Hyderabad: Telangana high court on Wednesday sought a responses from the state and central govts in a PIL seeking directions to initiate urgent measures to prevent road accidents. The petition alleged that poor road conditions, potholes, inadequate signage, defective engineering and weak enforcement were contributing to the rising number of fatalities. A division bench comprising … Read more
Kasaragod: Amid public outcry against Anathapuram industrial park in Kumbla for allegedly contaminating nearby household wells and water bodies, Puthige panchayat has closed down an oil recycling unit functioning at the park.The move was based on district collector’s directive to Puthige panchayat secretary. As per the panchayat secretary’s order, Komban Lubes, an oil recycling unit, … Read more
Bengaluru: The high court refused to quash proceedings in a cheating case registered against a couple from Bengaluru, who allegedly duped the complainant of Rs 1.4 crore on the promise of securing a medical seat for her daughter.Smita Prasad is the complainant. According to her in 2023, when her elder daughter didn’t secure appropriate ranking … Read more
CM Devendra Fadnavis inaugurates an expo at Global Fintech Fest Mumbai: Maharashtra will become the first state in India to create a legislative framework for blockchain-based tokenisation of land and other immovable assets to realise value from real estate estimated at Rs 50 lakh crore, CM Devendra Fadnavis said at Global Fintech Fest (GFF).Fadnavis said … Read more
Leader of Opposition Pinarayi Vijayan Kottayam: Leader of the Opposition Pinarayi Vijayan has alleged that Enforcement Directorate (ED) made CPM an accused in the Karuvannur Service Cooperative Bank case following lapses by individuals at the bank, and claimed that the agency had influenced some of those involved in the case to turn approvers.Vijayan was speaking … Read more
The CBI has requested Disha Salian case documents from Malwani police MUMBAI: The CBI has sent a letter to the Malwani police in Mumbai asking them to hand over documents in the Disha Salian case.Earlier this month, the Bombay High Court had directed the registration of an FIR in connection with Salian’s death that occurred … Read more
Trump shared a new account of his experience after the 9/11 attacks, claiming two firefighters lifted him to safety near Ground Zero. President Donald Trump has described a new version of his experience after the September 11 attacks, claiming two firefighters lifted him to safety because they feared a nearby building was about to collapse.Trump … Read more
Members of the Iraqi armed group Kataib Hezbollah attend the funeral of their members (Reuters) Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi is facing growing pressure to disarm the Iran-backed Shi’ite militias, with several groups resisting efforts to hand their weapons to the state. The standoff is creating a difficult security and political challenge for the Iraqi … Read more
Ajit Bharti moves Delhi High Court against trial court order denying anticipatory bail in SC/ST act case NEW DELHI: Social media influencer and YouTuber Ajit Bharti has approached the Delhi high court seeking anticipatory bail in the SC/ST Act case registered against him over his comments concerning Chandrashekhar Azad Ravan, after a trial court denied … Read more
After a troubled decade, Amritsar’s Bus Rapid Transit System, which cost Rs 600 crore to establish, is set for decommissioning AMRITSAR : Once projected as a revolutionary transformation of urban transport in Punjab, Amritsar’s Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), built at a cost of around Rs 600 crore, is now set to be dismantled in … Read more