The drive was launched on Thursday night after CM Himanta Biswa Sarma chaired a video-conference meeting with senior officials of the police department directing them to launch a crackdown to rid the state of the evil practice of child marriage.
Four women died in a stampede where many people had gathered to receive tokens for the collection of free 'Veshtis' and sarees on the occasion of Thaipusam in Vaniyambadi on Saturday, said Police officials.
The talks between Pakistan and IMF continued for the third day in Islamabad on Friday. Technical discussions between the two sides are scheduled to complete on Saturday, according to The Nation.
According to police, the incident took place inside the premises of the Secretariat, located in the Red Zone where the officials, some of them armed, thrashed each other over the issue of accommodation.
The Narcotics Cell of Delhi Police has busted an active supply chain of women drug peddlers in Outer North Delhi and recovered heroin worth Rs 10 lakh in the international market from their possession, officials said on Saturday.
A team of scientists from the Geological Survey of India (GSI) reached Jammu and Kashmir's Doda to analyse the Joshimath-like situation in the district as nearly two dozen structures reported subsidence.
The facility of which the foundation stone was laid by PM Modi in 2016, is a dedicated new greenfield helicopter factory and it which will enhance the capacity and ecosystem to build helicopters, officials said.
Officials at Sadar Bazar police station and local businessmen set an example of humanity on Saturday and handed over an amount of Rs 1 lakh 76 thousand rupees to the family members of Gulab Singh, the worker who lost his life in a blast inside the shop in which he used to work.