Chandigarh: Two men, allegedly involved in the high-profile killing of a prominent businessman of Abohar town, Sanjay Verma, on Monday, were killed in a police encounter during recovery of the murder weapon on the outskirts of the town on Tuesday. The murder of Verma, who was a partner of a well-known clothing emporium of the town, shocked the traders across the state, raised questions on the law and order situation in the state and evoked sharp reactions from the opposition parties against the...Read More
Mumbai: The plan for parking lots in Breach Candy and Bhulabhai Desai Road submitted by the residents association, for which site visits were also carried by the police and local civic officials, has hit a road block as the area is still under the Coastal Road department and yet to be handed over to the D ward office of the BMC. The parking projects are undertaken by local ward office, and roads and traffic department of the BMC, however, untill the area is under the Coastal Road department, th...Read More
Navi Mumbai: A 32-year-old surgeon from JJ Hospital, Dr. Omkar Bhagwat Kavitke, has gone missing after allegedly jumping into the creek from Atal Setu on Monday night, prompting an intense multi-agency search operation. The incident was reported around 9:43 PM on July 7, after the Atal Setu Control Room received a call alerting them that a man had jumped off the 11.800-km point on the Mumbai-bound lane of the bridge. Ulwe Police and beat marshals rushed to the scene and discovered a Honda Amaze...Read More
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Unregulated online betting and gaming applications are turning out to be a major factor behind suicides by youths and even children across the state. In the past few years, dozens of youths addicted to betting and gaming apps lost hefty cash and ended their lives in depression in various districts. Many even cited their addiction and loss of money as the reason behind the extreme step in the suicide notes they left behind. Cyber Crime officials said that although bettin...Read More
Chennai: The Madras High Court (Madurai Bench) on Tuesday directed the CBI to complete the probe into the gruesome illegal custodial torture of a temple security guard Ajith Kumar, which led to his death, and submit the final report in the jurisdictional court by August 20. Ajith Kumar, who was accused by a woman of stealing jewels from her car, which she had given him to park, had died after being brutally beaten up and tortured in secluded spots, last month. Five policemen were arrested in co...Read More
Moradabad: A shameful and shocking incident has come to light from Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad, a minor girl was repeatedly raped by her father. The case came to light after a newborn baby was found stuffed inside a bag on a train in UP's Moradabad on June 22. Police at Moradabad Junction found a newborn baby abandoned in a bag in the general compartment of the Summer Special Train. They also found a SIM card in the bag, which turned out to be a breakthrough in the investigation. Probe revealed,...Read More
Nagaland State Lottery Result | Image: Wikipedia (Representative) Nagaland State Lottery results for Dear Godavari Tuesday Weekly Lottery at 1 PM will be announced today, July 08, 2025. The top prize for the lottery is a whopping Rs 1 crore. We at FPJ are keeping track of the results. If you have bought a lottery ticket and want to know the winners, you can find the list here. You can view the results for the Dear Godavari Tuesday Weekly Lottery July 08, 2025, here: Official websites to check...Read More
Kerala Lottery Result | Image: Wikipedia (Representational Image) The results of Kerala Lottery for Kerala Sthree Sakthi SS-475 on Tuesday, July 08, will be announced at 3 PM today and the official results will be published on the website at 4 PM. The top prize for the lottery is a whopping ₹75,00,000. We at FPJ are keeping track of these results. If you have bought a lottery ticket and want to know the winners, you can find the list here. Origin of the name Sthree Sakthi The lottery was intr...Read More
Mumbai: Police arrested activists of the Raj Thackeray led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) in Mira-Bhayandar area after they tried to take out a morcha on the Marathi issue while opposing the imposition of Hindi from Grade 1 in Maharashtra. They hit the streets to counter the morcha organised by traders. MNS activists strongly protested the police's decision of allowing traders to take out a rally while turning down their request. The traders had organised a morcha to protest against the bea...Read More
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad City Civil Court in Telangana on Tuesday morning received a bomb threat email. A bomb disposal squad reached the spot after receiving the information. Senior officials also rushed to the court. Authorities received the threat email at around 3:15 am, and after reading the email at around 11 am, the police were informed. The threat email was sent under the name 'Abida Abdullah', reported News 18. The court was vacated after the bomb threat email. The sender claimed to h...Read More
