A bench of Justices Vibha Kankanwadi and Rohit Joshi at Aurangabad noted in its order of December 11 that the woman's daughter, only four years old, is being kept away from her despite a lower court's order. Such behaviour amounts to 'cruelty' as defined under section 498-A of the IPC. (Representational) Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has held that not letting a child meet her mother amounts to 'cruelty' under the Indian Penal Code, and refused to quash a First Information Report registered ag...Read More
Seven Naxalites were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district early Thursday morning. A joint team of police and CRPF personnel engaged the Naxalites in the forest of south Abujhmaad during an anti-Naxalite operation. The bodies of the uniformed Naxalites were recovered after the exchange of fire, and search operations are ongoing.At least seven Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district on Thursday, a s...Read More
HYDERABAD: Fifteen students of Telangana Tribal Welfare Ashrama School for Girls in Tandur, Vikarabad district, were rushed to hospital after complaining of food poisoning symptoms on Tuesday morning after eating 'khichdi' in breakfast. Their condition was stable when reports last came in. Some students were admitted to local govt hospital, while the rest shifted to private hospitals. The latest incident comes close on the heels of a series of food poisoning cases reported at govt-run institut...Read More
Chennai Rain: A low-pressure area over the Southeast Bay of Bengal has developed into a deep depression, according to latest report from the India Meteorological Department (IMD). This weather system is moving west-northwest and is expected to approach the Sri Lanka-Tamil Nadu coast within the next 24 hours. The IMD has indicated that the low-pressure system is currently crossing Sri Lanka, particularly near Rameswaram and Thoothukudi in the Gulf of Mannar. Consequently, Tamil Nadu experienced ...Read More
Mumbai, Dec 12 (PTI) Police apprehended a 20-year-old man on Thursday, a day after his motorcycle rammed into a pedestrian that resulted in the latter falling down and being run over by a civic transport bus in Mumbai, officials said. The accident occurred around 4.30 pm on Wednesday near the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) in south Mumbai. The deceased, identified as Hasenar Anduhi, hailing from Kasaragod district in Kerala was first hit by the motorcycle and then run over by the ...Read More
Nagaland State Lottery Friday, 12 December, 2024: The results of Nagaland State Lottery DEAR MEGHNA MORNING 1 PM, DEAR DASHER DAY 6 PM, DEAR SEAGULL EVENING 8 PM weekly lottery will be declared today i.e Friday, at 1 PM, 6 PM and 8 PM respectively. To view the list of winners, scroll down. Nagaland State Lottery Friday, 12 December, 2024: The results of Nagaland State Lottery DEAR MEGHNA MORNING 1 PM, DEAR DASHER DAY 6 PM, DEAR SEAGULL EVENING 8 PM weekly lottery will be declared today i.e Frid...Read More
Bengaluru Techie Suicide Case: Fresh details have emerged in the suicide case of Bengaluru-based techie Atul Subhash amid a nationwide outage after his video before death and a suicide note surfaced. A 2022 police complaint of Subhash's wife alleging harassment and assault for dowry has surfaced. In the complaint filed on April 24, 2022, in Uttar Pradesh's Jaunpur, Nikita Singhania, who is from Jaunpur, got married to Subhash levelled allegations that the techie used to beat her up and began tr...Read More
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], December 12 (ANI): Singer Diljit Dosanjh has been issued an advisory by the Chairperson of Chandigarh Commission for Protection of Child Rights ahead of his December 14 concert in the city as part of his 'Dil-Luminati' India tour. The Chandigarh Commission for Protection says that children should not be exposed to sound levels above 120 decibels, as recommended by the World Health Organisation. The commission recommends avoiding songs that promote alcohol, drugs, a...Read More
Mumbai, December 12: The Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) released the RRB JE Admit Card 2024 today, December 12. Candidates who will be appearing for the RRB Junior Engineer Computer-Based Test (CBT) 1 2024 can check and download the hall ticket through the official website of RRB at rrbapply.gov.in. It must be noted that the RRB JE exam 2024 for CBT stage 1 is scheduled to take place on December 16, 17, and 18. As per the official notification, the admit card or hall ticket for the RRB JE Exam ...Read More
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court has held that not letting a child meet her mother amounts to 'cruelty' under the Indian Penal Code, and refused to quash a First Information Report registered against the in-laws of a Jalna-based woman. A bench of Justices Vibha Kankanwadi and Rohit Joshi at Aurangabad noted in its order of December 11 that the woman's daughter, only four years old, is being kept away from her despite a lower court's order. "Keeping a young child of four years away from her mother...Read More
