A representative image shows the Madras High Court building with a judge’s gavel in the foreground, symbolizing legal proceedings and judiciary decisions in Chennai, India. Chennai: Madras high court has upheld the three-year sentence imposed on four people, including the son of deceased former DMK minister P M Senguttuvan, in a disproportionate assets case.Senguttuvan served…
Hyderabad: A 21-year-old woman was allegedly murdered by her live-in partner at Bismillah Colony in Shaheen Nagar late on Sunday night.Balapur police said that by the time they reached the spot, the victim’s body had been stuffed in a gunny bag. The victim was identified as Rehana Begum, a native of Bihar. Police suspect the…
Gurgaon: A Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) member posted with the 25th Battalion in Ghitorni suffered fractures in both bones of his left leg after a taxi travelling on the wrong side of the road hit his motorcycle near Aya Nagar border on Aug 4 and fled.The victim, Jitendra Kumar, registered a case against the driver…
Kolkata: The deletion of parents’ names from the voter list during SIR cannot be taken into consideration while deciding a candidate’s eligibility for an Economically Weaker Section (EWS) certificate, Calcutta High Court said on Monday and directed North 24 Parganas administration to urgently consider the application of a 22-year-old MBBS aspirant.Within hours of the HC…
At 4pm, the upstream gauge at Okhla had crossed the 200.6-metre danger level to settle at 201.35 metres Noida: With the Yamuna in spate, the Noida and Ghaziabad administrations have set up 19 flood posts with round-the-clock monitoring systems and rapid-response teams on alert in case of floods.At 4pm on Aug 14, the upstream gauge…
Panaji: Only 14.1% of all regular schools (208 of 1,473) in Goa have toilets which are children with special needs (CWSN)-friendly and functional, as per the Union education ministry’s unified district information system for education (UDISE+) report for 2025-26, released recently. Goa’s figure is far lower than the national average of 38%.The National Education Policy…
Gorakhpur: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday raised concerns over the growing menace of smartphone and drug addiction among youngsters, warning that both were harming the younger generation and diverting them from productive pursuits. He urged youth to devote more time to sports and physical activities, saying a healthy body and mind were essential for…
Video grab of the leopard’s pug marks in Moti Devati village, Sanand Less than a month after a leopard was caught on CCTV at Serendeep Mansions in Shela, fresh pugmarks found 11km away in Moti Devati village, Sanand, have provided physical evidence of leopard movement in the area.Villagers found the pugmarks on Monday and alerted…
Panchkula: Two families from Kalka have allegedly been duped of over Rs 42 lakh by an immigration firm that promised to send their children to Canada. Panchkula police have registered two separate FIRs in connection with the alleged fraud.The cases were registered at Pinjore police station following inquiries by the Anti-Immigration Fraud Unit (AIFU), Panchkula….
Drinking water coolers and water taps at Pune Junction railway station Pune: Ramanuj Mahto, a daily wager from Bihar, was at Pune railway station on Monday, for the Pune-Danapur Express, when he felt compelled to buy two bottles of water for his wife and four children.“A bottle costs Rs 14. But I have my children…