Mumbai: In response to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Nishikant Dubey's controversial remarks against Marathi-speaking people, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut launched a scathing attack on Maharashtra's Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. Questioning his silence on the ongoing controversy over language in the state, Raut taunted his appearance and said, "Eknath Shinde apne aap ko duplicate Shiv Sena ka neta manta hai na, dadhi pe haath ghumata phirta hai... nikaldo dadhi aapki, agar dadhi mein...Read More
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday responded to BJP MP Nishikant Dubey's controversial comments that sparked a row across the state, clarifying that the remarks were not aimed at the Marathi community but at certain organisations that, according to Dubey, triggered the controversy. "Whatever Nishikant Dubey has said, he has not said it for the common Marathi people, but for those organisations which have fuelled this controversy," said Fadnavis. However, the Chief ...Read More
Mumbai: Public sector banks (PSBs) are in talks with the Finance Ministry to review the rule of maintaining a minimum balance in savings accounts. According to a report by Times of India, this discussion is taking place due to the declining share of CASA (Current Account Savings Account) deposits in banks' total deposits. The report states that the share of CASA deposits is shrinking, and during a recent meeting with the finance ministry, government officials raised a question: Why should custo...Read More
Mumbai: The initial public offering (IPO) of Glen Industries, a manufacturer of eco-friendly food packaging products, opened for public bidding on July 8, 2025. The SME IPO is valued at Rs 63.02 crore and includes a fresh issue of 6.49 million equity shares. There is no offer for sale (OFS) component in this public issue. Day 1 Subscription Status: 21 percent Booked By 11 AM on the opening day, the IPO had received bids for 9,99,600 shares against the 4.69 million shares available for subscrip...Read More
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday defended the decision by the local police to deny permission for a protest march by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) workers in Thane's Mira-Bhayandar area. Notably, the march was to be taken out by MNS workers from the Balaji Hotel at 10 am today. Speaking to reporters, Fadnavis said that he had a discussion with the Commissioner of Police about the situation prevailing in the area. As per the Maharashtra Chief Minister, the CP to...Read More
Mumbai: A 26-year-old man accused in a mobile theft case allegedly died by suicide in the lock-up of Sahar police station on Monday morning. According to police officials, the man, identified as Ankit Rai, reportedly hanged himself using a cloth tied to a pipe in the toilet. His body was sent to JJ Hospital for post-mortem examination. Ankit Rai worked as a waiter and lived with roommates employed at a five-star hotel in Andheri East. The case began when his roommates filed a complaint regardin...Read More
New Delhi: Two people, including a woman, were beaten up in a nightclub last week after a dispute erupted over the condition of the toilets. The victim, 23-year-old man Vijay Malhotra, lodged a complaint. The incident took place at the nightclub on Ashoka Road in a five-star hotel at around 4 am on July 1. An FIR was registered at the Connaught Place police station. As per Malhotra's complaint, he and his cousin, Shashi Jaggi, visited the club for a party. While he was in the restroom, a disput...Read More
Mumbai: In a dramatic pre-dawn operation, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena's (MNS) Thane-Palghar district president Avinash Jadhav was detained by police at 3:30 am on Tuesday, July 7, just hours before the party's scheduled protest march in Mira-Bhayander. The police, who had denied permission for the march, carried out preventive action to halt what they feared could become an aggressive demonstration. Police Crack Down on MNS Ahead of Scheduled Protest The march, planned in response to perceived...Read More
Cuddalore: A tragedy unfolded in Tamil Nadu's Cuddalore district after a school van crossing railway tracks was hit by a train in Sembankuppam on Tuesday morning. Two students reportedly died in the accident, while several others were reportedly injured. As per the Southern Railway, the incident took place at around 7:45 am when a van carrying students attempted to cross Railway Level Crossing Gate No. 170 (a non-interlocked gate) between Cuddalore and Alappakkam. The van was hit by Villupuram...Read More
Bhubaneswar: Odisha govt aims to create 10 lakh green livelihoods through engagement in eco-tourism activities by establishing 100 facilities to process medicinal plants. The move is an attempt to engage local communities in its mission to establish green Odisha by 2036. On the occasion of the 76th Van Mahotsav, chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi said on Monday. The govt also introduced new awards for environmentalists and conservationists as well as increased the award money.In his speech, the c...Read More
