Patiala: A Patiala court on Monday sentenced former MLA Simarjit Singh Bains to one year’s rigorous imprisonment for criminal defamation over allegations of corruption against former Punjab health minister Brahm Mohindra, following an eight-year legal battle.Chief judicial magistrate Ekta Sahota convicted Bains under Section 500 of the IPC, holding that he had failed to substantiate…
Surat: A car owner has secured an insurance claim of Rs 1.25 lakh even though he failed to conclusively establish the circumstances of the accident that damaged his four-wheeler.The Navsari Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (CDRC), while ruling in favour of the complainant, observed that although the accident itself remained unproven, the damage to the vehicle…
Chennai: An archaeology student from University of Madras has found two pre-historic sites at Chinnamalai in Malaipalayam village and Senjerimalai in Sulur near Coimbatore. A rock shelter with red ochre geometric paintings, microlithic tools such as borer, thumbnail scrapers and hammer stones were found in Chinnamalai, while the nearby Senjerimalai yielded stone tools and debitage.“It…
Mumbai received light rainfall between 6am and 9am on Sunday Mumbai: The month of May ended with pre-monsoon showers sweeping most parts of the city between 6am and 9am on Sunday.According to civic data, the island city recorded an average rainfall of 0.61mm, while the eastern and western suburbs received 5mm and 2mm, respectively.Specific area-wise…
The decision is expected to improve traffic flow and reduce delays at busy junctions Jaipur: Traffic management authorities have moved ahead with a plan to ease congestion at major intersections and road stretches across the city.The traffic department has sent proposals to the Jaipur Development Authority to construct slip lanes at 11 locations to allow…
Delhi Govt cracks whip, 5 MCD officials suspended after Satya Niketan building collapse. Photo credit: ANI NEW DELHI: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has demolished 24 properties and sealed seven illegal structures across the capital following the building collapse in south Delhi’s Satya Niketan that killed seven people.According to the MCD data, quoted by…
Kolkata: Senior Trinamool functionary and former mayor-in-council member Baiswanor Chattopadhyay appeared before Shakespeare Sarani police on Tuesday for a fresh round of questioning in connection with an alleged clash during the removal of an unauthorised party hoarding.This was Chattopadhyay’s second appearance after he was first summoned on Sept 3. His interrogation came hours before a…
ED arrests Falcon CMD Amardeep in Rs 792 crore money laundering case Hyderabad: In a major development in the alleged Falcon invoice discounting fraud that left thousands of investors in distress, Enforcement Directorate on Friday arrested Falcon Capital Protection Force Private Ltd chairman and managing director Amardeep Kumar in a money laundering case involving alleged…
Hyderabad: Telangana Congress president B Mahesh Kumar Goud on Sunday said party workers who have worked hard for the Congress would be given due priority in the allocation of party and nominated posts in the govt.Addressing a meeting of party workers in Nizamabad district, Goud said the party was receiving demands to provide opportunities even…
Gurgaon: A 31-year-old woman was found dead in Sector 39 on Monday. A day later, police registered a case against three people, including her husband, based on a complaint lodged by her father.Khushbu Gupta, who was from UP, had been living with her husband Himanshu (35) in Jharsa for the past two years. She was…
