Kalyan: A special Pocso court on Friday sentenced a 32-year-old man to 20 years’ rigorous imprisonment for the rape of a cognitively impaired minor girl in 2019.Special judge V A Patravale convicted the accused, a Jalgaon resident, for offences under section 376 of the Indian Penal Code (rape) and relevant sections of the Protection of…
Bengaluru: The govt submitted a memorandum to defence minister Rajnath Singh seeking a reduction in the height restriction radius around defence airports in Bengaluru from 20km to 15km. It has also written to the defence secretary and civil aviation ministry on the issue. On Friday, deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar met Singh in Delhi to…
Gurgaon: Haryana Directorate of Secondary Education has raised concerns over significant discrepancies in student enrolment data after several recognised private schools across the state failed to update records on the management information system (MIS) portal at the start of the new academic session 2026-27.In a letter addressed to all district education officers (DEOs) and district…
Kolkata: The EC has suspended Hingalganj PS officer-in-charge Sandeep Sarkar over allegations of partisanship and failure to ensure a level playing field during the ongoing assembly election. It has also directed that disciplinary proceedings be initiated against him.According to sources, the decision comes amid heightened political tension in the assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas….
Ghaziabad: The district consumer commission has ordered coaching institute FIITJEE’s Delhi-based headquarters to refund Rs 85,000 to the father of a student after finding that the institute failed to provide classes for the promised 36 months under the purchased package and instead conducted them for only 21 months.Commission President Anil Kumar Pundir and members Shailja…
Hisar: Weather in Haryana is likely to change soon, with a western disturbance expected to impact the state from April 26 onwards, bringing dust-laden winds, cloud cover and chances of light rain, according to the agrometeorology department of CCS Haryana Agricultural University. The agrometeorology department of CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, in its latest forecast…
Surat: Fleeing the court to inform his wife and family that he was being sent to jail, a Bardoli resident briefly managed to escape from the Surat district and sessions court on Thursday before being arrested on Friday.Chirag Parekh was in court in connection with a cheque bounce case. After his plea for relief was…
Rajkot: In a judicial crackdown on cross-border drug smuggling, a special NDPS court in Bhuj sentenced six Pakistani nationals to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for attempting to smuggle nearly 77kg of heroin into India.The contraband, valued at Rs 384.68 crore, was seized during a joint mid-sea operation by the Gujarat anti-terrorist squad (ATS) and…
Jaipur: The BJP has stepped up preparations ahead of the maiden Rajasthan visit of its national president Nitin Nabin on April 27, with state in-charge Radha Mohan Das Agrawal holding a series of review meetings and issuing strict directives to party units.Agrawal chaired a key organisational meeting in Tonk district on Friday and later interacted…
(ANI) NEW DELHI: As Raghav Chadha announced his exit from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday and joined hands with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), an old video of him has resurfaced on social media, in which he is seen criticising the party he has now joined.In the video from an interview with “Unfiltered…