Kurla BEST accident: CCTV visuals from inside the BEST bus that killed seven people in the Kurla area of Mumbai show the driver Sanjay More collecting two backpacks from the cabin and jumping out of a broken window after the deadly accident. Several video clips of the bus footage with a duration of 50 seconds to 1.04 seconds are going viral on social media, in which the passengers are seen panicking. An electric bus went out of control hitting vehicles and pedestrians on Monday night on a busy ...Read More
HYDERABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 12th Dec, 2024) In preparation for the upcoming National Polio Eradication Campaign, a key meeting and awareness walk were organized in Matiari district. A meeting, chaired by the Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Yousif Shaikh in this regard, took place at the Deputy Commissioner Secretariat on Thursday. Attended by District Health Officer (DHO) Pir Ghulam Hussain, SSP Faisal Bashir Memon and officials from various departments, including education, soci...Read More
The beggar also owns two shops in Thane and earns a rental of Rs 30,000 from it. (Representational image) A man in Mumbai has been touted as the richest beggar in the world after it came to light that he amassed a wealth of Rs 7.5 crore and two flats worth Rs 1.5 crore only by begging. Bharat Jain also owns a stationery store that supplements his income and although his family does not approve of him begging, Jain is determined to continue. "I enjoy begging, and I don't want to give it up," he...Read More
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday issued a yellow alert for Bengaluru and surrounding districts, predicting moderate to heavy rainfall over the next four days from Thursday. The alert came just a week after rainfall due to cyclone Fengal affected the region. The weather system responsible for the rains is a low-pressure area forming over the Bay of Bengal, bringing moisture-laden winds to the state. Districts including Bengaluru Urban, Bengaluru Rural, Chitradurga, Kolar, a...Read More
Hyderabad: The Telangana government will introduce a facial recognition-based attendance system at the State Secretariat starting December 12. A total of 60 devices will be installed on each floor near every lift and at the entrance of each department housed in the building. Chief Secretary Santhi Kumari issued official orders mandating the new system's implementation. According to the directive, the system will apply to all officers and staff working across various departments within the Secre...Read More
SC bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Prasanna B. Varale noted that the permanent alimony amount should be decided in such a manner that it does not penalise the husband but ensures a decent standard of living for the wife. Even as the outrage over the death of Atul Subhash, a Bengaluru-based techie who died by suicide continues, the Supreme Court has issued an 8-point guideline on how the permanent alimony amount should be calculated in divorce cases. The SC bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Pr...Read More
CLAT 2025 Result: The Consortium of National Law Universities (NLU) has released the results of the CLAT 2025 exam on the official website of the consortium at consortiumofnlus.ac.in. Shantanu Dwivedi of Lucknow has secured All India 8th rank in CLAT 2025 and is the topper of Uttar Pradesh. A student of City Montessori School (CMS), Lucknow, he is set to appear for the 12th board examination in 2025. It was in class 10 that Shantanu had decided he wanted to make a career in law. Thereafter, he ...Read More
The Supreme Court of India has said that mere harassment is not sufficient to hold someone guilty of the offence of abetting suicide, and there must be clear evidence of direct or indirect incitement. Photograph: ANI Photo The observations came from a bench of justices Vikram Nath and P B Varale which delivered its verdict on an appeal challenging a Gujarat high court order which refused to discharge a woman's husband and her two in-laws for allegedly harassing her and driving her to suicide. ...Read More
The Bharatiya Vayuyan Vidheyak, which replaces the 90-year-old Aircraft Act, was cleared by the Parliament earlier this month. The bill that seeks to facilitate the designing and manufacturing of aircraft in India has received assent from President Droupadi Murmu. The Bharatiya Vayuyan Vidheyak, which replaces the 90-year-old Aircraft Act, was cleared by the Parliament earlier this month. According to a notification dated December 11, the bill has received the President's assent. Advertiseme...Read More
The narcotic was reportedly transported by train in three trolley bags each containing 12-kg packets tightly sealed with tape to avoid detection by smell In a major haul, the Excise department reportedly seized 36 kg of ganja and arrested four persons from a taxi stand near the Ernakulam North railway station in the early hours of Wednesday (December 11). All four accused are reportedly from West Bengal. The seizure followed a tip-off to Ernakulam Deputy Excise Commissioner T.M. Maju. They all...Read More
