KALYAN: The Kalyan crime unit of Thane police arrested a 28-year-old under attempt to murder charges on Thursday for shooting his 19-year-old friend a day before. The police have arrested Umesh Khanvilkar (28) from Shahad railway station when he was trying to escape towards Mumbai. Khanvilkar misfired a bullet which hit Sushil Mahanto (19) on Wednesday. TNN!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) { function...

HOOGHLY/MIDNAPORE: The Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) is scheduled to release another 65,000 cusec of water from Maithan and Panchet dams in the next 24 hours, a move that threatens to aggravate the flood situation in Hooghly, Howrah and Burdwan.Thursday, however, had brought some relief to some flood-stricken south Bengal areas as water levels there began to recede in certain localities as less water...

CHENNAI: Power supply will be suspended in and around Pallavaram and Thiruvottiyur on Friday from 9am to 2pm for maintenance.Pallavaram: Max Showroom, Masuthi Street, Anjaneyar Kovil Street, Meenakshi Nagar, Kasthuribai Street and Mariyamman Kovil Street.Tiruvottiyur: SP Kovil Street, Periyar Nagar, Nethaji Nagar, KV Kuppam, Rajiv Gandhi Nagar, Manikkam Nagar, CMRL, Chinna Eranavoor, Wimco Nagar,...

GURGAON: Close on the heels of dismantling the extortion racket run by the notorious Kaushal gang from Khandsa mandi, police on Wednesday took into custody its operations head and gangster Amit Dagar's wife Twinkle.Police said on Thursday this was the second time that Twinkle, who lives in a premium luxury apartment on Golf Course Road, was arrested. July was the previous time, also in connection with...

MUMBAI: The EOW probing alleged financial irregularities in the Rs 6.37 crore ‘khichdi for migrant labourers’ scam during the Covid pandemic has summoned Sandeep Raut, brother of Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut, on Friday. EOW issued summons to Sandeep to join the probe. An EOW source said Sandeep had allegedly received some money in his account. “We’ve called Sandeep and will question him in...

NEW DELHI: Domestic market leader IndiGo will levy a distance-based "fuel charge" ranging from Rs 300 to Rs 1,000 on all its flights due to increase in aviation turbine fuel (ATF) prices. This comes into effect from today. While comments were sought from other airlines, SpiceJet said it will levy a fuel charge without giving details.Other airlines are also likely to follow suit as the costing pressure...

RANCHI: A special CBI court in Ranchi sentenced the ex-husband of a national-level shooter to life imprisonment on Thursday under IPC Section 376 (2) (n) on charges of rape, fraudulent marriage and attempt to convert the religion of his then wife.A former registrar (vigilance) of Jharkhand high court was also sentenced to 15 years in prison for conspiracy.According to the shooter, she had come to know...

KOLKATA: At least two people were killed and six others injured in Bengal’s Jalpaiguri as a mortar shell floating on flood waters blew up. The mortar shell, as believed by the local police officers, belonged to the Army and was carried away by flood waters flowing down from the hills.Deputy superintendent of police, Crime, of Jalpaiguri Bikramjit Lama said that the identities of the two killed in the...

NEW DELHI/GURGAON: A man who had allegedly raped a three-year-old girl in January this year was arrested from Madhya Pradesh on Thursday, police said. Thirty-six-year-old Dare alias Govind was arrested from Narsinghpur district in Madhya Pradesh, they said. He is also accused of pushing his wife from the second floor of a building with the intention of killing her, police said.Shocking! 24-year old...

NAVI MUMBAI: Arham Gandhi, a 16-year-old student of Wilson College, sustained severe injuries after being struck by a recklessly driven car in Vashi Sector 17 earlier this week. Although the 19-year-old accused driver has been booked by the local police, immediate arrest was not made, and the teen driver has been summoned to appear in court at a later date.CCTV: Speeding car rams into two-wheeler in...