2023

MUMBAI/THANE/NAVI MUMBAI: The city police have geared up for Thursday's Ganeshotsav bandobast. Nearly 20,000 police personnel will be deployed across the city, including eight additional police commissioners, 25 deputy police commissioners, 45 assistant police commissioners, 2,866 officers and 16,250 constables. A total of 35 platoons of State Reserve Police force (SRPF), Rapid Action Force (RAF), Quick...

INDORE: Every door she approached in Ujjain slammed shut in the face of a child seeking help after being raped. Except the one before which she fell unconscious after walking 8km pleading for aid. The girl, only 12, semi-nude and bleeding from the attack, had gone door to door seeking help, only to be ignored, CCTV footage showed. She was found unconscious in front of an ashram in Badnagar area of...

MUMBAI/THANE/NAVI MUMBAI: The city police have geared up for Thursday's Ganeshotsav bandobast. Nearly 20,000 police personnel will be deployed across the city, including eight additional police commissioners, 25 deputy police commissioners, 45 assistant police commissioners, 2,866 officers and 16,250 constables. A total of 35 platoons of State Reserve Police force (SRPF), Rapid Action Force (RAF), Quick...

NEW DELHI: A 49-year-old suspended teacher who allegedly threatened a deputy director in the education department who initiated a departmental inquiry against him was arrested, the Delhi Police said on Wednesday. The accused has been identified as Sunil Kumar, a resident of Najafgarh, they said.On Sunday, the complainant, deputy director in the education department, had reached the Najafgarh police...

MUMBAI: With heavy hearts, devotees will bid farewell to their beloved deity Lord Ganesh at Anant Chaturdashi on Thursday. Massive visarjan processions will head from Lalbaug-Parel for the Girgaum Chowpatty seafront, starting with the Mumbaicha Raja of Ganesh Gully at 8.00 am followed by Lalbaugcha Raja.Swapnil Parab, secretary of Ganesh Gully, said, "Our pandal of Raigad fort commemorated the 350th...

NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency on Wednesday detained several suspects as part of a multi-state crackdown on the nexus among terrorists, gangsters and drug smugglers connected to Canada-based designated terrorist Arsh Dalla and other dreaded criminals.Raids were carried out in as many as 53 locations across six states — Punjab, Delhi, Haryana, UP, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand — and the UT...

THANE: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has rapped the Thane municipal corporation (TMC) over its eco-friendly idol visarjan claims after a city-based activist sought its intervention by pointing out how the corporation was releasing immersion residue, including floral waste and sludge, from artificial ponds into the creeks.Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh, Judicial Member, and Dr Vijay Kulkarni, Expert...

CHENNAI: Power supply will be suspended in and around Guindy, Ambattur and Vysarpadi from 9am to 2pm on Friday for maintenance work.Guindy: Thillai Ganga Nagar-Vanuvampet - Gandhi Street, Bharathiyar Street, Thirumalai Street, Senthil Andavar Street, AGS Colony 7 and 8 cross streets and Srinagar Colony.Ambattur: Ti Cycle - Venkatapuram, Vijayalakshmipuram; Menambedu - Oragadam, Gandhi Main Road, East...

GURGAON: The Gurgaon Police has arrested five people including a lawyer and an assistant sub-inspector in connection with the grabbing of an NRI's land worth Rs 40 crore. The fraud was effected through fake General Power of Attorney, an officer said Wednesday.According to police, the accused got an NRI's land worth Rs 40 crore in their name forging papers, showing that they had bought it for Rs 6.6...

BHIWANDI: The Bhiwandi based Ganesh mandal has created a replica of Maha Mrityunjay Temple dedicated to Hindu God Shiva, situated in Nagaon, Assam, which is world’s largest Shivlinga, at the height of 126 feet. The mandal has created same height replica which is attracting devotees from across Bhiwandi as well as neighbouring cities. The mandal had called artist from West Bengal who worked two months...