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Kolkata: A mob of around 50, led by an auto driver, stormed a Sonarpur condominium, forced their way into the fourth-floor flat of customs inspector Pradeep Kumar and repeatedly assaulted him and his wife in front of their terrified four-year-old daughter on the night of Oct 23.Minutes before the assault, Kumar was involved in a brawl with the auto driver, Azizul Gazi, after his SUV grazed the three-wheeler while trying to negotiate a Kali Puja immersion procession, police said.Frantic calls fro ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal will visit Brussels on Oct 27 for talks with his EU counterpart to give political impetus to the proposed trade pact, as the deadline to conclude negotiations nears. During the two-day visit, Goyal will meet executive Vice-President and European Commissioner for trade of the EU Maros Sefcovic, the commerce ministry said on Sunday. "The visit comes at a crucial stage in the ongoing India-EU FTA negotiations, as both sides intensify efforts to ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Eyewear retailer Lenskart is gearing up to launch its IPO on Oct 31, aiming to raise Rs 2,150 crore through a fresh issue of shares. The IPO will conclude on Nov 4. Last week, DMart founder Radhakishan Damani reportedly invested around Rs 90 crore in Lenskart in a pre-IPO funding round. Lenskart will make its debut on the stock exchanges on Nov 10 ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The long-debated question of whether Cubbon Park should be open to picnics resurfaced during the 'Walk with Bengaluru' public grievance meeting Sunday, as citizens appealed to deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar to make the lung space more accessible for public recreation.Arun Pai, from The Ugly Indian, urged Shivakumar to allow small family picnics in the park, arguing that the city's residents need more open spaces to connect with nature. "We have very little lung space in Bengaluru ...Read More >
Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Aditynath said that the historic Garhmukteshwar fair, which is a living symbol of Uttar Pradesh's deep-rooted faith, spirituality, and cultural heritage, will be organised as 'mini-Kumbh' this year. The fair will be held from October 30 to November 5 and the state government aims to organise it with devotion, discipline, and cleanliness, so that every devotee returns in peace and with divine blessings. Around 50 lakh devotees are likely to attend the fair.On Sunday, ...Read More >
Chennai: Judicial infrastructure is not merely about the grandiosity of the architecture. It is about justice itself. For justice to be timely, fair, and efficient, courts must be equipped with the right environment -- physically, technologically, and humanly, Justice Surya Kant, Senior Judge of the Supreme Court, said after inaugurating the 'Additional Heritage Court Building' of the Madras high court on Sunday.The Additional Heritage Court Building is the 134-year-old Indo-Saracenic heritage b ...Read More >
Mysuru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday praised the coffee being produced in the state and its growing popularity. In 'Mann Ki Baat,' Modi stated that Indian coffee is becoming very popular all over the world. Be it Chikkamagaluru, Kodagu, and Hassan in Karnataka, or the Biligiri region on the Karnataka-Tamil Nadu border; the diversity of Indian coffee is truly remarkable, he stated.Coffee Board chairman MJ Dinesh thanked the Prime Minister for speaking about Karnataka coffee. "It will be ...Read More >
Jaipur: Winter has begun to make its presence felt across Rajasthan with minimum temperatures dipping below 17 degrees Celsius in many parts of the state.The Met office said that in the coming days, due to a fresh spell of western disturbances, mild to moderate rainfall is likely at many places in the southern and eastern parts of the state from Monday. Areas in Udaipur, Kota, Ajmer and Jaipur divisions are likely to receive light to moderate showers. Nagaur remained the coldest in the state whe ...Read More >
Yavatmal: Deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday asserted that Shiv Sena will contest the upcoming local body elections as part of the Mahayuti alliance. He was addressing party officials during the 'Shiv Sankalp' district-level training camp organised in Yavatmal.Due to inclement weather, Shinde attended the event online and guided participants virtually. The training camp aimed to prepare Shiv Sena office-bearers for the forthcoming local body elections.Union minister Prataprao Jadhav, ...Read More >
Chennai: Tamil Nadu is set to witness another round of intense standoff between BJP and DMK, as chief minister M K Stalin said on Sunday that he would challenge special intensive revision (SIR) through legal means and people's protest.As Election Commission of India is gearing up to begin SIR in the state in the coming days, Stalin said BJP and its ally AIADMK were 'plotting' to remove the names of voters from marginalized sections from the electoral rolls through the exercise. "BJP and its ally ...Read More >
