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NEW DELHI/THANE: An official reported on Friday that law enforcement authorities apprehended an accomplice of gangster Ravi Pujari, who is sought in connection with an extortion case, at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport.An official from the city crime branch reported that on Thursday, they arrested Vijay Purushottam Salvi, known by the alias Vijay Tambat, and he has been charged under...

BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha chief minister’s office (CMO) has asked officials and agencies concerned to complete the Sri Jagannath Parikrama project in Puri by the end of this year. Taking stock of the progress of the work in Puri around 4am on Friday, CM Naveen Patnaik’s private secretary (5T) VK Pandian asked the officials to expedite the project. Other senior officials accompanied Pandian in the...

MUMBAI: A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court while denying bail to Salim Qureshi, an alleged aide of fugitive gangster Chhota Shakeel, held that there was ample prima facie evidence to show his involvement in unlawful terror activities that are continued by wanted accused Dawood Ibrahim and Shakeel who manage their nefarious acts in India, from abroad, via associates like him.Quereshi,...

Nish Acharya, who served in the administration of President Barack Obama as director of innovation & entrepreneurship and senior advisor to the secretary of commerce, also led the President’s efforts to nurture economic growth through innovation, entrepreneurship and commercialisation and managed the national advisory council on innovation and entrepreneurship.Though he did not join the team of...