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NEW DELHI: Four officials of the Regional Passport Office in Kolkata were arrested by the CBI in connection with a racket in which passports were issued to Nepalese citizens based on forged documents, officials said. The arrested officials were identified as senior passport assistants Uttam Kumar, Debasis Bhattacharjee and Nishit Baran Saha and stenographer Manish Kumar Gupta.They were presented before...

RANIGUNJ: The death of three villagers inside an open cast mine in Ranigunj -- while they were stealing coal from a government mine -- has taken senior coal officials off guard, as unlike previous instances where people have died in cave-ins at abandoned mines, Wednesday’s incident happened at an active colliery.3 killed, many feared trapped after illegal coal mine collapse near Dhanbad, JharkhandAt...

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: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday conducted searches at four premises, including in Mumbai, after registering a corruption case against unknown officials of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) and three private individuals.Watch: Tamil actor Vishal's explosive bribery claims against CBFC rock film industry; former chief backs VishalRecently, Tamil actor Vishal had...

MUMBAI: During a surprise visit on Sunday to an SRA (Slum Rehabilitation Authority) Colony in Kurla's Nehru Nagar in Mumbai, Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde took municipal officials and civic appointed cleaning contractors to task for not adhering to an earlier directive of cleaning public toilets five times a day.Shinde was almost on the verge of issuing directions for suspending an...

NEW DELHI: Lieutenant governor V K Saxena has directed civic officials to carry out repair and beautification work in east Delhi areas, officials said on Sunday.The development comes after Saxena visited several areas of east Delhi, including Shashtri Park, Mansarovar Park, Seelampur, Shyam Lal College, Karkardooma, Surajmal Park, and Dilshad Garden.The LG has asked all concerned agencies -- MCD, PWD,...

CHENNAI: Chief minister M K Stalin on Thursday inspected ongoing road works in South Chennai areas like Alandur, Perungudi and Velachery. Stalin visited Madipakkam's Ram Nagar 7th Cross Street, Third Main Road (west side), Third Main Road (east side), where works worth Rs 85 lakh are under way.Later, he inspected highway road works in Manapakkam-Kolapakkam-Gerugambakkam stretch where works worth Rs 4.5...

KOLKATA: Sealdah divisional railway manager (DRM) Deepak Nigam and commissioner of Customes inspected the border railway station in Gede on Wednesday facilitate faster movement of cargo and passengers trains across the border. The officers conducted a joint inspection of the facilities available at the Customs checking point at railway station on April 5.It is well-known that, apart from handling two...