New Delhi: The investigation into a recent drug trafficking racket busted by the crime branch has revealed a barter system where opium was being trafficked to Canada and weapons were being procured in return.The nexus was headed by designated Khalistani terrorist Arshdeep Singh Gill alias Arsh Dala, the successor to slain terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.Confirming…
Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis Mumbai: A students’ organisation has written to chief minister Devendra Fadnavis to protect reservation, scholarship and fee reimbursement benefits extended to SC/ST/OBC students, a day after the state cabinet gave its nod to convert two private medical colleges into health sciences’ universities.The Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar National Students’ Federation, in a letter…
Sean Lyu, MD of RayTech Group Chennai: RayTech Group, a provider of industrial X-ray inspection solutions, is looking to set up a manufacturing facility in India. The Singapore-based company, which makes X-ray industrial inspection equipment in Malaysia, Singapore, and the US, is eyeing the $300 million industrial X-ray inspection market in the country over the…
In its Aug 24 order, TG RERA restrained promoter Ramesh Kumar Chabbra from marketing Bentley Woods as a villa project, noting that its RERA registration was only for a plotted layout. Hyderabad: Telangana Real Estate Regulatory Authority (TG RERA) has imposed a ₹98 lakh penalty on the promoter of Chabbras Bentley Woods at Jeedimetla for…
Gurgaon: A sharp, unexplained fall in declared income cannot by itself be used to avoid paying maintenance, a district family court has ruled. The court made the observation while directing a senior executive of Deloitte to pay Rs 2 lakh a month to his estranged wife and their two minor children.The court also rejected the…
Kolkata:The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of the Bengal govt arrested three laboratory technicians attached to Panskura Super Specialty Hospital for their involvement in a well-entrenched, illegal blood sales racket operating directly out of the facility’s blood bank.The law enforcement action follows the arrest of a middleman caught selling blood units illegally to desperate patients and their…
Noida: With demand for milk-based sweets expected to rise ahead of Raksha Bandhan, food safety teams in GB Nagar and Ghaziabad stepped up inspections of milk products and sweets on Tuesday, targeting units suspected of preparing or supplying adulterated food items.Officials said the inspections would continue through the festive season and warned manufacturers, wholesalers and…
Panaji: The state cabinet on Tuesday approved introducing the Goa Advocates Protection Bill, 2026, in the assembly, proposing a balanced statutory mechanism to safeguard advocates from targeted violence and harassment while also preventing misuse through appropriate checks and penalties.The Bill notes that the Constitution envisages a justice delivery system founded on the rule of law,…
Gorakhpur: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will inaugurate the newly-built Kalyan Mandapam at Basharatpur on August 29.The Kalyan Mandapam, constructed by Gorakhpur Development Authority (GDA) using funds from CM Yogi Adityanath’s MLA development fund, will provide affordable venue for weddings and social functions for low and middle-income families.GDA vice-chairman Abhinav Gopal said the Kalyan Mandapam has…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat High Court, while directing Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) to release family pension to the widow of a retired employee, has ruled that a govt employee’s instruction denying retiral benefits to his estranged wife becomes ineffective if the marriage legally subsists.The court passed the order while hearing a petition filed by Yasmeen Devani, whose…
