Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of Allahabad high court on Thursday dismissed 11 special appeals filed by the UP government, taking a strict view of delays in their filing and held that no sufficient cause had been shown to justify the lapse.Rejecting the special appeals, the division bench observed that the government, equipped with an organized…
Pradeep Ranganathan’s latest, ‘LIK’ (Love Insurance Kompany), a futuristic romantic drama, has garnered mixed reviews but crossed ₹50 crore worldwide by day nine. The film, set in 2040 where a dating app guarantees relationships, stars Ranganathan and Krithi Shetty. Despite a slow second week, its premise explores technology versus natural emotions in love. After ‘Dude’,…
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat high court on Friday dismissed 18 petitions challenging the rejection of candidates’ nomination papers and the acceptance of rival nominations for the local body elections, ruling that such disputes cannot be heard under Article 226 once the electoral process has begun.The petitions were filed by candidates after rejection of their nominations at…
Hyderabad: A 35-year-old woman died on Saturday morning when her saree got caught in a machine at a garment factory in Jeedimetla, crushing her neck and chest.According to the Jeedimetla police, the deceased, Kushbu Devi, was a daily-wage worker at SR Bright Industries in TSSIC Colony. Her husband, Rajukumar Paswan, also worked there as a…
Firefighters were met with thick columns of black smoke when they reached the spot Ghaziabad: A fire broke out at a newly set-up chemical factory in Diksha Industrial Park, located in Deenanathpur Putti village, on Saturday. Fire tenders from multiple stations took more than an hour to bring the blaze under control.Fire department officials said…
Imphal: Consumer affairs, food and public distribution (CAF&PD) director K Bono Singh, along with IOCL and PIB officials on Friday said there is enough stock of LPG and petrol/diesel in the state and urged consumers to avoid panic booking and panic buying.Speaking to the media during a joint press conference at Imphal divisional office, IOCL…
LUCKNOW: The UP Police and the anti-terrorist squad (ATS) arrested a key accused of links with a suspected ISIS-linked module.The accused, identified as Majul, a resident of Sauftpur village under Nangal police station in Bijnor, was detained by airport authorities upon arrival from South Africa and handed over to local police on Apr 18.He had…
Investments in the region have been driven by Noida International Airport Noida: Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) marked its silver jubilee on Friday with a milestone that is as much about the future as the past. In 25 years, the authority has moved far beyond planning an expressway corridor to shaping one of north…
Navi Mumbai: Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has directed the state Urban Development Department (UDD) to scrutinise the complaints over Cidco’s project of installation of mobile towers on road medians in Ulwe node of Navi Mumbai, signalling an official scrutiny of the contentious project.The residents and citizen groups are up in arms against the ongoing…
Ahmedabad: A cashier working with a gas agency was assaulted at his residence in the Sardarnagar area of the city, allegedly for terminating a tempo contract with the agency, police said.The incident occurred on Thursday night when the cashier returned home after depositing money at a bank in the Hansol area. At that time, three…
