2 IPS, 15 PPS officers transferred

The Punjab government on Thursday transferred two IPS and 15 PPS officers with immediate effect.
They are Harcharan Singh Bhullar (Commandant, 3rd Battalion, Mohali), Gurpreet Singh Gill (Commandant, 4th Battalion, Mohali), Ashwani Kumar (assistant inspector general of police/telecommunication), Swarndeep Singh (AIG, special branch, investigation-1), Mandhir Singh (AIG, information technology), Snehdeep Sharma (AIG/NRI and women wing, Mohali), Naresh Kumar (district community police officer, Hoshiarpur), Gurdeep Singh (district community police officer, Ludhiana), Amarjit Singh (assistant commandant, 4th IRB, Kapurthala), Harpreet Singh (AIG, special protection unit, Chandigarh, additional charge of staff officer, DGP), Swaran Singh (SP, investigations, Barnala), Lakhwinder Pal Singh (SP, GRP, Jalandhar), Amrik Singh Powar (SP, investigations, Batala), Harwinder Singh (SP, headquarters, Tarn Taran), Ranbir Singh (SP, investigation, Ludhiana rural), Navjot Singh (SP-cum-sports secretary, PAP, Jalandhar) and Manohar Lal (attached with SSP, Amritsar-rural).
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Over 30 people feared dead as boat capsizes in Yamuna, in Banda
Over 30 people were feared drowned when a boat carrying 45 people, including 25 women and children, capsized in the Yamuna, in Banda district, on Thursday. Locals said most people were going to celebrate Raksha Bandhan with their siblings. SHO Marka Hemraj said that four people are confirmed dead while 13 managed to swim to safety, while 28 people are still missing. He said around 45 people were on the boat.
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World Elephant Day on Friday: A walk with the mighty ones leaves actor awed
Indian actor Jennifer Winget is at the Elephant Conservation & Care Centre, run by wildlife conservation NGO, Wildlife SOS, in Mathura, and will celebrate 'World Elephant Day' there, on Friday. She reached the centre on Thursday. Every year, August 12 is celebrated as World Elephant Day to raise awareness about the world's declining elephant population. Breaking a sweat, Winget helped in creating and distributing enrichments that keep elephants physically and mentally stimulated.
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SSB busts prostitution racket, rescues 17 women
Mumbai The Social Service Branch of the Mumbai police raided four flats in Navi Mumbai and rescued 17 women who were brought to the city from West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh and forced into prostitution. The SSB has arrested nine people of the syndicate and are looking for two main culprits who were running the prostitution racket for several years.
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Coastal zone authority seeks report on CIDCO’s auction of CRZ plot
Mumbai Following Hindustan Times reports, the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority has asked City and Industrial Development Corporation, the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation and the Thane district administration to submit a report over the proposed auction of a 25,000 square metre plot of land in Nerul. The MCZMA had been instructed earlier this week to probe the matter by the union environment ministry, on the basis of complaints by Navi Mumbai residents.
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Mob shouts ‘chor chor’, waves shoes at Anubrata Mondal after CBI arrest | Watch
Arrested Trinamool Congress leader Anubrata Mondal on Thursday faced massive sloganeering as a group of protesters surrounded Mr Mondal's while he was being produced in a special CBI court in the cattle smuggling case. Those present at the spot shouted 'chor' (thief), while some waved slippers at him as the TMC leader left the car and made his way to the court with CBI officers.