Lawyers on strike, cases continue | Delhi News

New Delhi: Lawyers observing a strike across Delhi’s district courts on Monday faced strict action from judges, who imposed costs, refused adjournments and passed adverse orders in several cases.The strike followed a recent altercation between lawyers and Rohini court judge Rakesh Kumar. Although the Delhi high court administration transferred the judge to the judicial academy,…

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Mumbai teen’s SSC result moves doctors and teachers

Atif Shaikh and his father Akbar Shaikh Mumbai: For most teenagers, Class X board examinations mean stress, tuitions and long study hours. For 16-year-old Atif Shaikh from Mira Road, the battle was more brutal as it involved chemotherapy sessions.Yet, the teenager battling an aggressive bone cancer scored 92% in the recent SSC examinations.The result left…

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Bengaluru’s Hoodi station closed for Memu trains, platforms to be razed

Bengaluru: Hoodi railway halt, a key suburban station in east Bengaluru catering to short-distance Memu services, has been temporarily shut as part of the ongoing railway line quadrupling project between Whitefield and Cantonment.South Western Railway (SWR) discontinued all passenger services at the station from Monday, with both platforms set to be demolished to facilitate expansion…

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Alliance equations shift inside GCC council

Chennai: Considering Congress joined the TVK-led alliance after the state assembly elections, the alliance equations inside Greater Chennai Corporation council are set to see a sea-change. Congress, with 13 councillors, had been a part of the ruling front in the DMK-majority council, which enjoyed a total of 153 of 200 councillors.Alliance partners such as CPM,…

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Digital forensics help I-T expose benami liquor front

Hyderabad: In a sign of how financial investigations are going digital, Income Tax investigators of Hyderabad Benami Prohibition Unit (I-T BPU) used Google Maps timelines, IP address trails, mobile phone forensics and geospatial analysis to crack what they suspect was a benami liquor syndicate operating behind a Hyderabad wine shop.The breakthrough came when Google location…

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Noida woman dies 18 months after wedding; family alleges murder, says she faced constant dowry torture

NOIDA: Eighteen months after her marriage, a 24-year-old woman died at her in-laws’ place in Greater Noida on Sunday, purportedly from a fall from the third-floor terrace that was reported to the police as suicide, but her family claims is murder.Deepika Nagar, her father Sanjay told police, was harassed and taunted relentlessly by the in-laws…

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