Mumbai: A 55-year-old man from Kerala was fatally struck by a BEST bus near Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) on Wednesday, making it the second deadly accident involving the transport body in just three days, according to officials. The bus driver, Dnyandeo Jagdale, was arrested and taken into custody for questioning, as per officials. This incident follows a tragic accident in Kurla just 48 hours earlier, where a BEST bus killed seven people and injured 42 others on Monday night. Ku...Read More
Hyderabad, Dec 12 (Maxim News): Facial Recognition Attendance has come into effect in the Telangana Secretariat from Thursday. Ministers expressed anger over some employees not attending their duties even after 12 noon. With this, the government has focused on the punctuality of employees. Click Here To Join Us On WhatsApp Chief Secretary Shanthi Kumari has already issued orders regarding face recognition. From now on, daily attendance will be recorded on the facial recognition system. This ap...Read More
Leh, Ladakh: The dates for the Khelo India Winter Games 2025 have been announced on December 11 and UT Ladakh is set to host ice sports, including Ice Hockey and Ice Skating, from January 23 to 27, 2025. The Khelo India Winter Games 2025 will take place in Ladakh and Jammu & Kashmir in two different spells. Ladakh will host the ice events (ice hockey and ice skiing) from January 23 to 27 while Jammu & Kashmir will host the snow events (alpine skiing, Nordic skiing, ski mountaineering and snowbo...Read More
Guwahati: In a significant step towards combating drug abuse and reducing the supply of narcotics in Mizoram, Chief Minister Lalduhoma inaugurated two new Excise & Narcotics Stations at Saitual and Khawzawl, the newly established district capitals in the eastern part of the state. This initiative reflects the government's unwavering commitment to tackling the drug menace and providing effective remedies for addicted youth. Many of the drugs trafficked into Mizoram flow from neighbouring Myanma...Read More
Hyderabad: BRS (Bharat Rashtra Samithi) Chairperson K.T. Rama Rao (KTR) has sharply criticized the state government for its harsh treatment of farmers involved in the Laghacherla protest, accusing it of using extreme measures against them and their families. His comments come a month after the farmers' protests, which had attracted significant attention. Addressing the media, KTR condemned the government's response, likening it to the behavior of "kings and emperors" instead of addressing the l...Read More
Kottayam (Kerala) | Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday said that the cooperation between Kerala and Tamil Nadu is based on the principles of cooperative federalism and called for its expansion to other states to curb frequent interventions in their rights. He was delivering the keynote address at the public meeting held at Vaikom Beach in this district after his Tamil Nadu counterpart M K Stalin inaugurated the renovated Thanthai Periyar Memorial and Periyar Library, established...Read More
NEW DELHI, Dec 12 (Reuters) - India's steel ministry on Thursday announced a formula for defining 'green steel,' classifying it under three categories based on the quantity of carbon emissions per metric tonne of the alloy produced. Steel produced with carbon dioxide emissions of less than 2.2 tonne per tonne of finished steel would be defined as "green steel," a ministry presentation released in New Delhi showed. Steel produced with emissions below 1.6 tonnes per tonne of alloy would be class...Read More
NEW DELHI, Dec 12 (Reuters) - India is weighing imposition of a "safeguard duty", or a temporary tax, on steel, the steel minister, H.D. Kumaraswamy, said on Thursday, as it attempts to rein in a flood of cheap imports from China. The world's second-biggest producer of crude steel, India became a net importer of the alloy in the fiscal year to March 31, with imports surging to a seven-year high during the first seven months of the current financial year. The ministry has sought imposition of 2...Read More
A video-clip showing D K Goel, Founder Chairman of popular coaching class FIITJEE, allegedly abusing an employee in an official online meeting forum has sparked a controversy. The video-clip is of Goel holding a virtual meeting with various centres of FIITJEE. The meeting reportedly held at least 10 days ago to allegedly discuss delayed salaries of FIITJEE employees was an open forum for employees to pose questions to Goel on their doubts. One of the statements posted on the forum was regardin...Read More
IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the government is helping set up AI data labs in tier 2 and tier three cities. The government on Wednesday said it is "open to the idea" of bringing in a new law to regulate artificial intelligence but a "lot of consensus" is required for it. Responding to a question in the Lok Sabha, IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw also said that the Modi government believes in "democratising technology" which was not the case during the Congress rule, remarks that triggered pro...Read More