CID sources said the inspector in charge of the case, Ardhendu Sekhar Pahari, was removed and departmental proceedings were being drawn up against him over the incident. Nicol is a close aide of GJM president Bimal Gurung and a central committee member of the party
Nicol Tamang, main accused in the murder of All India Gorkha League president Madan Tamang, escaped from CID custody in West Bengal's Darjeeling district, police said. Tamang was arrested on August 16 and kept in CID custody at Pintal village near Siliguri after he was produced in Darjeeling district court the next day.
In the last assembly elections in 2018, the state recorded a voter turnout of 74.06 per cent. The Election Commission has set a target of at least 75 per cent turnout in each constituency this time.
Both India and England retained their teams that played the second Test at Trent Bridge.
Shahrukh is learnt to have discontinued services of the private security agency that protected him and his house so far after senior police officials on Tuesday offered him police security cover.
Singh, once voted the most corrupt officer by the UP IAS Association, was arrested on September 25 in connection with a corruption case lodged against him in 2005. The investigation revealed that he owned around 92 immovable properties and more than 100 bank accounts, it had claimed.
A First Information Report has been registered against controversial independent MLA and former minister in the previous Samajwadi Party government Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya for allegedly giving a false affidavit to procure arms licences from the state capital. The MLA has stated in his affidavit that he was not involved in any criminal case and no case was registered against him. However, police said that 41 cases were registered against him.
BJP candidate Ranvendra Pratap Singh won the seat by defeating Congress nominee Usha Maurya by a margin of 7,815 votes. Singh secured 45,109 votes while his Congress rival got 37,294 votes.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi begins a three-day tour of her constituency Rae Bareli on Monday during which she will inaugurate a slew of development programmes.
'Rahul Vijay wants me to be authentic because, then, there's no burden of pretending to be someone. There's no facade. I'm thankful to him for that.'
The right-hand batsman scored a defiant 45 off 87 balls, as Sussex's last pair held out for a draw in the four-day match.
The NDRF said the building was filled with hazardous carbon monoxide.
There will be total of 51 seats going to polls spread across 7 states in the fifth phase.
A sixth arrest has been made in the Parliament security breach case -- Mahesh Kumawat from Rajasthan's Nagaur who was allegedly in contact with the other accused for the last two years for hatching the conspiracy and had destroyed their mobile phones to get rid of the evidence, police said on Saturday.
Even though Mulayam Singh decided which ministers to drop and which ministers to lose their portfolios, the reshuffle is being projected as a reflection of Akhilesh Yadav's assertive self.
Independent legislator Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiyya was Saturday re-inducted into the Uttar Pradesh Cabinet.
Andrew Symonds scored an unbeaten 137 as Australia rallied from 134-6 to 376-7 at stumps on the first day of the second Test against India.
Shocked and amused by a certain Prashant Pratap Singh's claims of being her live-in partner, the newly-married Veena Malik clears the air.
Unlike Panda, Singh dresses normally to office, but after hours, he wears long robes blessing followers at his house.
A sombre mood prevailed at the Delhi BJP office ahead of the results, where the party leaders hoped that the exit polls will be proved wrong during the counting of votes.
The Mulayam Singh-led government had withdrawn the case.
India included two spinners in Harbhajan Singh and Ramesh Powar for their opening Champions Trophy match against England.
Thirteen top SIMI leaders, including its former chief Safdar Nagori, were arrested from a house in Indore on March 27 where they were holed up to conduct the meeting of the banned outfit. Since then over a dozen SIMI workers have been arrested from different cities in the state.
Vikram Rajvir Singh, Rudra Pratap Singh and Cheteshwar Pujara will undergo training at Australia's Commonwealth Bank Centre of Excellence from next week.
A gritty unbeaten half-century by Parvinder Singh helped Uttar Pradesh overcome a jittery start and post 206 for 5 in the first innings, on the second day of the three-day practice match, against the visiting West Indies, in Kalyani, on Friday. The West Indies scored a healthy 466 in their first innings, courtesy a patient 112 by veteran Shivnarine Chanderpaul and an impressive 94 by Narsingh Deonarine.
The Indians are hoping to erase the bitter memories of the 4-0 loss in South Africa by winning the three-match series, beginning in Belfast on Tuesday.
The apex court also said it will consider whether the matter should be put before a five-judge bench
The incident occurred when the duo and a Congress MLA were in Ahmedabad to campaign for the assembly election.
Rashtrapati Niwas will be open for visitors from April 23, 2023 between 10 am and 5 pm, except Mondays and other government holidays.
Leader of the BJP legislature party Lalji Tandon expressed the hope that the remaining dissidents would follow suit.
The independent legislator had accused District Magistrate Mohammad Mustafa of committing atrocities.
Pakistan sprang a surprise by resting fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar in the first one-day international against India in Peshawar.
Showstopper Sona Mohapatra and fashion designers impressed on Day two at Amazon India Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2017.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Eknath Shinde-led faction if its move to go against the Shiv Sena party's wish to continue with the coalition in the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) amounted to indiscipline leading to disqualification.
Rudra Pratap Singh and Vikram Rajvir Singh bowled out the United Arab Emirates for a paltry 70 and gave India 'A' a 126-run victory in the EurAsia Series.
Chatterjee said it was a matter of shame that this had happened while an inquiry was already on to look into the bribe-for-questions scandal.
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