New Delhi: Delhi High Court Monday declined to urgently list a public interest litigation challenging the removal of fasting activist Sonam Wangchuk from the Jantar Mantar protest site to Safdarjung Hospital.Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya’s bench said the petitioner was only seeking a declaration that the action was illegal, which did not warrant immediate hearing.Calling the…
Dibrugarh: Assam Police on Sunday destroyed seized heroin, cannabis and thousands of Yaba tablets in Lakhimpur, Charaideo and Majuli districts, in compliance with legal and environmental guidelines.In Lakhimpur, 151.5 grams of heroin and 1,955.08 kg of cannabis were burnt at the police reserve premises. Lakhimpur SSP Gunendra Deka said, “The destruction sends a clear message…
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce will have their wedding at Madison Square Garden on Friday night, according to a law enforcement official briefed on the security plans. Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce wedding celebrations to begin with rehearsal dinner The festivities will kick off with a smaller rehearsal dinner planned for Thursday night, the official…
Sitharaman warned the US-Iran conflict is pressuring India’s fuel prices, fertiliser subsidies and forex reserves. West Bengal opened its first holding centre for suspected illegal Bangladeshi nationals under the BJP’s deportation policy. Congress may decide on Karnataka’s leadership issue within days amid fresh buzz around Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar. Iran demanded the release of $12…
The inspection report had specifically noted that the state forest department had not stopped the use of the forest land despite the reported violation Gurgaon: Centre has deferred a proposal to use forest land for an access road to a private warehouse on Sohna-Palwal Road after finding that the land was being used without forest…
Panaji: A slight decline in the number of animals brought in for Eid al-Adha’s (Bakri Eid) qurbani ceremony has been reported by officials at the Goa Meat Complex, with around 400 animals arriving so far compared to 461 last year.Ritual sacrifices will be held over Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Officials overseeing preparations said that while…
Lucknow: Cyber cons posing as pension department officials allegedly duped a retired govt employee of Rs 12.94 lakh, nearly his entire retirement corpus. On discovering the loss, he suffered a paralytic stroke, police said.The case was registered after his daughter filed a complaint with the office of the deputy commissioner of police (crime).According to police,…
Malkapuram Sravani died after an illegal prenatal sex determination test and abortion HYDERABAD: A 35-year-old pregnant woman died while undergoing treatment after allegedly being subjected to an illegal prenatal sex determination test and abortion in Jangaon district following the discovery that she was carrying a female foetus.Police booked four persons, the woman’s mother, a registered…
NEW DELHI: Six months after bringing back a pregnant Sunali Khatun and her son from Bangladesh on orders of SC, her father’s counsel Wednesday informed the court that her husband has also been repatriated to India and joined the family in Bengal.Sunali and her family were picked up from Delhi during an identification verification drive…
Project Praveen: Uttar Pradesh’s vocational education initiative for government school students Project Praveen is a flagship vocational education initiative, unique in several ways, of the Uttar Pradesh government aimed at integrating skill development with school education. Implemented by the Uttar Pradesh Skill Development Mission (UPSDM) in collaboration with the Secondary Education Department, the programme seeks…
