New Delhi: Stating that it wanted to make private taxi operators “accountable”, Delhi High Court Wednesday sought the stand of Centre, police, Delhi govt and ride-hailing platforms Uber, Rapido and Ola Cabs on a plea seeking measures to ensure the safety and security of women passengers using app-based services.“We want to make the private operators…
Thane: The recent spate of crimes in Thane city, including the Tuesday killing of UBT Sena functionary Pradeep Purnekar and that of a sub-inspector last week, among others, led the opposition parties to question on Wednesday if Thane was fast becoming a ‘Wasseypur’ of Maharashtra.“Major crime incidents were reported in the city in the last…
Bengaluru: Students who appeared for state PGCET – MBA, MCA and MTech admissions – have petitioned Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA), seeking the immediate release of choice-entry results and commencement of the second round of option entry. They fear that a second round of counselling will not be held.In an online petition addressed to KEA executive…
Chennai: Madras high court on Wednesday refused immediate relief to DMK MP T R Baalu, who moved the court for a direction to SIT probing the child rape cases against granite baron R Veeramani, to question chief minister C Joseph Vijay and ministers Aadhav Arjuna and C T R Nirmal Kumar over their allegations against…
Hyderabad: Telangana high court on Wednesday adjourned by a week the hearing on a PIL challenging a proposed land exchange involving the historic Royal Mosque (Masjid-e-Bagh-e-Aam) at Public Gardens, to enable the state govt to place its response on record.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice Vakiti Ramakrishna Reddy was hearing…
Controlling dust pollution is a key part of the winter action plan Gurgaon: The state govt has come out with a new action plan that promises a crackdown on the very sources that turn winter into a struggle for clean air. From Oct 1, authorities will target 200 end-of-life vehicles every day for impounding, tighten…
Kolkata: Jadavpur University Teachers’ Association (JUTA) has written to governor-chancellor R N Ravi, urging measures so that the state withdraws the policy of transfer of university teachers. The letter was signed by 401 teachers of Jadavpur University.The letter said every university had its specific laws and regulations governing its administration, corresponding to the specific act…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat High Court has acquitted two persons awarded life sentence for murder and who have already spent over 13 years in prison, holding that the prosecution had failed to establish their guilt beyond reasonable doubt.Pravinsinh Parmar and Tejendrasinh Parmar, residents of Salal village in Sabarkantha, were arrested after a clash in Jan 2009 that…
Mohali: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) search operation at a realty group’s offices in Sector 119 concluded on Wednesday afternoon after nearly 53 hours, with the 15-member team scrutinising land-related documents, official records and digital data.The ED team, which had started the search at TDI House on Monday morning, left the premises at 3:45 pm on…
People cross a dried up lakebed on the outskirts of Nagpur City. Over 260 talukas in Maharashtra have been declared drought-hit Pune: Funds set aside for highways, bridges and other infrastructure may be diverted to help farmers in the state if the drought situation calls for it, Maharashtra revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule said on Wednesday,…
