Illegal encroachment manually removed at Shaheen Bagh in Delhi

New Delhi (IANS) The illegal encroachment, an iron structure in front of a building, was manually removed by the people even as a JCB bulldozer stood by during the proposed demolition drive in the Shaheen Bagh area of the national capital on Monday.

Western Railway overhead wire snaps, train services paralysed

Mumbai (IANS) Suburban and long distance train services were paralysed after an over-head electric (OHE) wire reportedly snapped near Borivali station here on Monday morning.

Thousands of commuters rushing to their work places were stuck as…

BSF shoots down Pakistani drone in Punjab, 10 kg heroin seized

Chandigarh (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) shot down a Pakistani drone close to the international border in Punjab's Amritsar early Monday and recovered nine yellow packets of contraband.

The weight of the heroin was found to be…

NIA raids Dawood men, hawala operators in Mumbai & Thane

Mumbai (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) swooped on more than a dozen locations in Mumbai linked with Pakistan-based mafia don Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar's associates, drug-peddlers and hawala operators, here on Monday.

NIA teams…

Kids held hostage in UP school over non-payment of fees, freed after parents create ruckus

Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh) (IANS) The parents' association at the Heartmann school have decided to lodge a complaint against the school authorities after about 35 children were held hostage for non-payment of fees.

According to reports, the…

ED interrogates IAS's CA in Ranchi illegal mining case

New Delhi (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Sunday interrogated IAS Pooja Singhal's CA Suman Kumar, in connection with a money laundering case pertaining to illegal mining in Jharkhand's Ranchi.

After being in ED custody for…

MP building fire: Jilted lover caused blaze, says police

Bhopal (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh Police claimed to have arrested a person who had allegedly ignited a fire in a three-storey residential building that left seven people dead and nine injured here.

Police on Sunday identified the accused as…

ULFA-I executes two members for 'spying'

Guwahati (IANS) Banned militant outfit United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent) on Saturday claimed that it has executed two alleged "spies of Assam police and Army" in their camp.

The ULFA-I in a statement said that it has "awarded death…

No delay in NEET PG 2022 exam, letter being circulated fake: Health Ministry

New Delhi (IANS) The Union Health Ministry on Saturday clarified that the National Eligibility Entrance Test for Postgraduate (NEET PG) 2022 has not been postponed, adding that a letter being circulated in this regard is fake.

The Ministry…

Maha 'conquers' Omicron? No cases for past 60 days

Mumbai (IANS) In a relief of sorts, Maharashtra has not recorded a single case of the 'Omicron' variant, for the past two months, though Covid-19 infections are again rising gradually, health officials said.

On March 6, the state had…