Chennai: While an elected MLA has an absolute right to resign, the rights of the voter cannot be violated, observed Madras high court, adding that elected MLAs resigning and then contesting immediately on another party’s symbol is a problem.A division bench of justices S M Subramaniam and K Govindarajan made the observations on Wednesday, when…
Hyderabad: The Enforcement Directorate’s Hyderabad zonal office detected three fake call centres allegedly targeting US nationals during searches at four premises in Patiala, Pune and Chandigarh on Sept 15. Two of the call centres were operating from Patiala and another from Pune. Around 220 people were found working at the three centres when ED teams…
The man, Jitendra Singh, had got down from a truck to check one of its tyres when the accident occurred Gurgaon: A 25-year-old man died on Monday night allegedly after he was run over by a canter on Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway near Rimjhim Dhaba in Sector 81. The man, Jitendra Singh, had got down from a…
Kolkata: JU VC Chiranjib Bhattacharjee formed a committee for Pradhan Mantri Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (PM-USHA) with pro-VC, registrar, faculty deans, professors and finance officer to conduct and oversee the functions governing the PM-USHA scheme, according to the applicable guidelines, rules, regulations and directives. The scheme provides financial aid to state-run higher education institutes to improve…
Noida: A tile mason was arrested and sent to judicial custody for allegedly assaulting his co-worker during a dispute over suspected theft in Greater Noida’s Zeta-2 sector. Ganesh (35) suffered a severe head injury in the assault and later died while undergoing treatment at a private hospital. Surajpur police registered a case based on a…
In the majority of cases, 115 in total, were marked ‘closed’ Panaji: Of the 138 industrial accidents reported at factories across the state between April 2022 and Aug this year, formal action was initiated against occupiers and managers in only nine cases, while just two resulted in convictions, despite the accidents collectively claiming at least…
Varanasi: Traffic police on Wednesday issued diversions for Thursday’s visit of defence minister Rajnath Singh, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu.Autos and e-rickshaws will be barred from 9 am to 3 pm on routes including Police Line, Sigra, Rath Yatra, Lahurabir, Maidagin and Cantt-BHU stretches. Four-wheelers, buses and…
Gandhinagar: The state election commission (SEC) on Wednesday announced the schedule for the Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation (GMC) election along with byelection to vacant seats of other local bodies.Voting for GMC and other vacant seats of local bodies will be held on Oct 11, from 7am to 6pm. Repolling, if required, at any booth will take…
SAD (Punar Surjit) president Giani Harpreet Singh Chandigarh: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and its breakaway faction SAD (Punar Surjit) on Wednesday opposed the proposed UT Chandigarh Health Service Rules, 2026, which it claimed “strike at the very basis of the 60:40 arrangement governing Chandigarh employees”.SAD spokesperson Daljit Singh Cheema, in a post on X,…
Unregulated movement and parking of autorickshaws near Ramwadi Metro station Pune: For many Vimannagar residents, Metro’s promise of affordable travel fades before the journey even begins, with autorickshaw rides to the nearby station often costing more than the Metro ticket.Residents said reaching Ramwadi Metro station from nearby localities like Sakorenagar and Konark Campus could cost…
