Day: October 25, 2019

CBI-like email id used to con businesswoman; 3 arrested

10:02 pm October 25, 2019

New Delhi: The CBI has arrested three members of a gang, which allegedly extorted money from a businesswoman in Mumbai posing as its officers and even created an email id having the agency’s domain name, officials said on Friday. A search was under way to nab the kingpin of the gang, Viresh Pathak, who had […]

Guwahati RBI GM’s body found in hotel in Odisha

10:01 pm October 25, 2019

Jajpur(Odisha): Police recovered the body of a RBI general manager from a hotel room in Odisha’s Jajpur district on Friday, the police said. The body of Asish Ranjan Samal, who is working as a general manager of the Guwahati branch of RBI, was found hanging from the ceiling fan in the hotel room. 52-year-old Samal […]

Gold, silver sales down by up to 40% this Dhanteras

9:42 pm October 25, 2019

New Delhi/Mumbai: Mirroring slowdown in the economy, pre-Diwali Dhanteras sale of gold and silver dipped by as much as 40 per cent as high prices and lower consumer spending hit demand. Dhanteras, considered the most auspicious day in Hindu calendar for buying items ranging from precious metals to utensils, was a muted affair in most […]

Mamata walks and jogs 10 km for environment conservation

9:40 pm October 25, 2019

Kurseong (WB): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee took part in a 10 km-long-walk and jog in Darjeeling hills to create awareness on conservation of environment. Banerjee walked a 10 km stretch and jogged for about a km – from Kurseong to Mahanadi area and back – on the occasion of International Day of Climate […]

NRC Rejection Slip likely from Mar 20: Assam Government

NRC issue rocks KMC session

9:34 pm October 25, 2019

Kolkata: The issue of proposed implementation of NRC in West Bengal had its reverberations in Kolkata Municipal Corportion’s monthly session on Friday and mayor Firhad Hakim assured the councillors that the contentious register of citizens would not be implemented in Bengal as long as TMC is in power in the state. Hundreds of people had […]