure smoother and faster processing for beneficiaries, the women and child development minister told reporters here on Monday evening.