CHENNAI: “None can deny that there is corruption in the judiciary. There were and are corrupt judges,” said Madras high court, adding: “Judges need not be treated as holy cows.” Corruption within the judiciary could not be denied, said a vacation bench and referred to past public remarks by former Chief Justice of India S…
Hyderabad: A review meeting of the Hyderabad parliamentary constituency at Gandhi Bhavan on Wednesday descended into chaos after Congress leaders clashed and allegedly exchanged blows in front of senior party leaders.The embarrassment unfolded when minority community leaders jostled over seating beside minorities welfare minister Mohd Azharuddin during the meeting.Congress senior leader Feroz Khan was reportedly…
The incident took place in palmer Bazar in kolkata —— Suparna Goswami KOLKATA: A civic volunteer, attached to the Sealdah Traffic Guard, was reportedly assaulted by a biker, and his friends, in the Palmer Bazar area when he and a sergeant stopped the accused for not wearing a helmet. During a check, the biker could…
Panaji: An inspection to verify allegations of a 20m illegal road in khazan land near Neura panchayat has brought to light a more serious violation, land-filling of nearly 2,000 sq m area for a farmhouse with a swimming pool.The illegal mud-filling appears to have been done over several months in a concealed part of the…
Chandigarh: The nagar panchayat poll in Mansa district recorded the highest 84.6% voter turnout, while nagar panchayat election in Amritsar district recorded the least 53.04% voter turnout, as a total polling of 63.94% was registered in the elections to 102 urban civic bodies on Tuesday, the data released by the State Election Commission, Punjab, showed.There…
Golu Jaiswal (L) and Suraj Jaiswal (R) LUCKNOW: Three youths drowned in the strong currents of the Ghaghra river while bathing with two friends in Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich district on Wednesday afternoon. Villagers managed to rescue two of the five youths, while three were swept away by the river’s strong current near Kodhwa village in…
Portion of ceiling at RU’s Central Library collapses Portion of ceiling at RU’s Central Library collapses Portion of ceiling at RU’s Central Library collapses Portion of ceiling at RU’s Central Library collapses Portion of ceiling at RU’s Central Library collapses Jaipur: A major accident was averted at the Central Library of Rajasthan University Wednesday after…
NEW DELHI: The ED does not necessarily require a predicate offence — an FIR registered for any scheduled offence by any enforcement agency — to initiate a probe under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).While vacating a stay on the ED probe against Cochin Minerals and Rutile Limited (CMRL), a public listed company of…
George Washington (Image: Wikipedia) Some advice survives because it sounds grand and dramatic. Other advice survives because people keep running into it in real life. This quote associated with George Washington feels closer to the second kind. It does not try to impress anyone with complicated language. It simply says something that many people eventually…
New Delhi: Chairing a Pragati meeting on Wednesday, PM Narendra Modi told housing and urban affairs ministry officials to first identify 50 cities and achieve 100% cleanliness in them in all aspects, from making them garbage free to processing all their solid and liquid waste.TOI has learnt that Modi suggested that ministry and state govts…