Kolkata: A late-night drinking session turned fatal in Chetla on Saturday after Ashok Paswan (42) was allegedly stabbed in the neck with an iron rod by two of his friends following an argument over misappropriation of funds of a local Kali Puja, police said.The incident occurred around 11.30 pm near the 17B bus stand under Chetla PS. Within hours of the incident, Kolkata Police commissioner Manoj Verma visited the spot, and soon after, the Chetla police officer-in-charge, Sukhendu Mukhopadhyay, ...Read More >
Jind: At least 50 youths in the age group of 25 to 30 years have been deported from the US to Haryana in handcuffs after having travelled to the country via the 'dunki' route.Naresh Kumar, one of the 14 Kaithal youths deported from the US, told mediapersons: "I sold my agricultural land and paid Rs 57 lakh to an agent to go to the US via the Panama jungle route. After spending 14 months in jail, I was deported."Naresh claimed that the agent kept extorting money from him at every border crossing. ...Read More >
Gurgaon: The special task force (STF) in Haryana arrested Lakhwinder Singh, alias Lakha, a notorious gangster who was deported from the US following months of coordinated efforts between Indian and international agencies.Lakha -- hailing from Titram village in Kaithal district -- is best known as a close confidant of Anmol Bishnoi, the brother of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi. His reputation for orchestrating extortion rackets and his alleged role in violent crimes made him a feared figure ac ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Sunday called on the nation to mark the 150th year of 'Vande Mataram', describing India's national song as "a surge of emotions in our hearts" and "a mantra that connects 140 crore Indians through the energy of unity". "Vande Mataram - this contains so many emotions, so many energies. It makes us experience the maternal affection of Ma Bharati," he said in his Mann ki Baat broadcast, urging citizens to send suggestions with the hashtag '#VandeMataram150' for year-l ...Read More >
Thane: The Thane Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested two more individuals -- Mandar Gawade and Sandeep Pawaskar -- in connection with the escalating bribery case involving suspended Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) deputy municipal commissioner Shankar Patole. Investigators suggest this could unravel a larger political-bureaucratic nexus operating within the civic body.Sources have hinted at the involvement of political intermediaries and influence peddlers in what was initially seen as a rou ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Symbols resembling the Bharat Rashtra Samithi's (BRS) 'car' have reappeared in the Jubilee Hills assembly by-election, causing concerns to the party over voter confusion. According to the official Form 7A list of contesting candidates, at least seven symbols similar to the 'car' have been allotted: chapati roller, road roller, camera, television, ship, soap dish, and 'dolli' (palanquin).Among these, Amboju Buddaiah of the Alliance of Democratic Reforms Party received the 'chapati roll ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Bangalore South MP Tejasvi Surya said Sunday he has sought a 30-minute meeting with deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar to present an alternative urban mobility plan for the city, countering the govt's proposal for a tunnel road.He added that Bengaluru's civic issues required cooperation, not confrontation. "Bengaluru will not benefit from an ego clash. What we need is a comprehensive mobility plan that reduces private vehicles and boosts public transport," he said, adding that if the ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Chief minister A Revanth Reddy will address a meeting of Telugu film industry employees federation and its 24 other unions at Yousufguda Police Grounds in the bypoll-bound Jubilee Hills constituency on Tuesday.This comes after Revanth held a meeting with the Telugu film industry employees federation representatives at his residence on Sept 17 and addressed many of their demands. Now, the representatives have organised a felicitation for him on Oct 28 evening at Police Grounds, where a ...Read More >
New Delhi: A man was arrested from Krishna Nagar Saturday for allegedly stealing Rs 26 lakh from his father's bank account. He committed the crime out of resentment after the latter handed over the operations of their family parking business at Azadpur Mandi, which the son used to oversee, to his stepbrother, police said.The case came to light when the 68-year-old man visited the bank to update his passbook and found the money missing. He filed a complaint on National Cyber Crime Reporting Porta ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar Sunday announced that Biocon chairperson Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, former Infosys CFO TV Mohandas Pai, and other industry leaders would now be part of an advisory committee on Bengaluru -- a move that follows days of public exchange over the city's deteriorating infrastructure.According to a statement issued by Shivakumar's office, the decision came after a dinner meeting with entrepreneurs to discuss the challenges faced by the city. "Everyone has given ...Read More >
