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Jharkhand seeks Rs 900 crore MGNREGA dues, higher wages

The Jharkhand government urged the Centre to release around Rs 900 crore pending under the material component of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and raise the daily wage rate for workers to Rs 433, flagging the impact of delayed payments and rising rural distress.

Face on CCTV footage matches with youth held in Saif case: Mumbai Police

The Mumbai Police claimed here on Friday that a facial recognition test has identified arrested illegal Bangladeshi immigrant Shariful Islam Shehzad Mohammad Rohilla Amin Fakir (30) as the person captured in the CCTV footage from actor Saif Ali Khan's Bandra residential complex after a knife attack.