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Chandigarh, Apr 2 (PTI) The Punjab Vigilance Bureau on Thursday arrested a sub-divisional officer (SDO) of the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 in Malerkotla district. An official spokesperson said the accused, , Hardeep Singh, was posted at the PSPCL office in Kup Kalan sub-division and was arrested based on a complaint filed by a resident of Bhogiwal village. The complainant alleged that the SDO, during inspection of his house, found ...Read More >
Shimla, Apr 4 (PTI) Under attack from the opposition over the Chester Hill land case in Solan, the Himachal Pradesh government on Saturday directed a fresh inquiry into allegations of a 'benami' land deal and violation of Section 118 of the HP Land Reforms and Tenancy Act. Section 118 restricts the purchase of land by non-Himachalis without prior permission. The state government also withdrew the earlier order of December 6, 2025, in which the Chief Secretary (Revenue) had dubbed the inquiry c ...Read More >
The countdown having begun for the West Bengal electoral rolls to be frozen, all roads for those "rejected" lead to the gates of a stark grey steel-and-cement building in Joka, located 16 km from the heart of Kolkata. On Thursday, the day 19 tribunals were expected to begin hearings for the lakhs whose names remain deleted from the electoral rolls, the gates of the building - the Syama Prasad Mookerjee National Institute of Water and Sanitation - remained firmly closed. Advertisement A steady ...Read More >
The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) during its ongoing drive against corruption in the state, has apprehended Sub Divisional Officer Hardeep Singh posted at PSPCL office, Sub Division Kup Kalan district Malerkotla , red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs. 10,000/-. Disclosing this here today, an official spokesperson of the state VB said the above-mentioned accused has been arrested based on a complaint lodged by a resident of village Bhogiwal district Malerkotla. He said that the accused SDO Ha ...Read More >
Three persons have been arrested in connection with the case, and a manhunt has been launched to nab others involved, he said. The action was taken after Radha Govind University , a private institute in the district, lodged an FIR with the Ramgarh police station alleging tampering of its computer sets by some persons ahead of the JEE examination. Ramgarh Deputy Commissioner Faiz Aq Ahmed Mumtaz said that after a complaint was filed by RGU, which is one of the JEE examination centres, police ha ...Read More >
KOLKATA: Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly and sitting BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari submitted nomination for Nandigram assembly constituency and expressed confidence that the party would register a decisive victory in the upcoming polls in Bengal. Adhikari on Monday submitted his nomination papers before the sub-divisional officer (SDO) at Haldia in East Midnapore district. Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and former Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh were p ...Read More >
Kolkata, Dec 15 (PTI) Ahead of the official publication of the West Bengal draft electoral rolls on Tuesday, booth-level officers (BLOs) across the state received access to the list, an official said. Through a dedicated application, BLOs were able to view the draft rolls booth-wise to facilitate preliminary verification, the official said on Monday. "The draft list will go live on Tuesday noon for public access both online and offline. The BLOs have already received the draft list," the offic ...Read More >
Kolkata: With the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls about to kick off in Bengal, the Election Commission plans to appoint volunteers to assist booth-level officers (BLOs) during the three-month exercise.Poll announcement in Bengal is likely by early March and elections are expected to be held by April 2026.The poll panel is trying to get data of all govt employees in each block so that they can be used in the SIR process, an EC official said. The volunteers must be govt employe ...Read More >
It is alleged that the assistant engineer, who was posted at PWD's Bongaigaon sub-division and was found dead in her house on July 22, was under "tremendous undue and illegitimate work pressure from her seniors, colleagues and contractors" regarding a mini-stadium project of the PWD. The Assam government had forwarded the probe to the CBI in August. Those named in the CBI FIR include Debajit Sharma, architect of private firm - Aesthetic Creations; Aminul Islam, sub-divisional officer, PWD, Bon ...Read More >
Bahraich: Fear gripped Pyarepurwa village in Kaiserganj tehsil of Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich after a man-eating wolf mauled an elderly couple to death and injured three women in separate late-night attacks. The killings triggered public outrage, with villagers vandalising forest officials' vehicles and chasing them away with sticks. The victims, Khedan (60) and his wife Mankiya (55), had gone to guard their crops on Monday night. Their bodies, which were partially eaten, were discovered in a near ...Read More >
BOKARO: Deputy commissioner Ajay Nath Jha has ordered probe into the mishap at Bokaro Steel Plant (BSL) on Sunday evening in which three workers suffered massive burn injuries, administrative officials said on Monday. As per the communique from the district administration, DC has asked Chas Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO) Pranjal Dhanda to probe into the incident and submit report within 12 hours. Additionally, separate reports have been sought from the factory inspector and executive director (wor ...Read More >
IMPHAL: Former Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh on Saturday said efforts are underway for setting up of a popular government in the state which is now under President's rule. Speaking at the sidelines of a programme at BJP state headquarters, Singh expressed hope that a new government will be formed in Manipur soon. "We are working to form a government at the earliest. We are a national party. After looking into the ground situation, I have faith that a government will be formed soon. BJP ...Read More >
Faridabad: While most areas in Haryana face acute water shortage and reel under water scarcity, a unique scheme of the Police Housing Department in Faridabad police line is able to generate 6.5 lakh litres of water through a recycling plant and reuse it every day. The recycled water of 6.5 lakh litres not only takes care of the water need of the police housing spread over a sprawling 48 acres but also used for the surrounding areas' green by producing fertilizers from the waste generated during ...Read More >
Hazaribag (Jharkhand), Feb 10 (PTI) The former SDO of Hazaribag Sadar, Ashok Kumar, an accused in connection with the death of his wife in December last year, was on Monday forwarded to judicial custody, officials said. Kumar was produced before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Hazaribag, S Lamhe, who forwarded him to judicial custody. A team of police officers had apprehended Kumar, who had been absconding, from Ranchi on Sunday evening. Earlier on January 31, a local court had reject ...Read More >
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