Police said the accused advertised on social media platforms that he could recover lost or stolen mobile phones Mumbai: The city crime branch arrested a 30-year-old man for allegedly impersonating a police officer and fleeing with mobile phones while claiming to recover lost handsets. Police said he was a habitual offender, with three other offences…
New Delhi: Refusing bail to a man accused of murdering his wife, who died after spending 13 months in a vegetative state following an alleged assault, a Delhi court held that his continued custody was necessary as seven doctors are yet to testify and there is a possibility that, if released, he could influence witnesses…
Chennai: Three masked men strangled a 62-year-old woman and snatched her earrings after cutting them off near Tirukazhukundram in the early hours of Monday. Police are yet to trace or arrest any of them so far. The victim, Bhanumathi, a retired govt hospital employee, lived with her son and daughter-in-law at Irumbuliyur Krishna Street near…
SLUG: LAND GRABBING CASEAhmedabad: A city sessions court on Tuesday rejected the regular bail plea of Popular Builders’ owner Raman Patel in a land-grabbing case registered by CID (crime) last year. The court, while denying bail, cited Patel’s past record, including his conviction in a similar case by a Sanand court, where he was found…
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Monday directed the State Legal Services Authority to ensure that a rape survivor receives compensation under the victim compensation scheme, even though the incident occurred in 1998 — before the scheme was introduced in 2017 — observing that she “must not be deprived of such opportunity”. The court also upheld…
Pune: Serious security concerns have been raised over the lack of an efficient system within PMC to determine whether Union ministry of defence (MoD) no objection certificates (NOC) are being used fraudulently for construction activity in the city.As per regulations, height clearance for buildings is granted by the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) building permission department…
Margao: Residents of Davorlim have strongly opposed the proposed conversion of the village lake under Section 39 A of the Town and Country Planning Act, asserting that the water body remains a vital ecological and community asset that must be preserved.The renewed opposition comes in response to recent remarks by minister Subhash Phal Dessai, who…
Kunal Shah is leaving the operating helm of CRED to run WhatsApp globally There are exits, and then there are the kind that look as though they were engineered by a founder who has spent his career thinking in second-order effects, and the departure of Kunal Shah from the chief executive’s chair at CRED belongs…
Simon and Garfunkel once sang that the words of the prophet are written on subway walls. They were only partially correct because the gospel truth can be found in all forms of art, including cartoons. Take a Paul Rigby cartoon caption in Sydney’s Daily Telegraph, which was testament to the plight of English batters during…
Arya Babbar explains viral ‘chota bhai’ genitalia joke involving Prateik Smita Patil, says he is open to mending ties (Image credits: Instagram) The strained relationship between Arya Babbar and his half-brother Prateik Smita Patil has once again come under the spotlight after a clip from Arya’s standup comedy set went viral online.In the clip, Arya…
