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.
According to media reports, the wife of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum—the Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE—is believed to be in hiding in London.
Punjab ranks the highest in the country for over-exploitation of groundwater, government data shows.
Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Saturday met Congress veteran Ahmed Patel in the capital and is learnt to have reasserted his stand on cabinet colleague Navjot Sidhu.
A clash allegedly broke out between doctors and relatives of a dead patient at Bara Hindu Rao Hospital in Delhi late on Saturday night.
There were foreign nationals among those arrested, including those from Thailand, police officials said, but did not give their exact count.
Terming her reply to a 'fatwa' against her, as "bold", Union Minister Babul Supriyo on Sunday hailed Trinamool Congress MP Nusrat Jahan for rejecting the religious edict.