Ghaziabad: Legal aid defence counsel (LADC) of UP have written to Union law minister Arjun Ram Meghwal against an Aug 4 order by National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) to discontinue the LADC system.Ghaziabad chief LADC Kiran Pal Singh said they have an important role in representing poor undertrials and prisoners, who often remain in jail…
Chodankar rejected Patkar’s allegations, saying he had been invited to the PAC meeting and was “lying” if he claimed otherwise Margao: The rift between Goa Congress president Girish Chodankar and former state chief Amit Patkar deepened on Tuesday, with Patkar alleging he was excluded from the party’s political affairs committee (PAC) meeting and denied an…
SI Nikita Singh was awarded the DGP silver medal for her dedication to duty, outstanding investigative work and significant contribution towards safe rescue of two missing minor girls Varanasi: Posted at the anti-human-trafficking police station of Varanasi commissionerate , sub-inspector Nikita Singh was awarded the DGP silver medal on Independence Day for her dedication to…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat’s housing market is seeing fewer buyers take home loans, but those who remain are borrowing substantially more. Housing loan demand is shifting towards fewer, higher-value borrowers, with the average loan size surging 72% in a year to Rs 18.8 lakh in the June quarter compared to same period last year.The latest report by…
Bathinda: Sikhs in the US are facing sustained hostility, FBI data suggests. Even though hate crimes in the US decreased by 7% in 2025, as recorded by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), anti-Sikh hate crime incidents increased by 24.6% compared with 2024. A total of 177 anti-Sikh hate crimes were reported in 2025, up…
Pune: A Baramati court held that sniffer-dog evidence cannot be used to prove a murder charge and acquitted a 37-year-old casual worker accused of killing a loan recovery agent (54) in Daund in 2024.The court also found that DNA reports could not establish a link between alleged blood stains on the trousers of the accused…
Surat: A juvenile court here ordered that two young men — who in 2016 were juveniles in conflict with the law in a murder case from the Adajan area — be kept in an observation home for three years. One of them was held guilty of murder and the other of attempted murder. Two other…
Guwahati: Assam cabinet on Tuesday approved new rules to regulate private coaching institutes and strengthen mental-health safeguards amid concerns over student suicides linked to competitive exam pressure.CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said the Assam Private Coaching Institutes Control and Students’ Mental Health Safeguard rules would make registration mandatory for coaching centres with more than 50 students….
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh chapter of the All India Students’ Association (AISA), under its ‘GenZ Rising’ campaign, announced a statewide GEN-Z Mahajutan Yatra on Tuesday.The yatra aims to connect ongoing student and youth struggles across the state with a broader movement for education, employment, social justice and democratic rights. The yatra will begin in Prayagraj…
Ajmer: A man in Ajmer Tuesday attacked his wife and son with an axe, allegedly after they did not sign loan papers, police said.Sampati Devi (50) and her son Sumer Singh (25), residents of Makhupura, were admitted to JLN hospital with serious injuries after the attack, Assistant sub-inspector Shri Krishan of Adarsh Nagar police station…
