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CHENNAI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) sleuths nabbed the kingpin of a human trafficking racket involved in an attempt to send 61 Sri Lankan nationals abroad illegally after bringing them to India in 2021.The accused, identified as Mohamed Imran Khan (39) alias Haja Najerbheeden, a native of Ramanathpuram, was secured from his hideout in Theni district by the absconder tracker team (ATT) of...

KALYAN: In a move aimed at bolstering the Shiv Sena's (UBT) presence across Maharashtra, party chief Uddhav Thackeray recently appointed several individuals to key leadership roles. Notably, Vijay Salvi from Kalyan was designated as the deputy leader in the party. However, amidst these changes, Sadanand Tharwal, the Kalyan Lok Sabha district president, tendered his resignation from the party post, which...

NEW DELHI/THANE: Authorities announced the apprehension of two brothers who had evaded capture for 29 years following their involvement in the tragic murder of a woman and her four children in Maharashtra's Thane district. The police arrested them in Uttar Pradesh on Monday.PTI quoted deputy commissioner of police (Crime) Avinash Ambure as reporting that a team from the MBVV police apprehended Anil,...

KOLKATA: The prolonged rainfall that has gathered momentum since the last week of September is unlikely to abate before weekend, despite the gradual weakening of the low pressure in the Bay of Bengal. The well-marked low pressure area that developed in the east central Bay of Bengal reduced in force after reaching southwest Jharkhand and north Chhattisgarh on Monday. However, the cyclonic circulation...

THANE: Two persons stabbed a 24-year-old truck driver to death in an incident of road rage in Maharashtra's Thane district. The incident took place after their two-wheeler rammed into the heavy vehicle in Kalyan taluka in the early hours of Monday, police said on Tuesday. The police have arrested Anjala Liyat Khan (23) and Mohammad Anans Asfaque Sheikh (21).The victim Bholakumar Mahanto and his friend...

The 42 samples from bat and other animals, which were sent to National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases (NIHSAD), Bhopal, tested negative for Nipah, dealing a setback to the state’s efforts to identify the source of the recent Nipah outbreak in Kozhikode. The second batch of 42 samples were collected from the house and farmland of Mohammedali (deceased index patient in current outbreak) at...

NAMAKKAL: Chief minister M K Stalin unveiled Tamil scholar and writer 'Silampoli' Su Chellappan's statue at Siviyampalayam in Namakkal district on Saturday. He unveiled the statue through video conferencing from Chennai. Recalling Chellappan's passion for Tamil, Stalin said he was the first student who raised voice against the Hindi language when the then central government attempted to make it the...

THANE: A security guard has been in Thane district for allegedly assaulting an 82-year-old woman and stealing jewelry worth Rs 3.2 lakh. The incident occurred on September 19 in a housing society in Bhayandar town, and based on a tip-off, the police took Rajendra Bahadur Kumwar (42), a native of Nepal, into custody.According to deputy commissioner of police Zone I, Jayant Bajbale, an unknown individual...

THANE: Police have arrested a man and his son from a village in Thane district on charges of killing the former's second son over abusive words used by him against the latter's wife, who was his sister-in-law, an official said on Tuesday. The victim was identified as Ram Madhukar Jadhav (35), while the accused were identified as Madhukar Jadhav (55) and his younger son Vishnu Madhukar Jadhav (27). The...