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THANE: An armourer in the Quick Response Team (QRT) of the Mumbai police was arrested for alleged involvement in a firing incident in Padgha in Thane's Bhiwandi area in which two persons were injured, a senior police official said on Sunday. Motorcycle-borne cousins Aziz Sayyed and Firoze Sheikh were shot at and injured near Mainde village on October 13 by a masked man who fled from the scene after the...

KOLKATA: A 32-year-old auto driver stabbed to death his 21-year-old wife at Haridevpur's Dolly Villa on Sunday night. Accused Suvendu Das had reportedly consumed poison after stabbing his wife. He, too, was battling for life till reports last came in.The incident, police said, took place at 10.15pm. Suvendu allegedly had a tiff with his wife, Krishna, and stabbed her multiple times, witnesses told...

CHENNAI: The city, which topped the state's fatal road accidents chart for years has dropped to 17th position in the latest official district-wise accident analysis report. The number of deaths in Chennai this year (up to August) dipped to 332, against the usual number of close to 700. Improved health services and more congested roads are cited as primary reasons for the drop in fatalities.R Sudhakar,...

NEW DELHI: The investigation into the fake "ED raid" which culminated in a robbery of Rs3 crore in Dwarka has revealed that the conspiracy was hatched two weeks ago when the victim had received the final instalment of the pay-out in a land deal.While four people have been arrested, a manhunt has been launched for at least four others who were suspected to be key players in the conspiracy, police said,...

MUMBAI: The onset of Sharadiya Navratra holds special significance for the Bengali community as it prepares to celebrate Durga Puja from October 20-24.The monks of Ramakrishna Mission (RKM) in Khar will host traditional festivities complete with Kumari Puja, where a little girl is dressed up and worshipped as the goddess. One of the oldest Pujas, organised by Durga Bari Samiti at Tejpal Hall, is in its...

FEROZEPUR: An Indian Army general court martial has recommended a five-year jail term and cashiering from service as punishment to a Major who was found guilty on charges of sexual harassment involving an 11-year-old girl.The general court martial found the allegations levelled by the mother of the survivor to be correct and awarded a five-year jail term along with cashiering from service to the Major...

BHOPAL: Congress released its first list of 144 candidates for the MP polls Sunday with a nod to numerology - at 9.09 am on the first day of Navratri, fielding 69 of its 96 sitting MLAs in a mix skewed towards youth. PCC chief Kamal Nath was among the nominees, 65 of them below 50. Rahul Gandhi calls ‘unemployment’ single biggest issue in IndiaBesides 19 women, there are six Muslim, 39 OBC, 30 ST...

MUMBAI: A month-and-a-half after a 63-year-old Chandivali resident in Mumbai was knocked down by a speeding MUV car outside the Orchid Enclave building on September 6 that was driven by a 14-year-old school student, the police has registered a first information report (FIR) against the Saki Naka-based businessman, Shamsool Khan (40), who was allegedly found at fault during the probe.Saki Naka police...

NEW DELHI: During the run-up to the launch of the Chandrayaan-3 mission, a delegation of Nasa scientists, on a visit to the Isro headquarters, was "astonished" to see the sophisticated technologies Indian space scientists has developed "at such low cost" to go to the Moon's south pole and wanted India to sell them to the US, Isro chairman S Somanath said on Sunday.Addressing students at an event...

THANE: The Regional Disaster Management Cell (RDMC) of the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) have launched a hunt to search for a 65-year-old mentally unstable man who jumped into Mumbra creek. Yasin Tadvi, the head of RDMc said that they received an alert about the incident at around 1 pm, from the son of the man. Immediately after which, the fire fighters as well as RDMC went to the spot with rescue...