CHENNAI: The Chennai zonal unit of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has arrested three men for smuggling 3.9 kg of ephedrine, a controlled substance, from Chennai to Mumbai via Bengaluru.Based on information, NCB sleuths secured one of them at Periamet in Chennai on March 25 (Saturday) and seized the drug, which he had hidden in three handbags and embroidery mats. Based on his inputs, another man,...
NEW DELHI: For the first time since September of last year, Delhi's Covid-19 cases rose to 300 on Wednesday, and the positivity rate increased to 13.89%, according to data shared by health department. Two more deaths related to Covid were also reported, it said.Delhi recorded 214 cases on Tuesday, with a positivity rate of 11.82 per cent.On Monday, Delhi logged 115 new coronavirus cases with a seven...
MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Wednesday stayed the investigation in a first information report (FIR) against Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Maharashtra president Preeti Sharma Menon and a functionary under Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.Justices Sunil Shukre and Milind Sathaye granted interim relief to Menon, who is also a member of AAP's national executive, and...
Priyanka Chopra has stirred the hornet’s nest with her recent statements and the internet is yet to come to terms with the unsettling revelations and confessions. ETimes delves deep into Priyanka’s allegations of politics in Bollywood. What’s the Karan Johar connection here? What’s the story behind Kangana Ranaut’s claims? Who are the people involved in ending Priyanka’s Bollywood career? Is...
THANE: A constable — attached to the special protection unit in Mumbai — died hours later after he was found with serious injuries on the railway tracks between Taloja (in Raigad district) and Nilajhe (in Thane district) stations near Diva in Maharashtra on Wednesday morning, Thane railway police officials said. The constable was not on duty at the time of the incident, officials said.The railway...
BHUBANESWAR: A 14-year-old boy — son of a businessman — was murdered after being kidnapped in by-poll bound Jharsuguda in Odisha, police said on Wednesday.Jharsuguda superintendent of police Smit Parmar said though the family had got ransom calls hours after the kidnap on Monday night, other angles are also being probed since the boy was killed much before the deadline to pay money. The killers made...
CHENNAI: Chief minister M K Stalin on Wednesday informed the Tamil Nadu assembly that he has issued orders to suspend the controversial Ambasamudram assistant superintendent of police Balveer Singh.There were complaints against Balveer Singh that he had plucked the teeth and squeezed the testicles of several people in police custody.Responding to a special calling attention motion brought by the...
Manthan Mehta has been a journalist since 1997, and is currently Assistant Editor at The Times of India, Mumbai. He covers a wide range of subjects ranging from insurance to local crimes and civic issues. Manthan reads and watches cricket matches in his free time.Read More!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) { window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {}; const { TimesApps } = window;...
THANE: Aggrieved by a police constable for checking his car, a man abducted and assaulted the on duty constable in 2017 has been convicted and sentenced to five years of rigorous imprisonment by the Thane sessions court. The accused Ali Rajak Pathan, was convicted by additional sessions judge Rachna R Tehrawho also imposed a fine of Rs 1500. Two other accomplices of the accused identified as Rahul Rama...
KOLKATA: The sexual assault and murder of the seven-year-old girl in Tiljala was a planned crime, with the accused, Alok Kumar Sah, having stalked the child for at least two weeks, police said. Alok had clicked her photographs and studied her movements, especially her whereabouts on weekends, the probe revealed. Cops said Alok had chosen the day of the murder carefully. "Alok Kumar Sah had been...
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