Surrogacy: HC frames guidelines to clear child custody applications Chennai: Madras high court has issued guidelines for magistrates who deal with custody and parentage applications in surrogacy cases. The court has said that such applications must be disposed of in four weeks unless a deeper scrutiny is required where fraud, fabrication of documents, involuntary consent…
Hyderabad: Telangana govt on Friday appointed senior IAS officer Sanjay Jaju as the new chief secretary of the state. A 1992-batch officer, Jaju will succeed incumbent K Ramakrishna Rao, who retires on June 30.Jaju, currently serving as secretary in the Union ministry of development of the north eastern region, was repatriated to his parent Telangana…
For the April blaze, the same agency was fined Rs 5 lakh, but the amount is yet to be recovered Gurgaon: A day after a fire broke out at the Bandhwari landfill, MCG on Friday imposed a penalty of Rs 10 lakh on one of the two private agencies responsible for processing legacy waste at…
Kolkata: Chandan Sarker, owner of a construction firm, has lodged a complaint at the Survey Park PS against Tarak Chakraborty, former councillor and a former KMC borough chairman, accusing him of Rs 1 crore extortion, death threats and property damage. Sarker claimed Chakraborty used his political clout and local thugs to disrupt his projects as…
Noida: The Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) has introduced QR codes on electricity bills, enabling consumers to easily update their contact details — including mobile numbers, emails and WhatsApp — directly from the bill.DISCOM announced that consumers can scan two QR codes at the bottom of their bills. These link to a dedicated webpage…
Colva: Additional Sessions Judge Sudhir S. Shirgaonkar convicted two Jharkhand natives for the murder of a fellow migrant worker following a drunken brawl in South Goa in Aug 2020. The case has been posted to July 6 for arguments on the quantum of sentence to be imposed on the convicts.According to the prosecution, the incident…
Varanasi: Offering extensive health service benefits to its teachers and employees, the Banaras Hindu University has decided to sign pacts with some private hospitals to provided treatment to the university staff on CGHS (Central Government Health Scheme) rates.As per the pact the BHU staff will be able to avail health facilities at CGHS rates in…
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) has seized 2.08 lakh tramadol tablets worth an estimated Rs 8.3 crore and arrested a medical stockist for his alleged involvement in an interstate psychotropic drug network. Cops claimed the accused had sourced more than 62.5 lakh tablets in a month and supplied them to buyers in Rajasthan and…
The 4am assault at Chowkiman toll plaza, Ferozepur Road, on Friday Ludhiana: A brutal assault captured on CCTV has exposed a growing wave of violent tax evasion targeting highway workers.Five toll-tax evaders bashed up a night-shift employee, Harjit Singh, who had refused to let them bypass Ferozepur Road’s Chowkiman plaza early on Friday. The men…
Chandigarh: Continued consultations over a reshuffle of the Punjab Congress organisational set-up have triggered concerns over delays, with a few party members fearing prolonged uncertainty could hurt its prospects and hamper preparations for the upcoming assembly elections.Patiala MP Dharamvira Gandhi appeared to express his anxiety on social media. Quoting a movie dialogue, “Main Vaapas Aunga”,…
