Bid to smuggle gold worth I crore through Karippur airport, Flight attendant arrested
Thiruvananthapuram, July 31 (BPNS) A flight attendant with a private airline company was arrested at Karippur airport in Kozhikode on Sunday morning. The arrested Mohammed Shamim was trying to smuggle in gold worth Rs 1 crore through the airport green channel after an international flight from a middle eastern country landed at the airport. CISF […]
Karuvannur cooperative bank scam: Kerala CPI-M has egg on its face
Arun Lakshman/ July 31 (IANS) Kerala witnessed a sad and heart-wrenching scene on Tuesday, July 26 when an octogenarian, Devassy protested in front of scam-hit Karuvannur cooperative bank in Thrissur district of Kerala with his wife Philomina’s coffin. Devassy and his family were protesting in front of the bank as his wife had died at Thrissur […]
Alleged sexual assault of student in IIT –Madras, institute begins probe
Chennai, July 30 (BPNS) The Indian Institute of Technology –Madras has commenced an internal investigation into an alleged sexual assault of a student on the campus. According to a student who filed the complaint, her friend was assaulted in the early hours of Monday, July 25, and a man in his early twenties had pounced […]
With Partha Chatterjee’s exit, Trinamool Secretary General’s post becomes defunct
Kolkata, July 28 (BPNS) With Partha Chatterjee being stripped of his party responsibilities in West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress soon after being removal of his ministerial portfolios, the post of Secretary General held by him had become defunct. Although the party leadership got the replacement of Chatterjee as the editor of the party’s organ in […]
Nine MBBS students booked under Anti-Ragging Act in Indore
Bhopal, July 28 (BPNS) The Madhya Pradesh police have booked nine senior medical students under the ‘Anti-Ragging Act-2009’ for their alleged involvement in forcing juniors to perform obscene acts and to use abusive language with girl students on the pretext of ragging. The incident was reported in Indore’s MGM college on Sunday and it came […]
Police arrest one in Kallakurichi bus torching case
Chennai, July 26 (BPNS) The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Tamil Nadu police has arrested a person, Manikandan of Poosapadi in Salem district for burning the police bus during the Kallakurichi violence on July 17th. Police in a statement said that the arrest was made on Monday night after analyzing the video clippings of […]
TN ‘Q’ branch police to submit charge-sheet in fake passport to Srilankans soon
Chennai, July 24 (BPNS) The elite ‘Q’ branch police of the Tamil Nadu police will soon submit a charge sheet to 41 persons including policemen in the Madurai fake passport scam case involving Sri Lankan nationals. Tamil Nadu police had registered a case under sections 120(b), 420,465,468, and 471 of IPC and Section 12(A)(a), 12(IA) […]
5 children rescued, 73 held from Meghalaya ‘brothel’ run by BJP leader
Shillong, July 23 (BPNS) In a major embarrassment for the BJP, five children were rescued and 73 people arrested from a “brothel” reportedly run by the party’s Meghalaya Vice President Bernard N. Marak in Tura on Saturday, police said. The BJP leader has denied the charge and accused Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma of political […]
Vadodara trader receives Rs 11 crore extortion call
Vadodara, July 15 (BPNS) A trader in Vadodara has received three to four video and audio calls threatening to kill him and his family if he did not pay Rs 11 crore as protection money. Manoj Sadhanani, who runs a chain of saree stores under the brand name Thakur Sarees, said in his complaint with […]