Kolkata, July 12 (IANS) Vice-chairman of Purulia Zilla Parishad, Sujoy Banerjee and two others have been arrested on charges of tampering with Annapurna Yojana (social welfare scheme) documents in West Bengal, said the police on Sunday.
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta has written to Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Manohar Lal Khattar, seeking financial assistance of Rs 100 crore from the Central Government in the first phase to ensure the effective implementation of the revised Pradhan Mantri Unauthorised Colonies in Delhi Awas Adhikar Yojana (PM-UDAY).
Ahmedabad, July 12 (IANS) Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Sunday highlighted the Centre's large-scale afforestation efforts, saying India's Central Armed Police Forces had completed the planting of seven crore trees over the past seven years, while urging citizens to sustain similar public participation in environmental conservation.
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) Congress Parliamentarian and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi is once again missing in action after aggressively pushing the “Chhatron Ki Goonj” campaign and other issues against the government -- a pattern that has become the hallmark of his politics.
Kolkata, July 12 (IANS) Two more persons have been arrested in connection with the lynching of a youth, 26-year-old Indrajit Tanti, on July 5 at Baruipur in South 24 Parganas district over the alleged rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl following search operations.
Amaravati, July 12 (IANS) A police constable was killed and three others injured after a car hit several vehicles in Andhra Pradesh’s Prakasam district on Sunday, police said.
Bengaluru, July 12 (IANS) In a horrifying incident reported from Bengaluru, a delivery agent working for the e-commerce platform was arrested after a woman alleged that he forced his way inside her house without permission and flashed at her after using her washroom, police said on Sunday.
Chennai, July 12 (IANS) A week-long anti-corruption crackdown by the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) across Tamil Nadu has resulted in the seizure of Rs 22.33 lakh in unaccounted cash and the arrest of seven government officials on charges of accepting bribes for various public services.
Chandigarh, July 12 (IANS) The makers of the ‘Satluj’ film cannot hide behind the excuse of “creative freedom” while presenting disputed claims as established history, Union Minister of State for Railways Ravneet Singh Bittu said on Sunday.
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) Five minor boys have been detained for allegedly stabbing a 34-year-old man to death after he accidentally splashed mud on them in northwest Delhi’s Ashok Vihar, police said on Sunday.
