Karnataka Lokayukta conducts raids on officials in disproportionate assets cases
Bengaluru, June 16 (IANS) The Karnataka Lokayukta on Tuesday carried out simultaneous raids at multiple locations across the state, targeting several serving and retired government officials accused of amassing assets disproportionate to their known…
Centre’s disinvestment receipts poised to cross Rs 15,000 crore in the April-June quarter
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) The Centre’s disinvestment receipts are set to cross Rs 15,000 crore in the April-June quarter of the financial year 2026-27, driven by the success of offer for sale transactions in the shares of public sector enterprises.…
Doctor’s prescription now mandatory to buy cough syrups, say Centre’s new guidelines (Lead)
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) The Centre on Tuesday prohibited the over-the-counter (OTC) sale of syrup-based medicines, including cough syrups, without a doctor’s prescription by amending the Drugs Rules, 1945. The move comes after the government…
Vacation turns tragic for Delhi couple, newlywed woman found dead in Mussoorie homestay
Mussoorie, June 16 (IANS) What was meant to be a joyful vacation for a newlywed couple from Delhi turned into a tragedy after the wife was found dead under suspicious circumstances in a homestay room in Mussoorie, sending shockwaves through the local…
CID questions Abhishek Banerjee in pre-poll violence incitement case (Lead)
Kolkata, June 16 (IANS) Trinamool Congress general secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, on Tuesday appeared before the West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) at Bhabani Bhavan in Kolkata in connection with an FIR…
Pakistan: BYC leaders stage sit-in inside Quetta jail over ‘faceless trial’
Quetta, June 16 (IANS) Human rights body Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) leaders staged a sit-in inside Huda jail in Balochistan’s capital Quetta, protesting against what they described as a “faceless trial,” calling the proceedings…
Mule account supply gang busted by Delhi Cyber Police, ten arrested
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) In a major breakthrough against cybercrime, the Cyber Police Station of Delhi Police’s East District on Tuesday busted a well-organised mule bank account supply racket involved in facilitating cyber frauds across the…
ISI plans women-led recruitment network in J&K as terror pipeline dries up
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) In recent months, Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) have launched separate women’s wings in Pakistan. Although these women recruits have not been used for terror operations such as suicide bombings, they have…
‘BJP goons do not want anyone to visit Mamata Banerjee’s residence’: Trinamool MP on Kunal Ghosh egg attack
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) Trinamool Congress MP Saugata Roy on Tuesday strongly condemned the egg attack on party MLA Kunal Ghosh outside former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s Kalighat residence in Kolkata, alleging BJP’s…
Tension erupts at Bengal’s Habra Railway Station during major anti-encroachment drive
Kolkata, June 16 (IANS) Tension flared at Habra railway station in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district after protests broke out during a major anti-encroachment drive launched by railway authorities in the early hours of Tuesday to remove…