Ahmedabad: The city crime branch on Thursday arrested a 31-year-old man who had been absconding for nearly two years in connection with a murder case registered at Vatva police station here.The accused, identified as Jayrajsinh Chauhan, was wanted in an offence registered in 2024 under sections related to murder, robbery, assault and criminal intimidation. Police…
In her complaint, the principal had accused the trustee of subjecting her to physical, mental, and sexual harassment Mumbai: Observing that the police had filed the closure report without properly examining the sexual harassment allegations made by the principal against a trustee of a city-based school and junior college, a magistrate’s court has dismissed the…
Chennai: Two men have been arrested for robbing a software engineer of 11 sovereigns of gold jewellery and Rs 60,000 in cash after befriending him through a dating app in Tambaram.Police said the complainant, Rakesh, 30, a native of Madurai district, has been staying at Mappedu near Selaiyur and works at a private software company…
Hyderabad: As Telangana begins its Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, questions remain over whether booth-level officers (BLOs) will physically reach every voter. Similar challenges in states like West Bengal and Gujarat — where locked houses, apartment complexes, migrant settlements and urban localities made contact difficult — had led to electors being marked absent…
Navi Mumbai: The Panvel City Municipal Corporation (PCMC) approved a Rs 1,000 crore proposal to raise the height of Dehrang Dam by 20 metres, which will increase its storage capacity to 38 million cubic metres.Dehrang Dam, located at the foothills of Matheran, supplies water to the Panvel township.Currently, Panvel receives about 230 MLD of water,…
Kolkata: BHIM Payments App, developed by NPCI BHIM Services Ltd (NBSL), has witnessed over 289% growth in transaction volume on its platform in Bengal in FY26, and the company’s broader business strategy includes reaching out to more feature phone users in the state.During FY26, 71% of transactions on the app in the state were P2M…
Thane: A day after revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule declared the 1,053-acre Bhayanderpada-Owale land as reserved forest, the NCP (SP) questioned why the govt adopted a different approach in the 193-acre Chitalsar-Manpada forest land case claiming both cases had similar legal histories.The minister on Thursday issued orders to uphold the rights of the state govt over…
Confucius (Image: Wikipedia) This Confucius line keeps resurfacing in articles about anger and decision-making. It is usually shared as a short warning, almost like a proverb that travels faster than its original context. The sentence is stark, and it does not try to soften what it is saying. Confucius is often associated with ideas of…
Haren Pandya, a former state home minister, was shot dead on March 26, 2006 Ahmedabad: Gujarat High Court has ordered the state govt to take a decision within six months on an application filed by the sharpshooter in the Haren Pandya murder case, Mohammed Asghar Ali. Convicted to a life term, Ali moved the HC…
Bengaluru: An interest rate of 9% is more appropriate in cases involving death and serious injury, especially where there is a long delay in the claimant’s receiving the compensation, the high court ruled.Justice Tara Vitasta Ganju, upholding the decision of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Bengaluru, in a 10-year-old accident case, noted in her recent…
