
Multiple theft cases cracked; 21 two-wheelers, 90 smartphones recovered
The Hindu
While probing a chain-snatching incident in Bagalagunte that was reported on January 10, the police uncovered a larger racket and nabbed a gang of seven people. According to the police, they also stol
While probing a chain-snatching incident in Bagalagunte that was reported on January 10, the police uncovered a larger racket and nabbed a gang of seven people. According to the police, they also stole two-wheelers parked in front of houses both during the day and at night. It was while following a lead on the vehicle used in the Bagalagunte case that the police busted the gang.
The team recovered 332 grams of gold ornaments and 21 two-wheelers they had lifted, worth ₹5 lakh. “They used the stolen two-wheelers to target lone women pedestrians. They would snatch their gold chains and flee,” said the police.

In , the grape capital of India and host of the Simhastha Kumbh Mela every 12 years, environmental concerns over a plan to cut 1,800 trees for the proposed Sadhugram project in the historic Tapovan area have sharpened political fault lines ahead of local body elections. The issue has pitted both Sena factions against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which leads the ruling Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra. While Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief, and Uddhav Thackeray, chief of the Shiv Sena (UBT), remain political rivals, their parties have found rare common ground in Tapovan, where authorities propose clearing trees across 34 acres to build Sadhugram and a MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) hub, as part of a ₹300-crore infrastructure push linked to the pilgrimage.












