Panaji: The North Goa District Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission ordered a tour operator from Taleigao, to refund booking amount of Rs 9.8 lakh to 15 people, for failing to conduct a pilgrimage tour of the Holy Land, and pay Rs 15,000 as the litigation cost. According to the complainants, a 12-day tour was to start…
Ahmedabad: The city felt the full weight of the summer sun on Friday as the mercury climbed to 42.1°C, marking one of the hottest days this month. The maximum and minimum temperatures pushed 1.9 degrees above the seasonal average, leaving residents without even a nighttime reprieve as the minimum temperature hovered stubbornly at a warm…
Ludhiana: Unscheduled power outages and voltage fluctuations are hammering manufacturers in Punjab’s industrial heartland, wasting raw materials, idling workers, and undermining “Make in India” and “Invest Punjab” initiatives, local business leaders say.In every sudden blackout, Harjit Singh, who runs a micro-fasteners unit on Gill Road, loses about ₹3,000 from spoiled materials, tool resets, and overheads….
Chandigarh: Ever since the MC, in collaboration with a private bank, launched the “one pass” facility for paid parking lots on Jan 27, there has been an uptick in its revenue both through online and offline mode.According to MC records, the civic body earned Rs 22 lakh in Feb by issuing the one pass through…
Pune: Several corporators raised the issue of inadequate water supply in their respective areas at the civic body’s general body meeting on Friday.Most of them were unanimous that water disruptions were not only confined to the last two days and that citizens were not getting adequate water even when cuts were not imposed by the…
GUWAHATI: A Nagaon court on Friday sentenced 20 convicts to life imprisonment in the 2018 lynching of two youths from Guwahati in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district.Nagaon district sessions judge DJ Mahanta had on Monday convicted 20 of the 45 accused under various provisions of the IPC, including murder by members of an unlawful assembly, rioting,…
Lucknow: A 15-year-old Class X student allegedly died by suicide in Lalganj town of Basti on Thursday, hours before her High School examination results were declared.According to family members, she had been under stress over her expected results.The girl’s father, who runs a grocery kiosk, said his daughter was good at studies but had been…
Jaipur: A division bench of the Rajasthan High Court Friday stayed a single judge’s order directing Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) proceedings against Jaipur Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd (JVVNL) chairman-cum-managing director Arti Dogra in connection with a promotion dispute.The bench, comprising Acting Chief Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma and Justice Shubha Mehta, passed the interim order while hearing…
NEW DELHI: Allowing medical termination of over seven months’ pregnancy of a 15year-old girl, Supreme Court said that a woman cannot be compelled to continue with an unwanted pregnancy against her wish.A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan said that forcing a woman, particularly a minor, to carry a pregnancy to full…
The US Justice Department is closing its investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, a move seen as removing a hurdle to the confirmation of Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the central bank, with Powell’s term as chair set to end on May 15.US Attorney Jeanine Pirro said the criminal probe into…
