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Kurla bus crash: Bombay HC gives bail to driver, flags inadequate e-bus training Mumbai, April 2 (UNI) The Bombay High Court on Thursday granted bail to BEST driver Sanjay More for his involvement in the December 2024 Kurla electric-bus crash that killed nine people, while calling the lack of practical training for e-bus drivers "shocking." Justice R. M. Joshi, in an order delivered today, noted that BEST was contractually required to provide at least seven days of training but cut it to three days of simulator-only sessions, with no on-road practice.
NEW DELHI: Axiom-4 crew members, including Shubhanshu Shukla, were welcomed with hugs and drinks as they stepped into the International Space Station on Thursday. The newly launched spacecraft -- the fifth in the Dragon series and named Grace -- successfully completed a soft docking with the International Space Station at 4.01pm while orbiting above the North Atlantic Ocean."At 6:31 am EDT (4:01 IST) on Thursday, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft docked to the International Space Station for the fourth private astronaut mission to the orbiting laboratory, Axiom Mission 4," the National Aeronautics ...Read More >
Chandigarh, June 26 (UNI) The Shiromani Akali Dal today accused Punjab's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government of "violating the law" by registering a disproportionate assets case against senior SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia without holding either a preliminary or regular probe. The SAD also charged the ruling AAP with indulging in "political vendetta to gag" Majithia as well as divert attention from the failure of its 'Yudh Nashean Virudh' drive. Addressing a press conference here, senior leaders Balwinder Singh Bhundar, Maheshinder Singh Grewal and Daljit Singh Cheema alleged the AAP governm ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 27 (ANI): A female student was allegedly gang-raped inside a law college in Kolkata's Kasba on Wednesday evening. The police have arrested all three accused within 24 hours. The three accused, named as Monojit Mishra (31), Zaib Ahmed (19), and Pramit Mukhopadhyay (20), were former students or staff members of the same law college. Also Read | Student Gang-Raped at South Kolkata Law College: Police Arrest 3 Youths for Sexually Assaulting Young Woman Inside Law College. According to the police, the accused named in the FIR will be produced before the A.C.J. ...Read More >
Kochi, July 3: The Kerala High Court has held that a married woman cannot allege that she was coerced into sex under the false promise of marriage. The court's ruling came while hearing the prosecution's statement against the petitioner (accused) that he sexually assaulted the woman after falsely promising to marry her. He was also accused of having threatened to publish her photos and videos after borrowing Rs 2.5 lakh from her. "It is observed that while considering the cases alleging rape on the basis of the promise of marriage, it is difficult for this court at this juncture to enter into ...Read More >
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Thursday dismissed a challenge to the provisions of the anti-terror law -- Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). The UAPA in its present form is constitutionally valid; therefore, the challenge to its vires fails, and the petition is dismissed, said a division bench of Justices Ajay Gadkari and Neela Gokhale. The High Court had earlier sought responses from the state and central govts to a petition by one Anil Baile challenging the constitutional validity of the UAPA, 1967, and Section 124A (sedition) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Baile was issued a no ...Read More >
New Delhi, September 16: The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted interim bail of six weeks to activist Mahesh Raut, booked in the Bhima-Koregaon case, on medical grounds. The order was passed by a bench of Justices MM Sundresh and Satish Chandra Sharma after Raut's counsel informed the court that his client is suffering from rheumatoid arthritis and requires medical treatment. 'No Open Gate': Bombay High Court Hints Only Trial Witnesses Can Challenge 2008 Malegaon Blast Acquittal. The Court was hearing a plea filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) seeking cancellation of bail granted t ...Read More >
Mumbai, September 30: Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty has received major relief from the Bombay High Court in the Sushant Singh Rajput Death Case. The HC has directed the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) to return the actress's passport. Refreshing your memory, Rhea was arrested in the drug case back in 2020 after the sudden demise of her then-boyfriend, Sushant. However, she was granted bail the following month with the condition that she submit her passport to the NCB. Rhea recently filed a fresh application through her lawyer, Ayaz Khan, who argued that the condition to submit her passpor ...Read More >
Thane: The Thane Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested two more individuals -- Mandar Gawade and Sandeep Pawaskar -- in connection with the escalating bribery case involving suspended Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) deputy municipal commissioner Shankar Patole. Investigators suggest this could unravel a larger political-bureaucratic nexus operating within the civic body.Sources have hinted at the involvement of political intermediaries and influence peddlers in what was initially seen as a routine corruption case. Sources in the ACB told TOI that the two accused allegedly acted as key condui ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 16 (PTI) Gaurav and Saurabh Luthra, co-owners of the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub, were arrested on Tuesday after being deported from Thailand and placed under a two-day transit remand for production in a Goa court in connection with the December 6 fire incident that killed 25 people. The brothers arrived at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here in an Indigo flight and were immediately handed over to authorities for further legal proceedings, 10 days after the blaze tore through the nightclub in Arpora in North Goa. The two had fled to Phuket hours after the tragedy. A ...Read More >
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has raised concern over terminally ill prisoners languishing in Maharashtra's jails and asked the state govt to consider proper implementation of an advisory on grant of medical bail or to place them in house arrest. A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Prithviraj Chavan on Monday said they visited the Yerwada central prison in Pune on Sunday and met with prisoners, particularly women inmates, and inspected the condition there. The bench referred to a ...Read More >
