Ahmedabad: A man and his son were arrested with illegal liquor worth Rs 8.1 lakh after a police swoop on a rented bungalow on Science City Road on Monday night. Acting on a tip-off, a patrol team from Bodakdev police raided the house around 9.45pm and found Indian-made and foreign liquor concealed in bags kept…
Eviction drive outside Shalimar station on Tuesday Kolkata: Demolition began on Tuesday at the Shalimar rail slum area in Howrah, known locally as Nepali Basti, as railway authorities and police started the first phase of a major eviction drive outside Shalimar station.The operation was carried out by the South Eastern Railway with Howrah City Police,…
Pune: The Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) raided a chemical-producing company at Kurkumbh MIDC in the early hours of Monday, on the Pune-Solapur highway.“We have seized the chemicals and are probing whether these were drugs. Samples have been sent for forensic examination,” said a senior ANTF officer.“We received information that the company was illegally producing synthetic…
Panaji: An NDPS court has directed three Swedish nationals — Andreas Lorenzo Calic, Sami Antero Hilden Tanskanen, and Joel Emmanuel Caristrom — to face charges under the NDPS Act in connection with a Rs 2.6 crore narcotics raid conducted at Arambol in June last year.The ANC recovered LSD liquid, LSD papers, ketamine liquid, and ketamine…
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) is preparing to invest about Rs 5,000 crore to almost double its LPG storage capacity to 340 thousand metric tonnes (TMT) from around 200 TMT, according to three OMC executives. Similar expansion plans by Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) are still being worked out. State-run…
Shreyas Iyer and Gautam Gambhir (X-BCCI) India captain Shreyas Iyer has insisted he is ready to embrace the challenges of leading the national T20I side, saying he always believed the opportunity would come after consistent performances for both his IPL franchise and the country. Iyer, who was appointed India’s new T20I captain in place of…
Ayushmann Khurrana will headline genre-defying film Mupapa, directed by Sameer Saxena, releasing February 19, 2027, backed by Akshaye Widhani’s second production venture. Ayushmann was last seen in ‘Pati Patni Aur Woh Do’, made on Rs 57-60 crore, earning Rs 40.28 crore worldwide in week one, trailing the 2019 original’s success. Ayushmann Khurrana is set to…
In a subsequent update, the secretariat said a third victim, a 48-year-old woman, suffered asphyxiation on a nearby street. Three people died from suffocation after massive crowds gathered on the streets of Mexico City to celebrate the country’s FIFA World Cup victory, the capital’s health secretariat said early on Wednesday.The victims were caught up in…
For much of the summer, planet watchers have had to contend with bright dawn skies and awkward viewing angles. Several planets are beginning to emerge from the Sun’s glare, yet many remain difficult to pick out before sunrise. Saturn, however, gradually becomes easier to find as July progresses. By the end of the month, the…
A viral photo of an African Jacana bird appearing to have eight legs has captivated social media. Wildlife photographer Neal Cooper captured the stunning image, revealing a remarkable parental behavior. The male Jacana, the primary caregiver, tucks his unusually long-legged chicks under his wings for protection, creating the illusion of extra limbs. This fascinating display…
