Amaravathi (Andhra Pradesh) [India], July 19 (ANI): A Telugu Desam Parliamentary Party meeting was held at the Chief Minister's Camp Office under the leadership of Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, in which it was emphasised that the party will focus on issues concerning Andhra Pradesh in the upcoming Parliament session. Andhra Minister Nara Lokesh and several MPs attended the meeting. Also Read | Ganeshotsav Declared 'Rajya Mahotsav': Maharashtra Government Elevates Century-Old Festival to St...Read More
Bengaluru: The suspension of IPS officer Vikash Kumar Vikash following the June 4 stampede outside Chinnaswamy Stadium came under fresh scrutiny Friday, with his counsel arguingthe state govt's position in court contradicts its own actions.Senior advocate Dhyan Chinnappa, appearing for Vikash, told a division bench that while the govt has maintained it implemented all necessary security measures, the suspension of police officers appears to be a "knee-jerk reaction." He questioned the govt's cla...Read More
THANE, July 18: A man and his two children died as their motorbike was dashed by a truck in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district of Maharashtra.Gopal Chandanse (36), his wife and two kids were riding to their village when the truck dashed the two-wheeler from behind around 3.30 pm.They were taken to the hospital where Gopal, his son Hriday (7) and daughter Avani (9) were declared dead. Gopal's wife Meenabai (32) was injured and undergoing treatment.The truck driver fled from the spot, leaving his ...Read More
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday rebuked unauthorised constructions in Chandni Chowk despite a court-ordered ban and asked Delhi Police to arrest those "putting even a brick".A bench of justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi told Delhi Police commissioner to deploy patrolling parties in the area and immediately stop the unauthorised constructions. "The commissioner of police shall continue to deploy a police team for patrolling in the area and ensure that all the demolition orders passed ...Read More
Bengaluru: The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited, operator of Namma Metro, has got a new managing director: Senior IAS officer Ravishankar J.BBMP chief commissioner Maheshwar Rao M, who was holding additional charge of MD, BMRCL, was relieved of the charge. The new MD takes charge at a time when BMRCL is facing multiple challenges. The new MD is tasked with commissioning the 19-km Yellow Line, for which several deadlines were set in the past two years and missed. BMRCL is hopeful of openi...Read More
In a move to boost ease of doing business, the Delhi government has eliminated the requirement for the "Eating House Registration and Lodging Certificate" for hotels, clubs, and restaurants. New Delhi, in an ease-of-doing-business initiative, the Delhi government has done away with the requirement of the "Eating House Registration and Lodging Certificate" issued by police to hotels, clubs and restaurants, officials said on Thursday. The certificate was required for obtaining a licence from the...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 18 (PTI) The central drugs laboratories have found 55 samples manufactured by various firms in June to be "not of standard quality", health ministry officials said on Friday. Further, state drugs testing laboratories have identified 130 drugs samples as 'not of standard quality', they said. Also Read | Chhattisgarh: 6 Bodies of Naxals Recovered in Ongoing Encounter With Security Forces in Narayanpur. According to routine regulatory surveillance activity, the list of 'not of sta...Read More
Mangaluru: In a significant breakthrough, the Cyber, Economic and Narcotics (CEN) Crime Police in Mangaluru have arrested Roshan Saldanha, a 43-year-old accused in multiple high-value cheating cases who had been absconding for several months. The CEN police could successfully locate him at his house in a secret chamber and took him into custody on Thursday. The accused, in collusion with others, allegedly lured entrepreneurs by promising business loans and cheated them. Investigation revealed...Read More
Amritsar, July 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Leader of Opposition in Punjab and Congress lawmaker Partap Singh Bajwa, on Friday demanded that Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann immediately convene an all-party meeting in Amritsar to discuss continuing threats to the Golden Temple through threatening emails. Speaking after paying obeisance at Sri Harmandir Sahib, where he was accompanied by Congress MP Gurjeet Singh Aujla, Sukhwinder Singh Danny Bandala and other Congress leaders, Bajwa said that he met with of...Read More
New Delhi, July 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of the suicide of a man after alleged physical torture in police custody at Delhi's Dwarka North Police Station. A day after the victim was taken to police custody for questioning in connection with a theft case, he committed suicide. Taking note of a press report, the apex human rights body said the contents of the news report, if true, raise a serious violation of the human rights of...Read More
