2 women arrested in UP, 626 turtles recovered
Ghazipur (UP), Aug 20 (PTI) The railway police Saturday arrested two suspected women smugglers and recovered 626 turtles while they were taking them from Uttar Pradesh’s Sultanpur to Siliguri in West Bengal, officials here said. The cost of the recovered turtles is about Rs 7 lakhs, officials said. Government Railway Police station incharge Akhilesh Kumar […]
Kerala Assembly’s 10-day session from August 22
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 20 (PTI) A 10-day-long session of the Kerala Assembly will begin on August 22 with a special one-day conference to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the country’s independence. Announcing the new session, Speaker M B Rajesh said the first day would be dedicated only to the special conference and there would be no […]
Developments in Bihar positive sign for national politics: Akhilesh Yadav
Lucknow, Aug 18 (PTI) Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said on Thursday that the political shift in Bihar is a “positive sign” and hoped a strong alternative to the BJP is formed in the 2024 parliamentary polls. He also claimed that the BJP’s allies in Uttar Pradesh are not happy with it and will also break […]
Staring at Women in bus is an offense in TN, could land in police net
Chennai, Aug 20 (BPNS) The amended Motor Vehicles Act of Tamil Nadu has now given a provision leading to the arrest of any person who is staring at women on a bus. Acts like whistling, obscene gestures, and sexual overtures in bus against women also fall under the category of crime in the state after […]
DK want secular forces to unite against RSS growth in TN
Chennai, Aug 20 (BPNS) Dravidar Kazhagam (DK) President, K. Veeramani said that the secular forces of Tamil Nadu must unite together and prevent the growth of RSS which was trying to create a foothold in the state. He said that RSS general secretary, Dattatreya Hosabale in his recent visit to Chennai had spoken about liberating […]
Leopard that killed 4 year old child, captured and release in TN
Chennai, Aug 20 (BPNS) A leopard that killed a four-year-old girl child on August 10 when she had gone into the thicket of a private tea estate in Udhagai North Forest range was captured and released into the Madhumalai Tiger Reserve on Saturday. Forest department officials of Tamil Nadu told BPNS that they had kept […]
Tangedco to float tender in two weeks for coal mining in Odisha
Chennai, Aug 20 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Company(Tangedco), the electricity provider of the state will be floating a tender within a fortnight to mine coal from the Chandrabilla coal block, Angul district, Odisha. It may be noted that the Union government had allocated the Chandrabilla coal block to Tamil Nadu in 2016. However, […]
Palakkad murder, police arrest four
Thiruvananthapuram, August 18 (BPNS) The police on Wednesday arrested four persons in connection with the murder of a CPI(M) local committee member in Palakkad last Sunday. According to police, personal rivalry along with local political disputes resulted in the murder of K Shajahan. The 40-year-old was hacked to death on the eve of Independence Day […]
Man kills father, 2 sisters over property dispute in UP
Baghpat (UP), Aug 15 (PTI) A man in his 20s killed his father and two sisters over a property dispute in Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat district, police said on Monday. The accused was identified as Amar alias Lakshay, they said. Superintendent of Police Neeraj Jadaun said a few days ago Amar’s father Brijpal (60), a resident of […]
