A 46-year-old auto driver from Nallasopara was arrested on Thursday for impersonation and fraud. He allegedly posed as a ticket checker and collected fines from ticketless travellers. Prakash Phadkale, who worked as an autorickshaw driver in Goregaon, wore the uniform used by the ticket checking staff and mostly caught passengers travelling in the handicapped coaches of trains. He used to […]
» Read moreAn Indian man in the UAE on Thursday won a whopping $1.9 million after he hit the jackpot in a mega raffle draw in Abu Dhabi. Manekudy Varkey Mathew, who had purchased the ticket in the Super 7 Series 183 in Big Ticket Abu Dhabi, was announced as the winner of the bumper prize. Mathew won Dirham 7 million ($1.9 […]
» Read moreSenior journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh was shot dead at her house in Rajarajeshwari Nagar in Bengaluru late on September 5. City Police Commissioner T. Suneel Kumar confirmed. Police sources said Ms. Lankesh collapsed at the entrance of her house after she was shot at by three assailants at around 8 p.m.
» Read moreThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached a farmhouse of RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s daughter Misa Bharti in a money laundering case involving shell companies. The Bijwasan farmhouse in Delhi had been bought in the name of Mishail Packers and Printers, in which Ms. Bharti and her husband Shailesh Kumar are directors. The farmhouse, according to the ED, was purchased using […]
» Read moreA 17-year-old-girl, with a blue whale carved into her arm, was rescued when she tried to kill herself by jumping into the Kaylana Lake on the outskirts of Jodhpur late on Monday night. The girl allegedly wanted to complete the final task of the lethal Blue Whale Challenge game by ending her life. The girl told the policemen and divers […]
» Read moreTwo senior Army officers had a narrow escape on Tuesday when the Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) they were flying in crashed in Eastern Ladakh. All passengers onboard are reported safe. “The crash occurred in the afternoon at Tsogstalu helipad in Eastern Ladakh. Two senior military commanders, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 14 Corps and the GOC 3 Div, were onboard,” […]
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