Mumbai: Bombay high court permitted medical termination by JJ Hospital of the 27-week pregnancy of an 18-year-old collegian, observing that she had made a choice.“We see no difficulty in the team of medical doctors proceeding with the process of termination of pregnancy as desired by her as she has made a choice,’’ said Justices Bharati…
Bengaluru: The high court has upheld the state’s Premium Floor Area Ratio (FAR) scheme, ruling that it cannot be equated with the controversial Akrama-Sakrama scheme meant for regularising unauthorised constructions.Dismissing a public interest litigation and a connected writ appeal, a division bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice CM Poonacha held that Premium FAR…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu will soon notify a new industrial policy with special incentives to attract fresh domestic and foreign investment besides setting up a Tamil Nadu Investor Promotion Commission (TIPC) chaired by the chief secretary to draw multinational companies.In his maiden address to the assembly, governor R V Arlekar said the state aims to become…
Hyderabad: With farmers gearing up for the kharif season, the state govt has decided to release Rythu Bharosa input assistance on June 30. At the same time, it has advised farmers not to begin sowing operations immediately after the first spell of rain and instead wait for at least two spells of 7 mm rainfall…
Gurgaon: The Higher Education Department (DHE) of Haryana has extended the deadline for first-year undergraduate admissions till June 30, granting eligible candidates an additional 15 days to submit their online application, providing relief to those who failed to complete the process.The centralised DHE admission portal covers govt colleges, govt-aided colleges and self-financing private colleges across…
Bagnan’s BJP neta Prasanta Dey was killed on Wednesday night Howrah: A BJP functionary died after being allegedly attacked by Trinamool-backed miscreants in Bagnan’s Santoshpur area on Wednesday night.Shortly after, unidentified individuals allegedly left behind a white mourning cloth and Rs 5,000 in front of Prasanta Dey’s house, followed by a chilling 3am call to…
Noida: A day after a 30-year-old woman’s body was found with ligature marks around her neck at her house in Dadri, police arrested her husband, who had allegedly strangled her.Police said a neighbour had heard the wails of the couple’s 5-year-old son and went to check on the family. He discovered Kavita’s body lying inside…
THE GOOD FIGHT: At Aguada Fort Jail (top), hundreds of freedom fighters braved Salazarian onslaughts Goa Revolution Day, observed annually on June 18, commemorates the historic civil disobedience movement launched in 1946 by Ram Manohar Lohia and Juliao Menezes. Their defiant public gathering at Margao 80 years ago ignited a mass movement against Portuguese colonial…
Varanasi: In the era of ‘One Nation, One Syllabus’, the proposed new regulations of National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions (NCAHP) appear to have excluded Home Science from nutrition and dietetics education, giving rise to fear of thousands losing their professional recognition and hospital jobs.To address this apprehension, Human Science Association of India (HSAI),…
Ahmedabad: A 72-year-old woman returned home in Vastrapur from Mumbai after nearly two months in Mumbai for her husband’s cancer treatment only to find it burgled.According to the complaint filed with Vastrapur police, the woman, a retiree, lived at her daughter’s in Mumbai for nearly 55 days for the treatment of her husband’s oesophageal cancer….
