A trader in Varanasi was caught on the wrong foot on Sunday when district magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma and SSP Prabhakar Chaudhary went to a shop in Chetganj area to buy essential commodities, posing as a commoner.
The shopkeeper overcharged for the goods purchased and the two officers immediately ordered action against the erring seller.
The district magistrate warned that anyone found overcharging for essential commodities would face stern action.
Former finance minister Arun Jaitley was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences on Friday afternoon over some cardiac complications.
The Indian Navy has put its warships on alert on both the eastern and western coasts over the likelihood of a terror attack from Pakistan, defence sources said on Friday.
Elections in Jammu and Kashmir will not be held around October-November as initially predicted—when states such as Maharashtra, Haryana and Jharkhand go to polls.
The announcement was made by Pakistan Railway Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed at a press conference in Islamabad.
NDTV founders Prannoy Roy and his wife Radhika were prevented from leaving the country at the Mumbai airport on Friday.
The devotees, who are friends and wished to remain anonymous, made the offering on the auspicious day of Goddess Sri Varalakshmi Vratham festival, the official told.