Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has increased the compensation amount in 15 years old accident by five fold, by placing reliance upon Supreme Court decision in Shishu Pal and others Vs. Surjeet case.In the said case, the top court had specified that a deceased homemaker”s notional income has to be assessed at Rs 30,000 per…
A dismissed military havildar stole twelve weapons and ammunition from an army base HYDERABAD: After suspecting various angles — including espionage, narcotics and the possibility of weapons reaching an enemy country — Telangana Police found that a dismissed military havildar had stolen 12 weapons, including assault rifles, and ammunition using a motorcycle. His resentment over…
Bageshwar Baba at the Glasgow event Kolkata: Four days after saying non-vegetarian food should be kept away from Durga Puja venues and calling those who eat non-veg during Navratri “pakhandis” (impious), Bageshwar Dham Peethadhishwar Dhirendra Krishna Garg, alias Bageshwar Baba, clarified from Glasgow on Thursday night that he never intended to dictate what people eat…
सीएम पुष्कर सिंह धामी Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday announced a month-long ‘Seva Sankalp Campaign’ in the state from September 17 to October 17, with service, public participation, dialogue and innovation at its core.Addressing a press conference at the Secretariat, Dhami said the campaign, which begins on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday, will…
(Photo: American Express) Twenty-five years after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks destroyed Lower Manhattan’s skyline, construction has begun on the final commercial office tower planned for the 16-acre World Trade Center site. The 55-storey, 1,226-foot supertall tower at 200 Greenwich Street, known as 2 World Trade Center, will become the global headquarters of financial…
In 2006, Cate Blanchett bought this Melbourne home for $745,000; years later, it fetched over $3 million(Image Credit: Instagram) Not every celebrity property story begins with a sprawling mansion or a headline-making estate. Cate Blanchett’s Melbourne property had a much quieter story. The Oscar-winning actor and her husband, writer and director Andrew Upton, owned a…
Nezam Hafiz and 9/11 attack (Images: Wikipedia and X) Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks, the names of those who lost their lives continue to carry stories of lives, families and dreams that were suddenly cut short. Among them was Nezam Ahmed Hafiz, a talented Guyanese-born cricketer who had gone on to represent the…
A 26-year-old man seeking infertility treatment discovered a rare congenital condition (File pic) NEW DELHI: A 26-year-old man who approached RG Hospitals in Rajouri Garden for infertility treatment was found to have a uterus and fallopian-tube-like structures inside his body, revealing a rare congenital condition that had remained undiagnosed until adulthood, news agency ANI reported.The…
Bus services from BEST’s Poisar depot were disrupted on Friday morning. (Representative image) MUMBAI: Bus services from BEST’s Poisar depot were hit on Friday morning after contract drivers stopped work over delayed salary payments, with only 10 of the depot’s 29 buses being operated, causing inconvenience to commuters.The protest was staged by drivers working under…
Calcutta High Court (file picture) Kolkata: Calcutta HC on Friday restrained the state fire services department from acting on a Sept 4 notice directing TMC to vacate its Camac Street office over alleged non-compliance with fire safety norms. Justice Krishna Rao said the relief would remain in force until Sept 16, when the matter will…
