Day: June 23, 2019

Spending in bar lands burglary suspect in police net

8:06 pm June 23, 2019

Thane: Suspected burglar Riaz Khan might have enjoyed his freedom for some more time but he chose to pamper himself by spending lavishly in a bar, an act that landed him in the long hands of law, a Thane police official said Sunday. Khan had attracted attention of a police informer as he was spending […]

Former TN DGP who arrested Indira Gandhi dies

8:03 pm June 23, 2019

Chennai: Former Tamil Nadu DGP V R Lakshminarayanan, who arrested the late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in a corruption case, died here Sunday following brief illness, family sources said. He was 91 and is survived by a son and two daughters. Lakshminarayanan, fondly known as VRL, was a 1951 batch IPS officer. He began his […]

Mayawati appoints brother, nephew to key party posts

7:32 pm June 23, 2019

Lucknow: BSP chief Mayawati Sunday appointed her brother Anand Kumar as the party’s national vice president and her nephew Akash Anand as its national coordinator, a senior leader said. She also appointed BSP leader Ramji Gautam as the party’s national coordinator. The decision was taken at a meeting here which was attended by top functionaries […]

AP govt to distribute ration, cash relief at doorsteps

AP govt transfers 17 IPS officers

7:29 pm June 23, 2019

Amaravati(AP): Continuing with the bureaucratic reshuffle, the Y S Jaganmohan Reddy government in Andhra Pradesh Sunday transferred 17 IPS officers, five of them for the second time in a week, and gave posting to three other officers who were on wait. Director General of Police-rank IPS officer A R Anuradha of 1987 batch, who was […]

Thai protest leader on hunger strike given IV drip in prison

Four prisoners escape from MP jail

2:25 pm June 23, 2019

Neemuch: Four prisoners, including two convicted for smuggling drugs and others facing trials in murder and rape cases, escaped from a jail in Neemuch district of Madhya Pradesh on Sunday, police said. As per preliminary investigation, the four prisoners – Nar Singh (20), Pankaj Mongia (21) (both from Rajasthan), and Lekh Ram (29) and Dubey […]