The accused allegedly used forged identity documents, bank statements and PAN cards to obtain passports and facilitate illegal migration to the US and Canada, mainly for people from Gujarat, police said Mumbai: The city crime branch has busted a human trafficking and fake passport racket that allegedly used forged identity documents, bank statements and PAN…
England captain Harry Brook (AFP Photo) NEW DELHI: England on Friday announced a 16-member squad for the three-match ODI series against India later this month, with uncapped all-rounder James Coles and fast bowler Josh Tongue earning their maiden call-ups.India and England are currently playing a five-match T20I series before locking horns in three ODIs on…
Tufted capuchin at Perundurai farmhouse Chennai: At least 11 exotic animals kept at an Erode farmhouse without any mandatory licence could not be seized by forest officials and taken to Chennai as scheduled on Tuesday, as the local magistrate court did not accord permission.Forest officials visited the farmhouse, owned by S K Kesavanathan, who is…
Police and emergency personnel reached the spot following the incident. (AI Image) KOLKATA: At least five people were injured in a blast at a firecracker factory in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district on Thursday, according to news agency PTI.The injured were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.Police and emergency personnel reached the spot…
Mahant of Ahmedabad’s Shri Jagannathji Temple, Shri Dilip Das Maharaj, with an elephant decked up for the city’s 149th rath yatra on Thursday, July 16 Ahmedabad: During last year’s rath yatra, a young male elephant grabbed headlines for running amok and injuring one person. This year, organisers exercised extreme caution to make sure the procession’s…
Bicholim: Roadside vendors at the Bicholim market faced severe hardship on Wednesday as heavy showers disrupted the weekly market. Vegetables and other goods were damaged after joints of polythene sheets put up as rain cover gave way, allowing water to pour directly onto the produce and leaving several vendors with spoiled stock and financial losses.Savita…
Narender Berwal and PM Narendra Modi (Video grabs) NEW DELHI: A Pakistani boxer’s unusual reaction after losing to Indian heavyweight Narender Berwal left Prime Minister Narendra Modi amused during an interaction with India’s Commonwealth Games 2026 medallists on Sunday.Berwal, who won silver in the men’s 90+kg category in Glasgow, recalled an incident from his boxing…
The incident has triggered tension in the village, with residents alleging that the police failed to take adequate preventive action after the initial altercation. CHENNAI: Two youths were hacked to death in Padunelli village near Kancheepuram in the early hours of Monday, following a dispute that broke out during a cultural programme organised as part…
Ahmedabad: An AMC team from the cattle nuisance department was allegedly attacked and threatened during a drive against stray cattle in Nava Vadaj on Friday afternoon.According to a complaint filed at Vadaj police station by Hiralkumar Dhakiya, an AMC livestock inspector, the team was patrolling the Sabarmati Riverfront area when officials received information about nearly…
Cops compared CCTV footage and gathered intelligence, which pointed to the accused, who was posted at the Air Force station in Jamnagar at the time the incidents were reported. AHMEDABAD: Two years after an armed robbery at a jewellery shop in Manek Chowk, city police arrested an Indian Air Force (IAF) corporal who allegedly carried…
