Mangaluru: ACB traps project engineer while taking bribe
Mangaluru, October 03: ACB sleuths on Wednesday trapped a project engineer of Integrated Rural Energy Scheme of the Zilla Panchayat while taking bribe from an agency owner to give subsidy for bio-gas here and recovered Rs 30,000 from the engineer.
The arrested engineer is identified as N. Nagesh. Nagesh has demanded Rs 50,000 to release the subsidy amount. The agency owner had given Rs 15,000 earlier and the engineer was threatening him of not releasing the amount if the remaining Rs 35,000 is not given to him, it is said.
Desperate over his attitude, the agency owner has lodged a complaint with the ACB Mangaluru. On Wednesday, the ACB officials raided Nagesh while taking Rs 30,000 bribe and arrested him and recovered the amount.
ACB SP Shruthi N.S, DySP Sudheer M. Hegde, Inspector Yogish Kumar and staff Hariprasad, Umesh, Radhakrishna K, Prashanth, Vaishaly, Rakesh Vagman, Ganesh, Radhakrishna and Rajesh participated in the raid.
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Commuters bear brunt as labour union protest halts traffic at Delhi-Noida border
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New Delhi (PTI): Commuters faced a harrowing morning on Monday as a massive traffic jam brought vehicular movement to a near standstill at the Delhi-Noida border following a protest by a labour union demanding a salary hike.
The protest, which began early in the day, led to congestion on key arterial roads connecting Delhi and Noida, including NH 9, severely disrupting the office rush hour.
Long queues of vehicles were seen stretching for several kilometres, with many commuters stranded for hours.
A police source said that members of the labour union from Uttar Pradesh gathered near the border area were staging a demonstration, blocking portions of the road and slowing down traffic movement.
"Personnel from the Delhi Police and Noida Police were deployed to manage the situation and divert traffic, but the heavy volume of vehicles compounded the chaos," the source said.
Frustrated commuters took to social media platform X, urging authorities to intervene and clear the roads. Many complained of being stuck in unmoving traffic despite starting early to avoid peak-hour congestion.
An employee of a private company said she left her home at around 7:30 am but remained stuck in traffic for over an hour without any significant movement.
"There is no movement at all. People are getting down from vehicles and trying to figure out what's happening ahead," she said.
Authorities said efforts were underway to clear the congestion and restore smooth traffic flow as soon as possible.
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