Mangaluru: A 43-year-old man accused of defrauding multiple entrepreneurs to the tune of Rs 32 crore by falsely promising them large business loans has been arrested by Mangaluru City Police on Friday. The suspect, identified as Roshan Saldanha, was found hiding in a concealed basement room of his luxurious house in Bollagudda, Jeppinamogaru locality of the city. Saldanha, a resident of Bajal in Jeppinamogaru, had several cheating cases registered against him under various sections of the Bhara...Read More
New Delhi, July 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) The All India Football Federation have congratulated Inter Kashi on being adjudged the I-League Champions following the decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). CAS has partially upheld an appeal by Inter Kashi Football Club (Inter Kashi FC) against Churchill Brothers FC Goa, Namdhari FC, Real Kashmir FC, and AIFF. CAS has ruled that the AIFF shall declare Inter Kashi FC as winners of the I-League 2024-25. After an unsuccessful first procedure i...Read More
Ghaziabad (UP), Jul 18 (PTI) Members of a right-wing Hindu group allegedly shut down a KFC outlet forcibly in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad, protesting against the sale of meat during the ongoing holy month of Sawan and Kanwar Yatra. According to police, the alleged incident occurred in the Vasundhara area under the Indirapuram police station limits on Thursday. A purported video of the incident began doing rounds on social media on Friday. Also Read | US Shocker: Man Gets Sucked Into MRI Machine ...Read More
Ghaziabad (UP), Jul 18 (PTI) Members of a right-wing Hindu group allegedly shut down a KFC outlet forcibly in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad, protesting against the sale of meat during the ongoing holy month of Sawan and Kanwar Yatra. According to police, the alleged incident occurred in the Vasundhara area under the Indirapuram police station limits on Thursday. A purported video of the incident began doing rounds on social media on Friday. Sources indicate that despite there being no official ban...Read More
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 18 (ANI): Over 40 private schools in Karnataka Bengaluru received bomb threat messages via email on Friday morning, officials said. Schools in several areas, including Rajarajeshwari Nagar and Kengeri, in Bengaluru were threatened through an anonymous email message. Following this, the police administration jumped into action and deployed teams outside the targeted schools. Meanwhile, in the national capital Delhi too several schools received bomb threats t...Read More
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 18 (ANI): Over 40 private schools in Karnataka's Bengaluru received bomb threat messages via email on Friday morning, officials said. Schools in several areas, including Rajarajeshwari Nagar and Kengeri, in Bengaluru were threatened through an anonymous email message. Also Read | New UPI Rules: Users To Get Faster Refunds After Transaction Failure, Know Key Changes and Other Details. Following this, the police administration jumped into action and deployed ...Read More
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): After receiving information about a bomb threat Fire Department and Delhi Police personnel were deployed at Richmond Global School in Paschim Vihar, the Sovereign School in Rohini Sector 24, Modern International School in Dwarka Sector 19 and the Heritage School in Rohini Sector 23 among several other schools in the national capital on Friday. Richmondd Global School Principal Moupali Mitra said that they had informed the Commissioner of Police only a few minut...Read More
The Golden Temple in Amritsar received a bomb threat via email on Monday, prompting a police complaint from the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC). Police Commissioner Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said a case has been registered and investigations are underway with support from cybercrime and other agencies. The Golden Temple in Punjab's Amritsar received a bomb threat on Monday, the ShiromGurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) said in a police complaint. Amritsar Commissioner Gurpreet Sing...Read More
JAMMU, July 17: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah congratulated BJP leader Kavinder Gupta on his appointment as Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Ladakh, and said that he will need to keep in mind that, just like in Jammu and Kashmir, one has to maintain a balance and be sensitive to the sentiments of the people of Leh and Kargil regions. Follow the Daily Excelsior channel on WhatsApp "My best wishes to Kavinder Gupta on being appointed as the Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh. But this res...Read More
Varanasi: On Thursday, as Varanasi Municipal Corporation secured 17th place among 4,589 civic bodies across India in the ranking list of the 2024 cleanliness survey released by ministry of urban affairs, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath set the task of bringing the city into the top five list.While reviewing ongoing development projects and law and order scene during a meeting with public representatives and officials at the circuit house on Thursday evening, Yogi said, "Varanasi should not lag in...Read More
