Day: January 20, 2021

Village development officer, 3 touts held in graft case

11:04 pm January 20, 2021

Kota (Raj): The Anti-Corruption Bureau here on Wednesday arrested a village development officer while taking a bribe of Rs 18,000, an official said. Three touts were also arrested along with Village Development Officer (VDO) Mahipal Singh (56) in Ramganj mandi town of Kota district, bureau’s Jhalawar ASP Bhawani Shankar Meena said. The VDO has been […]

Maha: Two held for possession of rare snakes in Palghar

10:57 pm January 20, 2021

Palghar: The police in Maharashtra’s Palghar district arrested two persons for alleged possession of two-mouthed ‘mandul’ snakes, an official said on Wednesday. Acting on a tip-off, a team from the local crime branch laid a trap near a hotel in Amboli village on Mumbai- Ahmedabad Highway and apprehended the duo who had come to sell […]

3 women held for robbing delivery van driver

10:49 pm January 20, 2021

New Delhi: Three women were arrested for allegedly robbing a delivery van driver of over Rs 1.60 lakh in northwest Delhi, police said on Wednesday. The incident took place on Monday when Neeraj was going in his delivery van carrying cash worth Rs 1,44,750 in a bag. He had an additional Rs 22,500 in his […]

Heavy traffic in Mukarba Chowk

10:42 pm January 20, 2021

New Delhi: Commuters faced hardship while passing through the Mukarba Chowk in north Delhi due to heavy traffic on Wednesday. Vehicles were crawling on the particular stretch on the G T Karnal Road. The commuters said traffic was so high that they had to choose alternate routes. “I was heading back to my home from […]

36 injured in bus collision in UP

10:38 pm January 20, 2021

Lalitpur (UP): At least 36 passengers were injured when a stationary bus was hit by another one in Uttar Pradesh‘s Lalitpur district on Wednesday, police said. The incident took place around 5.30 pm near Nehru College on a national highway. The private bus with passengers from Indore stopped near the Nehru College when another bus […]