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday, prima facie, observed that Abu Salem, convicted in the 1993 Bombay blasts case, has not yet completed 25 years of incarceration as stipulated in the extradition terms under which he was brought from Portugal. A division bench of Justices Ajey Gadkari and Rajesh Patil made the prima facie observation while hearing Salem's plea seeking premature release. The Court, while admitting the petition, refused to grant any interim relief. Salem approached the HC ...Read More
Mumbai On High Alert: Unidentified Boat Spotted Near Raigad Coast; Security Protocols Increased (VIDEO) | Representatinal Image A high-alert security scare off the Raigad coast late on Saturday evening triggered a swift and extensive response from the Mumbai Crime Branch, Raigad Police, and multiple maritime security agencies. The suspected Pakistani boat, which was initially believed to pose a possible infiltration threat, was ultimately identified as a floating fishing net buoy commonly used ...Read More
Kolkata: Amid furore over the alleged gangrape in college, South Kolkata Law college on Monday got reopened following direction of Calcutta High Court with tight security. According to High Court sources, the college will remain open from 8 am to 2pm and no one including the teachers will be allowed to stay inside the premises after 2pm. A large contingent of police were seen with barricades outside the main gate of the college and everyone who were entering the college premises had to produce...Read More
Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday recorded the statement of a Sion-based businessman in connection with a fresh money laundering case registered against Purushottam Prabhakar Chavan, the husband of a senior IPS officer, officials said. The money laundering probe is based on an FIR registered by the Mumbai Police's Economic Offences Wing (EOW), which accuses Chavan and his associates of defrauding several individuals by offering them luxury flats at discounted rates under a purp...Read More
New Delhi: The Delhi Police Special Cell has arrested an inter-state firearms supplier, namely Sonu alias Sillu alias Sheenu (34), resident of Panipat, Haryana. He is associated with the Neeraj Bawana Gang. According to the release, an information regarding an interstate gun-running syndicate was received. During manual intelligence development, it came to notice that one Sonu alias Sheenu is associated with the Neeraj Bawana gang and is also wanted in an arms trafficking case. For the last thr...Read More
Mumbai - In a landmark step towards strengthening healthcare cooperation in South and Southeast Asia, the Government of India has launched a Specialized Training Program in Cancer Care for BIMSTEC Countries at the Tata Memorial Centre (TMC), Mumbai. The initiative, first announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the 6th BIMSTEC Summit, is being implemented by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in collaboration with the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE). The program aims to address th...Read More
Karnataka NEET UG 2025 Counselling: The National Eligibility cum Entrance test (NEET UG 2025) counselling procedure has begun with the roll number enrolment process, according to the Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA). For Karnataka NEET UG counselling 2025, candidates can register their roll numbers at cetonline.karnataka.gov.in/KEA. This process must be finished by July 8 at 11 a.m. This procedure must be finished by all applicants hoping to be admitted to medical, dentistry, and AYUSH pr...Read More
Navi Mumbai: A 62-year-old resident of Navi Mumbai has reportedly fallen victim to a cyber fraud, losing Rs 73.72 lakh after being lured into a gold trading scheme by a woman he met on a dating application, according to police sources on Monday. The victim, who resides in the New Panvel area, was contacted by a woman identifying herself as Zia between March and May 2024, as reported by the news agency PTI. Their communication extended to WhatsApp, where she gradually convinced him to invest in ...Read More
Mumbai, July 7: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief, Uddhav Thackeray on Monday slammed Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for terming as "rudali" his speech at the victory rally held to celebrate the government's decision to withdraw introduction of Hindi from Grade 1 in the state. "They don't even have the people to express their sorrow. They have to get those people from other parties. I can understand Fadnavis' reaction. But those who feel sad about the happy moments of Marathi people are very ...Read More
New Delhi: Kalyan Jewellers on Monday reported a 31 per cent year-on-year increase in consolidated revenue for the first quarter of the fiscal 2025-26, despite multiple pauses in demand, majorly due to volatility in gold prices and geopolitical tensions. The company had reported a consolidated net revenue of Rs 5,557.63 crore in the first quarter (April-June) of the 2024-25 fiscal.India operations saw 31 per cent revenue growth during Q1 of the fiscal 2025-26 compared to Q1 of the previous year...Read More