New Delhi: Pulling up police for being “evasive” in a MCOCA case where the accused remained at large for almost six years despite the stringent law being invoked against them, a court observed that the inaction “completely defeated” the purpose.Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act, 1999,was invoked against Mukesh and Pradeep in Sept 2020, but…
Police personnel detain tribal student protesters and board them onto a bus near Tilak Bhavan, after stopping their march to meet the Governor, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, Tuesday Mumbai: A day after police detained tribal students who had marched from Nashik to press for better hostel facilities and an inquiry into deaths at ashram schools and…
Lovlina Borgohain celebrated her 29th birthday with a gift she had long dreamed of: an Asian Games gold for India. On October 2, at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games in Japan, the boxer defeated China’s reigning Asian champion, Bao Ziyi, 5-0 in the women’s 75kg final. She upgraded her silver from the 2022 Hangzhou Games to…
Chennai: DMK deputy organisation secretary and MLA S Austin on Tuesday petitioned Chief Electoral Officer Archana Patnaik seeking an urgent inquiry into an alleged cover-up of election expenditure and violation of the model code of conduct by TVK candidate for Dharapuram P Sathyabama. TVK general secretary Aadhav Arjuna had dismissed the video as an AI…
DTCP has been carrying out large-scale sealing and demolition drives in the city Gurgaon: A group of plot owners has moved Supreme Court against a Punjab and Haryana High Court order on Sept 7 that allowed town and country planning department to act against building violations in licensed colonies that are within the corporation’s area.A…
Compensation for mental agony, job loss Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Monday ordered the state to pay a compensation of Rs 5,36,000 within four weeks to a tea garden worker in Alipurduar for his illegal detention for two months—Aug 6 to Oct 5—back in 2018, despite him being granted bail. The HC said the…
Ahmedabad: A doctor was arrested after a 25-year-old IIM-Ahmedabad student accused him of molesting her during medical examinations on two consecutive days. The student was admitted to a hospital in Memnagar for treatment of a stomach ulcer.Vastrapur police filed an FIR against the doctor for sexual assault and arrested him on Sunday evening.According to the…
Haryana minister Anil Vij addresses mediapersons in Ambala on Tuesday Ambala: Haryana energy, transport and labour minister Anil Vij on Tuesday questioned the opposition’s protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar after the Supreme Court took cognisance of the matter and issued a notice.“If the opposition has faith in the country’s judicial system, there is…
Itanagar: The Siang Indigenous Farmers’ Forum (SIFF) on Tuesday claimed that 67 members of project-affected families were injured in clashes with security forces during protests against the proposed Siang Upper Multipurpose Project.The claim came a day after Siang police said more than eight security personnel were injured in the clashes and that five people, including…
UP Congress president Aradhana Mishra Mona Lucknow: UP Congress president Aradhana Mishra ‘Mona’ on Tuesday wrote to chief minister Yogi Adityanath seeking immediate assessment of crop losses and compensation for farmers in flood-affected areas, besides measures to prevent infections and diseases in waterlogged districts.Mishra also sought concrete measures to tackle severe flooding in Faizullaganj in…
