- India
- December 24, 2024
Fresh Snowfall in Higher Reaches of Kashmir
Srinagar: The higher reaches of Kashmir received fresh snowfall on Tuesday as the cold wave conditions persisted across the valley and the minimum temperature plummeted several degrees below the freezing point, officials said. They said light snowfall was recorded last night in the tourist resort of Sonamarg and a few other areas in the higher reaches of the valley. The fall in mercury…
- India
- December 24, 2024
Amit Shah to Inaugurate 10,000 New PACS, Dairy, and Fisheries Cooperative Societies to Strengthen Rural Economy
New Delhi [India], December 24 (ANI): Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah will inaugurate 10,000 newly formed multipurpose Primary Agriculture Credit Societies (PACS), dairy, and fisheries cooperative societies on Wednesday.This move comes almost nine months after Shah launched the National Cooperative Database in the National Capital in March, aimed at capturing vital information about India’s vast cooperative sector. The Minister had then…
- India
- December 24, 2024
ED Takes Possession of Flat in Case Against Dawood’s Brother Iqbal Kaskar
Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate has taken possession of a flat worth Rs 55 lakh in Maharashtra’s Thane, held in the name of an alleged associate of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim’s brother Iqbal Kaskar, as part of a money laundering probe. Sources in the federal probe agency said Tuesday that the residential dwelling in Neopolis Building located in Thane West was attached as part…
- India
- December 24, 2024
Bangladesh Launches $5 Billion Graft Probe Against Sheikh Hasina in Nuclear Power Plant Case
Dhaka: An anti-graft panel in Bangladesh has launched an investigation against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her family in connection with the allegations of embezzling USD 5 billion in the Rooppur nuclear power plant, according to a media report. Indian companies are participating in constructing the Rooppur nuclear power plant which is being built by Rosatom, Russia’s state-run corporation, in Bangladesh. The…
- India
- December 24, 2024
RG Kar Case: Forensic Report Reveals No Signs of Struggle at Crime Scene
Kolkata: It has been over four months since a trainee doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital was brutally raped and murdered in the seminar room of the same hospital during her night shift. In a latest development, the forensic report has made shocking revelations that there were no signs of struggle at the crime scene. Here’s what the forensic report…
- India
- December 24, 2024
Navi Mumbai Man Accused of Murdering Wife Arrested After 33 years
Thane: The Navi Mumbai police have arrested a 70-year-old man absconding since the last 33 years after allegedly killing his wife, an official said on Tuesday. The accused, Babu Gudgiram Kale, was apprehended on Sunday near Mulund suburb in neighbouring Mumbai, where he had been working as a labourer and selling flowers for livelihood, he said. The case dates back to January 28,…
- India
- December 24, 2024
North India Shivers as Mercury Drops, IMD Issues Yellow Alert for Delhi-NCR
New Delhi: North India is reeling under cold weather with temperatures plummeting across several states. Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of 7 degrees Celsius on Tuesday, with a thin layer of fog enveloping parts of the national capital. On Monday, the minimum temperature stood at 8 degrees Celsius, while the maximum reached 20 degrees Celsius. Residents of the national capital were seen gathering…
- India
- December 24, 2024
Mumbai Highrise Fire: Elderly Woman Hospitalised, 9 Persons Rescued
Mumbai: A fire broke out at an apartment in a 15-storey building in Mumbai’s Bandra area in the wee hours of Tuesday, civic officials said. An 80-year-old woman was found unconscious in the premises following the incident and was hospitalised, while fire personnel rescued nine persons from the building using a staircase, they said. The blaze erupted in the flat located on the…
- India
- December 24, 2024
IEDs, Countrymade Rockets Seized in Manipur
Imphal: Improvised explosive devices (IEDs), countrymade rockets and other arms and ammunition have been seized in Manipur during a search operation conducted by security forces, police said on Tuesday. Acting on a tip-off, security forces conducted a search operation in Teijang village in Churachandpur district on Monday, and seized three countrymade rockets, a .303 rifle with magazine, four pistols with magazines, six countrymade…
- India
- December 24, 2024
Fire at Commercial Building in Ahmedabad, No Casualty; Offices Damaged
Ahmedabad: A fire broke out in a multi-storey commercial building in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad city early Tuesday morning, damaging several offices in the premises, officials said. No casualty was reported in the incident, they said. The fire broke out at 4.30 am on the ninth floor of C-block of the Titanium Square building in Thaltej area, where different offices are located, and spread to…
Daily Republic News