New Delhi: Diagnosed with thalassemia at the age of two, a 23-year-old woman depended on blood transfusions every three weeks to stay alive. But when she was hospitalised with dengue in Class VIII, doctors discovered something more alarming -- she was HIV-positive. "I wasn't recovering. After several tests, they told me I was HIV-positive. I suspect it came from a transfusion. If the blood was properly tested, maybe this wouldn't have happened," she said. Now living with both thalassemia and HIV...Read More
Bhubaneswar: Commuters, patients and examinees faced a tough time on Thursday as the Congress-led statewide bandh disrupted vehicular movement and train services. The dawn-to-dusk bandh, supported by Left parties, was called demanding justice for the 20-year-old Balasore student who died by suicide over alleged sexual harassment by a faculty member and the apparent inaction by college authorities to her complaint.Three-year-old Raju Munda, from Dhenkanal district's Kankadahad block, died after t...Read More
Kolkata: The CBI on Thursday told a Sealdah court that it has found nothing "incriminating" against former Kolkata Police commissioner Vineet Goyal to suspect his role during the RG Kar rape-murder probe. The CBI also reiterated in court that available evidence indicates that none other than Sanjoy Roy was guilty of the rape-murder.While arguing the case, Phiroze Edulji, the lawyer for the victim's parents, said that both Goyal and the CBI's additional director, Sampat Meena, are officers of the...Read More
Bengaluru Stampede Probe: The Karnataka government's status report on the deadly stampede outside Bengaluru's M. Chinnaswamy Stadium lays primary blame on RCB, its event management partner DNA Entertainment Networks Pvt. Ltd, and the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA), accusing them of unilaterally organising the mass public event without securing legal permission or coordinating with city authorities. The question here arises is - All To Blame But Congress Govt? Watch panel discussion o...Read More
Bengaluru: The "who is responsible for the stadium stampede" debate took an interesting turn in the Karnataka high court Thursday with the state govt alleging the police officers handling the situation on the fateful day had acted like servants of RCB management. However, a suspended IPS officer countered it, saying he was made a scapegoat by the govt.Vikash Kumar Vikash, had challenged the govt's decision to suspend him in the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT-Bengaluru branch), which recent...Read More
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 17 (ANI): A comprehensive fire mock drill was conducted at the Cyberabad Police Commissionerate on Thursday in collaboration with the Telangana State Fire Department, aimed at enhancing emergency response systems and inter-departmental coordination during fire-related disasters. The drill featured a live demonstration by Madhapur Station Fire Officer Anjaneyulu Dodla, who briefed attendees on various fire safety tools, types of fire emergencies, and appropria...Read More
Mumbai, July 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Dairy company Heritage Foods Limited on Thursday reported a sharp decline in net profit for the first quarter of FY26, as the company posted a net profit of Rs 40.5 crore for the April-June quarter, down 30.7 per cent from Rs 58.4 crore reported in the same period previous year (Q1 FY25). The fall in profit came despite a 10.1 per cent year-on-year (YoY) growth in revenue, which rose to Rs 1,136.7 crore from Rs 1,032.6 crore in a year-ago period, according to it...Read More
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 17 (ANI): A comprehensive fire mock drill was conducted at the Cyberabad Police Commissionerate on Thursday in collaboration with the Telangana State Fire Department, aimed at enhancing emergency response systems and inter-departmental coordination during fire-related disasters. The drill featured a live demonstration by Madhapur Station Fire Officer Anjaneyulu Dodla, who briefed attendees on various fire safety tools, types of fire emergencies, and appropria...Read More
BENGALURU: The Karnataka government on Thursday justified the suspension of IPS officer Vikash Kumar Vikash before the High Court, arguing that the police officer and his colleagues acted as though they were "servants of RCB" during preparations for the IPL victory celebration, leading to a stampede that claimed 11 lives and injured 33 others. Senior Counsel P S Rajagopal, appearing for the state, told the court that even before the final IPL match was played, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) ...Read More
Bhubaneswar: Several leaders of opposition parties, including Congress in-charge for Odisha Ajay Kumar Lallu, were detained by the police in Bhubaneswar during the statewide shutdown called by them. Congress, along with seven other political parties, observed a statewide dawn-to-dusk bandh to protest the death of a 20-year-old female student of Fakir Mohan (Autonomous) College by self-immolation due to alleged sexual harassment by a professor and subsequent institutional neglect. During the ba...Read More