Bengaluru: The high court granted interim protection to app-based platforms challenging the constitutional validity of Karnataka Platform-based Gig Workers (Social Security and Welfare) Act, 2025, while directing them to deposit the disputed welfare fee for the second quarter with the court within three weeks.The petitions were filed by Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI)…
Chennai: Four passengers, including a woman, suffered injuries after two Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) buses collided near the War Memorial on Rajaji Road in Chennai on Friday. The injured were admitted to the Govt Omandurar Medical College Hospital.According to police, an MTC bus en route 102-B was travelling from Perumbakkam to Broadway when it collided…
Family liable for deceased person’s debt: HC Hyderabad: Telangana high court has held that it is the legal duty of a deceased person’s widow and children to pay back his debt. They cannot escape from the statutory obligation of satisfying the debt contracted by the deceased and that shares of the property, owned by the…
The action comes a week after the corporation demolished the four-acre SBJ RMC plant on Naurangpur Road Gurgaon: MCM on Saturday demolished six illegally operating ready-mix concrete (RMC) plants on Garhi-Basai Road, intensifying its crackdown on unauthorised commercial establishments. However, the civic body admitted there are over 30 such plants running without regulatory intervention and…
Kolkata: Six-time BJP councillor and former deputy mayor Meena Devi Purohit has called for renaming central Kolkata’s Mohammad Ali Park as Mahabali Park.. The park has been the venue for a famous Durga Puja for over half a century.Hoardings with the name of the puja changed to Shree Mahabali Park Durgotsav Samity have already come…
Tarn Taran: A domestic dispute in Tarn Taran’s Sangha village ended in two deaths after a man allegedly doused his brother-in-law with petrol and set him ablaze. The accused’s wife was fatally burnt while trying to save the victim, police said.Police have registered a murder case and arrested the accused, Sajan Singh, along with his…
Weir cum causeway on river Tapi in SUrat is overflowing for the first time this monsoon Surat: Ukai reservoir began receiving fresh inflow of water on Saturday after heavy rainfall in its catchment areas in Maharashtra. Officials said the reservoir is currently receiving 6,293 cusecs of water. Despite the fresh inflow, the water level remains…
Silchar: Hailakandi police on Saturday arrested four active members of an organised cybercrime syndicate while they were attempting to withdraw swindled funds from a bank.The accused were identified as Gourab Roy Chowdhury of Borjarpur, Jahanul Hasan Laskar of Ujankupar, Abu Jahid Laskar of Narayanpur and Mohammadur Hasan Chowdhury of Bhatisangurai in Algapur — all in…
Rajkot: Diu Police have unearthed an alleged identity fraud stretching back more than three decades, arresting a 54-year-old man accused of using the identity of a deceased Portuguese national to secure nationality documents, alter birth records and facilitate multiple passport applications.Investigators say the racket may have wider links across Gujarat and beyond.Diu Police arrested Jitendrakumar…
External affairs minister S Jaishankar is set to embark on a six-nation visit from July 5 to 15, covering Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, the United States and Belgium.Jaishankar will visit the four Gulf countries from July 5 to 10, where he is scheduled to meet his counterparts and leadership figures. According to the Ministry of…
