New Delhi: Ending the plight of a man booked under Pocso Act after the hospital where his underage wife delivered a child alerted police, Delhi High Court has quashed the criminal case.It allowed the joint plea of the accused husband and the now-adult wife to quash the case under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences…
Mumbai: Six months after being initiated and subsequently stayed, BMC has cancelled the transfers of over 120 civic engineers following allegations of corruption.Last month, mayor Ritu Tawde had asked the civic body to “take note of the issue and take appropriate action” regarding the transfers. She was referring to a letter from Ramakant Bane of…
Yadgir: Nine members of a family, including four children, were burnt to death after their car collided with a private bus and caught fire at Shantapur Cross in Surpur taluk on the Bidar-Srirangapatna Highway Friday.The accident occurred around 9.45 am when the car attempted to overtake another vehicle and got wedged between it and the…
Chennai: A 17-year-old boy was apprehended for assaulting a woman traffic constable after being stopped for traffic violations at Vyasarpadi Market Junction on Thursday evening.The victim, Pooma Sri, 28, a Grade II constable attached to the Vyasarpadi traffic enforcement wing, was on duty around 5pm when she intercepted a scooter coming in the wrong direction…
Hyderabad: Telangana Rythu Power Distribution Company Ltd (TGRPDCL), the state’s newly-formed third discom, has applied to the Telangana Electricity Regulatory Commission (TGERC) for a power distribution licence under the Electricity Act, 2003.TGRPDCL was incorporated on March 11, 2026, as a govt-owned power distribution company aimed at improving electricity supply to critical sectors across the state….
Gurgaon: Around 2.5 lakh property transactions — valued at more than Rs 3 lakh crore — in the north-west region of India have come under the scanner of the Income Tax (I-T) department, officials said.Most of these high-value deals originate from Gurgaon and Faridabad, where revenue offices either failed to report transactions or submitted records…
Kolkata: Several electors who are sick and aged below 85 are seeking clarifications from BLOs whether they can avail of the postal ballot facility at home. Recently, a BLO from Shyampukur constituency has written a letter to the public grievance redressal (PGRS) cell of the Election Commission and the governor, flagging concerns about the voters,…
Noida’s new administrative building in Sector 96 was scheduled for inauguration on Friday, but the programme has now been postponed Noida: Noida, founded on April 17, 1976, turned 50 on Friday, but its golden jubilee celebrations were scaled down sharply after the recent workers’ unrest. Noida Authority had planned to inaugurate its administrative building and…
Vasco: Mormugao Municipal Council (MMC) on Friday resolved to hand over around 9,000sqm Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) land, which is presently in the possession of the municipality, to Kadamba Transport Corporation Ltd (KTC) on a temporary basis.When several councillors raised queries on the allocation of land to the KTC, MMC chairperson Girish Borkar said,…
Ahmedabad: A sales manager of a private bank has been accused of cheating a customer of Rs 1 lakh on the pretext of opening a current account. The complaint filed with Navrangpura police on Thursday states that the accused, in Aug, took Rs 80,000 first and Rs 20,000 the next day for opening the account…