Kolkata: A cyclonic storm that brewed over the Bay of Bengal intensified into a deep depression on Sunday, the Met said. Kolkata received drizzles and remained largely cloudy throughout the day.The drizzles turned more consistent in the evening. There is a possibility of the city experiencing thundershowers. The depression was set to intensify further into a cyclonic storm over the southwest and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal by Tuesday morning and hit the Andhra coast between Machilipatna ...Read More >
Pune: A day after Shiv Sena's city unit chief Ravindra Dhangekar wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding the resignation of Union Minister and city BJP MP Murlidhar Mohol over the Seth Hirachand Nemchand Jain hostel property deal row in Model Colony, deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday said he had spoken to Dhangekar, and asked him to ensure that no discord is created within the Mahayuti alliance. "Dhangekar is a hardworking party worker who always fights against injustice. He ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Equating drunk drivers to terrorists and describing drunk driving as an "act of terror on the roads of Hyderabad", police commissioner VC Sajjanar has vowed to adopt a stringent zero-tolerance policy against drunk driving cases going forward.In a scathing attack against offenders who choose to drive while being under the influence of alcohol, the commissioner called the Kurnool bus tragedy a preventable massacre, caused by the reckless and irresponsible behaviour of an intoxicated bik ...Read More >
Nagpur: Firefighters of the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) were on their toes on Saturday evening and early Sunday morning after two major fire incidents were reported at different locations in the city. One occurred at a prominent restaurant in Dharampeth, which was operating without proper fire compliance, and another at a scrap factory on Old Kamptee Road. Together, the two fires gutted material worth around Rs1.30 crore, though no injuries were reported in either case.The first incident ...Read More >
Hyderabad: South East Zone DCP S Chaitanya Kumar recounted in his complaint how his armed guard's weapon fell on the road while attempting to apprehend the armed history sheeter, Md Omer Ansari, near Victory's Grounds in Chaderghat on Saturday.In the complaint, the DCP stated that he had retrieved the weapon and fired at Ansari when he attempted to attack the gunman with a knife. According to police, Ansari has been involved in cases of attempted murder, robbery, extortion and illegal arms posse ...Read More >
BHOPAL: A man, allegedly angered by the rejection of his bail plea, vandalised the official residence of judicial magistrate first class Amandeep Singh Chhabra, 39, in Anuppur district of Madhya Pradesh late Saturday, police said Sunday. Police registered an FIR and launched an investigation. Accused Priyanshu alias Jaguar Singh, 25, Devendra Kevat alias Sonu, 23, and Manikesh Singh alias Puttan, 19 were traced and arrested. Police also seized the motorcycle allegedly used in the attack. Anuppur ...Read More >
Kolkata: The city got back its flight connectivity to China on Sunday as IndiGo's Kolkata-Guangzhou direct flight took off. Kolkata to China flights were discontinued in the backdrop of Covid and border clashes five years ago. The A32 Neo carried 176 passengers.IndiGo's Delhi-Guangzhou flight is likely to start on Nov 10 and China Eastern Airlines is set to resume its Shanghai-Delhi operations on Nov 9. The decision to resume the flights follows the govt's decision to reopen tourist visa facilit ...Read More >
Lucknow: Quick thinking by bus driver Jagat Singh and his two aides, Shyam Sundar and Manish, saved the lives of 39 passengers when their Delhi-Gonda sleeper bus suddenly caught fire on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway early Sunday morning.Speaking to The Times of India, driver Jagat Singh recounted the harrowing moments before the bus was engulfed in flames. "Around 4:30 am, the rear tyre suddenly burst with a loud sound. I immediately pulled the bus to the side and got down to check. Within moments ...Read More >
Lucknow: A four-member team of the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) reached Delhi on Sunday to question two alleged ISIS operatives arrested by the Delhi Police Special Cell earlier this week.The suspects -- Mohammed Adnan (19), a native of Etah, and Adnan Khan (20) from Bhopal -- were nabbed from Sadiq Nagar in South Delhi and Bhopal by special cell of Delhi police, respectively, in an operation that foiled alleged plans for suicide attacks in the national capital during the festive sea ...Read More >
KOLKATA: Monica Liu lives and breathes Beijing, the 'Tangra-style' Chinese restaurant that is the beating heart of weekends in Kolkata's Chinatown. But on Sunday night, Guangzhou was on her mind. For the first time in five years, she was on a direct flight from the city she calls home to the country of her ancestors. Liu was among the first of 176 passengers to board IndiGo's resurrected Kolkata-Guangzhou flight that bridged the gap in direct air connectivity between India and China, triggered b ...Read More >
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