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On April 16, a seafood festival will be organised as part of the event from 10:30 am till 09:30 pm. (Wikimedia Commons/Vtbijoy)

Puducherry to host four-day beach festival to boost tourismSubscriber Only

April 6, 2022 14:24 IST

The Union territory of Puducherry has reported no cases of Covid-19 in the past few weeks.

The petitioners, aged 27 and 21, through counsel Digvijay Nagpal contended that they had fallen in love with each other and decided to live together in a "live-in relationship". 
(File)

Punjab and Haryana HC dismisses plea of women in ‘live-in relationship’ seeking protection from familySubscriber Only

April 6, 2022 14:24 IST

The court observes that no complaint has been made so far against the women by their family members and that their apprehensions were misplaced.

WHO is urging governments and people to take measures to protect ‘our planet, our health,’ the theme of the World Health Day 2022,” the statement said. (File Photo/Representative Image)

Prioritise equitable health to build well-being societies for a healthier, fairer, greener world: WHO

April 6, 2022 14:06 IST

The WHO South-East Asia Region, home to more than 2 billion people, is highly vulnerable to climate change and has the highest estimated number of deaths due to climate change.

Maharashtra govt publishes draft rules for wine sale in supermarkets, seeks suggestions till June 29

Maharashtra govt publishes draft rules for wine sale in supermarkets, seeks suggestions till June 29Subscriber Only

April 7, 2022 04:14 IST

The policy declared by the government on January 27 created a controversy in the state with severe objection from opposition parties. Activist Anna Hazare announced a fast unto death if the government did not roll back the policy.

The fraudster, as per the FIR, told her that he would return the money and sent her a QR code asking her to scan it.

Mumbai: Woman tries to order wine online, loses Rs 4.80 lakh

April 6, 2022 13:37 IST

The fraudster, on the pretext of returning her money, sent her QR codes and upon scanning them, she lost money from her account.

The PS2 stage is the second stage of the PSLV launch vehicle in which earth-storable propellants are used for propulsion.

HAL hands over Gaganyaan hardware to ISRO for India’s maiden manned mission to space

April 6, 2022 13:36 IST

Last year in October, the heaviest Semi-Cryogenic propellant tank (SC120- LOX) ever fabricated by HAL was delivered to Isro.

Deputy Commissioner of Police Saurabh Tripathi. (File)

Angadia extortion case: Mumbai Police take custody of suspended DCP’s kin

April 7, 2022 01:05 IST

Meanwhile, the police arrested his brother-in-law in Lucknow on Tuesday for allegedly receiving some of the money extorted from the angadias.

Maharashtra: Man arrested for posing as soldier, cheating youths on promise of defence jobs

Maharashtra: Man arrested for posing as soldier, cheating youths on promise of defence jobs

April 6, 2022 13:33 IST

The Military Intelligence unit of Pune-headquartered Southern Command of the Army, and the Satara district police arrested the accused, Pravin Shivaji Margaje, on Monday.

This is the fifth time that the Central Bureau of Investigation has summoned Mondol (L) in connection with the cattle smuggling case.

TMC strongman Anubrata Mondol summoned by CBI in cow smuggling case, lands in hospital

April 6, 2022 13:14 IST

Mondol was scheduled to be questioned by the CBI Wednesday in the cow smuggling case.

Both TTV Dhinakaran and Sukesh Chandrashekhar were arrested by the Delhi Police crime branch in 2017. (File)

ED summons TTV Dhinakaran in EC ‘bribery’ money laundering case

April 6, 2022 13:11 IST

Sukesh Chandrashekar was arrested in April 2017 from a five star hotel by the Delhi Police for allegedly taking money from TTV Dhinakaran to bribe EC officials to get the AIADMK's 'two leaves' symbol for the VK Sasikala faction in a by-election to the R K Nagar assembly seat in Tamil Nadu.

The SSP had handed over the case to Gaya women’s police station in charge Ravi Ranjana, who found adequate prima facie evidence against the Delha SHO.

Gaya police arrest cop for demanding sexual favour from rape victim

April 6, 2022 12:39 IST

The victim approached the senior superintendent of police in Gaya after the SHO cleared five accused in the rape case.

In the first case, one Kamal Sharma of Sector 45 reported that unknown people had cheated him of Rs 29,900 on the pretext of providing him a loan.  (File)

Mumbai: Doctor duped of Rs 40,000 by cyber fraudster posing as customer care executive of bank

April 6, 2022 12:38 IST

The alleged fraudster told the woman that he was calling from the ICICI bank and that her credit card had been blocked as she had not updated her know-your-customer (KYC) details.

In CCTV footage of the incident, a motorcycle borne man could be purportedly seen doing a recee of the area, before a mini-truck arrives. (Representational)

Delhi High Court stays trial court order on FIR registration against cops for shooting suspects in knee

April 6, 2022 12:24 IST

A sessions court had recently pulled up the police after it had noted that in three months, five suspects were all picked up by a special staff team of Dwarka district, blindfolded and shot in the knee.

Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike chief commissioner Gaurav Gupta (centre)

Bengaluru: BBMP chief commissioner calls for decentralised waste management system

April 6, 2022 12:22 IST

Bulk waste generators must establish a waste segregation and management unit within their area of residence or property, said BBMP chief commissioner Gaurav Gupta.

While the CCTV footage of the incident that took place on the Poonamalle highway near the MIOT Hospital was released Tuesday and widely shared on social media, the police have intensified their search operations to arrest the elusive driver. (Screengrab)

Chennai: Cops yet to arrest auto-rickshaw driver who knocked down sub-inspector during checking drive

April 6, 2022 12:21 IST

Paying no heed to the police, the vehicle hit sub-inspector Pon Raj, knocked him to the ground and fled the spot, said officials of the Nandambakkam police station.

Deshmukh is currently in judicial custody after his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money laundering case. (File)

CBI takes Anil Deshmukh into custody from Mumbai jail; Bombay HC refuses to hear plea against court order

April 6, 2022 12:54 IST

Justice Dere directed that Anil Deshmukh's plea challenging a special court's orders be placed before another bench. His lawyers are likely to mention the plea before a Bench of Justice P D Naik.

This marks the completion of the first phase of the major expansions it undertook to cater to the rising demand in passenger traffic and augment the passenger handling capacity beyond 34 million passengers from 21 million passengers in 2019.

Hyderabad international airport completes first phase expansion: GHIAL

April 6, 2022 11:52 IST

The GHIAL said Tuesday, “The new, better, and bigger Hyderabad International airport will include the construction of additional built-up area that would be integrated with the existing Integrated Terminal Building (at concourse & piers) with additional infrastructure at Airside and landside area.”

Delhi: Fake mails to government's printing and minting company staffers, case registered

Delhi: Fake mails to government’s printing and minting company staffers, case registeredSubscriber Only

April 6, 2022 11:34 IST

A senior officer from SPMCIL alleged that the staffers at the organisation had received multiple fraudulent emails wherein the accused posed as the chairman and managing director or other senior officials and asked for personal details.

 As per the proposal, the new car, an Innova Crysta, will be purchased at the cost of Rs21.85 lakh.

Rajkot municipal corporation approves proposal to purchase new car for Leader of Opposition

April 6, 2022 11:31 IST

At its meeting held on Tuesday, the standing committee chaired by Pushkar Patel of the BJP, approved a proposal of the automobile department of the civic body to purchase a new car for the LoP.

RMC had floated tenders, pegging the project cost at Rs 49.50 lakh.

Rajkot civic body to construct new office at cost of over Rs 58 lakh

April 6, 2022 11:27 IST

The committee chaired by Pushkar Patel approved a proposal of the building and construction department of the RMC to construct a new ward office for Ward No.18 and gave the green signal to allot the work to Shiv Construction, a private firm.

The land scam was exposed in June 2016 in which it was alleged that blatant irregularities were committed by the competent authority appointed for acquiring land for four laning  project from Jalandhar district to Hoshiarpur.  (Express photo)

3 years on, Ludhiana court disposes Vigilance Bureau’s cancellation report, directs further probeSubscriber Only

April 6, 2022 11:31 IST

The land scam case was registered under sections 409, 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120 B of the IPC was registered in February 2017 against 13 person including the then SDM Hoshiarpur and the Competent Authority Anand Sagar Sharma as a Prime accused.

The bacterial specimens showed high resistance against antibiotics.

Study finds labour rooms at health care facilities contaminated with bacteriaSubscriber Only

April 6, 2022 10:58 IST

As many as 195 swab samples taken from various surfaces such as beds, mops, sink-taps, instruments, buckets, from maternity units of 10 health care facilities in Gujarat.

Non-plan admissions process in Delhi government schools to begin on April 11

Non-plan admissions process in Delhi government schools to begin on April 11

April 6, 2022 10:50 IST

For the first cycle of these admissions, applications will begin on April 11 and close on May 2 and the allotted schools to registered applicants will be displayed on May 20.

Covid-19 vaccination in Delhi (Express Photo: Tashi Tobgyal, File)

Delhi’s Covid-19 vaccination slows down in April after a brief uptick last month

April 6, 2022 10:48 IST

From more than 43,200 shots administered to children aged 12-14 on average each day during the third week of March (barring Sunday), the numbers have come down to 4,932 in April, according to data from the government’s CoWIN portal.

Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia has directed the PWD to be prepared for the monsoon so that no waterlogging incident takes place. (File)

Delhi: PWD begins monsoon preparations work, 15 news pumps to be installed at critical locations

April 6, 2022 10:42 IST

Five out of the 17 divisions have started monsoon preparation works and the remaining 12 have floated tender and work will be awarded soon, said officials.

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