The Superintendent of Police office for the newly-created Ranipet district will start functioning from a municipal building on Railway Station Road. The district was created after being trifurcated from Vellore district and A. Myilvaganan was appointed Superintendent of Police.“As the establishment of an office space was on ‘search’ level and it would take time to create new space for Superintendent of Police office, it was decided to occupy the space in the municipal building,” said a police official.Ever since the announcement of Tirupattur and Ranipet districts being trifurcated from Vellore district, police officials as well as revenue officials were on the lookout for a building to accommodate all government offices under one roof.Deputy Inspector General of Police (Vellore Range) N. Kamini lit the traditional lamp on Sunday, inaugurating the new office space for the Superintendent of Police. Vellore Superintendent of Police Pravesh Kumar and other police … [Read more...] about Ranipet SP office inaugurated
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UP: Bride drugs family, runs away with valuables
BADAUN: A newly-wed woman fled from her in-laws' house with cash and ornaments after giving sedatives in the dinner to the entire family. The incident happened in the Chota Para area in the Badaun district on Friday night. When the family woke up the following morning, they found the bride missing along with the cash and valuables. Superintendent of Police (City) Jitendra Kumar Srivastava said that according to the complaint lodged by the family Pravin and Ria got married on December 9 and the woman belonged to Azamgarh. The SP said that the bride fled with Rs 70,000 cash and ornaments worth Rs three lakh. He said the investigation is on and further action will be taken. The police are now looking for Tinku, a middleman who had got the marriage arranged. Tinku had accompanied the bride to her new home after marriage and he is also missing with the bride. Groom's father Ram Ladete said: "We had spent Rs four lakh in the marriage of Praveen. The marriage was solemnised in Azamgarh and … [Read more...] about UP: Bride drugs family, runs away with valuables
A look at late 1980s gangster Iqbal Mirchi’s high-rolling life in London
Iqbal Mirchi is back in the news over a case of money-laundering. A look at the late 1980s gangster’s high-rolling life in London A murky real estate deal clinched in late 1980s has resurrected the ghost of Iqbal Mirchi, six years after his death in August 2013. Much like Mirchi, who fled India to make a home in London, his associates and friends, too, managed to duck the wrath of investigating agencies while he was alive. But that’s changed with the filing of the 12,000 page chargesheet against 16 people including the first wife and sons of Iqbal Mirchi and Dheeraj Wadhawan of Dewan Housing Finance Capital (DHFL). The Enforcement Directorate (ED), had also questioned NCP leader Praful Patel, and businessman Raj Kundra earlier. The case has revived the somewhat lapsed but potent imagination in the public domain, of the close links between politics, Bollywood and the underworld. That it takes a long dead and- gone gangster like Mirchi to revive this, is testament to the … [Read more...] about A look at late 1980s gangster Iqbal Mirchi’s high-rolling life in London
Dr Kafeel booked for making ‘provocative speech’ at AMU
AGRA/GORAKHPUR: Suspended BRD Medical College, Gorakhpur, assistant lecturer Dr Kafeel Khan was booked for allegedly making a provocative speech during the ‘Open Talk’ organised on Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) campus on Thursday last. Dr Khan was in AMU for the ‘Open Talk’ organised by students to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). Activist Yogendra Yadav was the other speaker at the event.The case was registered on Friday at Aligarh’s Civil Lines police station under IPC section 153 A (promoting enmity between different groups) on the instruction of Senior superintendent of police (SSP), Aligarh, Akash Kulhari.Speaking over phone in Gorakhpur, Dr Kafeel said: “I don’t have any information about the case lodged against me in Aligarh. I didn’t deliver any provocative speech, which was streamed live on Facebook. It’s still available there and one can check if it was provocative or … [Read more...] about Dr Kafeel booked for making ‘provocative speech’ at AMU
‘Padhe Lucknow, Badhe Lucknow’ in World Book of Records
Governor Anandiben Patel received a certificate from a representative of the World Book of Records, London, for the programme ‘Padhe Lucknow, Badhe Lucknow’ in which 9.59 lakh students of 2,278 educational institutes read books at the same time on October 1, this year. Representative of the World Book of Records, Dr Yogesh Mohan Gupta, presented a copy of the certificate to DM Lucknow Abhishek Prakash and former V-C of Lucknow University SP Singh on Sunday.On the occasion, the governor felicitated officials, teachers and representatives of organisations that worked hard to make the programme a success. Chief development officer Manish Bansal, regional higher education officer Alok Kumar Srivastava, programme coordinator professor Anil Mishra and district inspector of schools Mukesh Kumar Singh were felicitated. “Now, our effort should be to establish a record in which 10 crore people read books (together),” said Patel. … [Read more...] about ‘Padhe Lucknow, Badhe Lucknow’ in World Book of Records