The video featured a clip of brawl with the satirical 'hum honge kamiyab' song playing in the background. ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * Kunal Kamra mocked the Maharashtra Assembly clash with a satirical "hum honge kamiyab" video * The brawl involved BJP MLA Gopichand Padalkar and NCP MLA Jitendra Awhad and their supporters * Kamra faced legal cases for a prior parody of Eknath Shinde but was granted protection from arrest Did our AI summary help? Let us know. ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Friday denied anticipatory bail to a Panvel-based woman accused of fraudulently transferring ownership of another woman's flat into her own name under the guise of advancing a loan. Justice Amit Borkar, while rejecting the plea of Savita Dashrath Babar, observed that the case involved "misuse of confidence and abuse of legal instruments to dispossess a woman of her property." According to the prosecution, the complainant, Guljara Wali Ahmad Maniyar, was in financial distress and sought a loan of ₹20 lakh from Babar to help her son start a business. It is alleg ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Oct 22 (UNI) Odisha Director General of Police (DGP) Yogesh Bahadur Khurania today reviewed the security preparedness for the Nuapada Assembly by-election scheduled to be held on November 11. Khurania emphasized the need to ensure that the by-election is conducted in a peaceful, transparent, free, and impartial manner. He directed officials to strictly adhere to the Model Code of Conduct and comply with the Election Commission of India (ECI) guidelines, particularly regarding security arrangements for VIP and VVIP visits. The DGP stressed the importance of preventive policing, ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 15 (PTI) The Indian economy is expected to grow at 6.5 per cent in the current financial year, despite geo-political tensions and trade policy uncertainties, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) Chairman S Mahendra Dev said on Tuesday. In an interview with PTI, Dev further said that domestic growth will be driven by low inflation, resulting from good monsoon and benign interest rate regime, triggered by three back-to-back rate cuts by the Reserve Bank of India. "There are significant global headwinds like the twin shocks of geo-political tensions and trade ...Read More >
Ajmer (Rajasthan) [India], July 19 (ANI): The Ana Sagar lake in Rajasthan's Ajmer overflowed on Saturday morning, following incessant rain, which caused waterlogging. Due to this, the road connecting Bajrang Garh to the market has been closed. The locals used sandbags in an attempt to stop the flow of water. Also Read | Meghalaya Shocker: Schoolgirl Hacked to Death With Machete by Assailant in East Garo Hills District. Municipal Corporation Chief Engineer Vinod Manohar stated that the cause of waterlogging is due to lake water entering through escape channels, which have been opened by near ...Read More >
MUMBAI: Actor Shilpa Shetty on Thursday withdrew her application before the Bombay High Court seeking permission to travel abroad, after the bench expressed its unwillingness to grant her relief. Shetty and her businessman husband Raj Kundra have approached the court challenging Look Out Circulars (LOCs) issued against them by the Mumbai police's Economic Offences Wing (EOW) in connection with a ₹60.48-crore cheating case. Appearing before a division bench of chief justice Shree Chandrashekhar and justice Gautam Ankhad, their counsel, advocate Niranjan Mundargi, informed the court that Shett ...Read More >
Mumbai: A sessions court recently rejected a police request for custody of an alleged financial scam mastermind, Shaileshkumar Pandey, and instead remanded him in judicial custody while ordering his return to Kolkata.The court decision hinged on the finding that Pandey was illegally detained and produced before the court beyond the permissible 24-hour period from his initial custody. Pandey was presented before the court on June 30 in connection with a case registered by the Economic Offences Win ...Read More >
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], July 15 (ANI): The Golden Temple in Punjab's Amritsar received another bomb threat on Tuesday. The dog squad has been deployed at the Golden Temple premises as part of a security check. The holy site for Sikhs received a bomb threat via e-mail for the second consecutive day. Also Read | India Raises Pahalgam Terror Attack at SCO Meeting: EAM S Jaishankar Calls for 'Uncompromising Position' on Combatting Terrorism. Pratap Singh, Secretary of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), demanded strict action against the miscreants. Pratap Singh told reporte ...Read More >
Patna, Aug 1 (PTI) Healthcare services were affected at AIIMS-Patna on Friday as resident doctors went on an "indefinite strike" in protest against the alleged high-handedness of Sheohar MLA Chetan Anand. According to a press statement issued by the Resident Doctors' Association (RDA), AIIMS-Patna, on Friday, "The RDA expresses deep disappointment and anguish over the lack of action by the administration following the violent and traumatic incident that occurred on Wednesday, when MLA Chetan Anand, his wife and their armed guards breached hospital security, physically assaulted staff, and thr ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 16 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted interim bail of six weeks to activist Mahesh Raut, booked in the Bhima-Koregaon case, on medical grounds. The order was passed by a bench of Justices MM Sundresh and Satish Chandra Sharma after Raut's counsel informed the court that his client is suffering from rheumatoid arthritis and requires medical treatment. The Court was hearing a plea filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) seeking cancellation of bail granted to Raut by the Bombay High Court. During the hearing today, the counsel appearing for Raut ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday permitted Delhi-based journalist and activist Gautam Navlakha to move back to his residence in Delhi until the framing of charge proceedings begin in the 2018 Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case. This permission comes with certain conditions, including that he cannot leave the capital without prior permission and must visit the Kalkaji police station every Saturday to mark attendance anytime between 9 am and noon.The National Investigation Agency (NIA) submitted a list of suggestions following the hearing on Tuesday regarding a plea made by Navlakha to al ...Read More >
Chennai, Apr 2 (UNI) The Madurai First Additional District Court on Thursday again reserved its order to April 6 on pronouncing the quantum of sentences for the nine accused cops in the sensational and brutal father-son custodial death case. The nine police personnel convicted are the then Inspector S. Sridhar, whose bail plea had already been rejected by the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Sub-Inspectors P. Raghu Ganesh and K. Balakrishnan, head constables S. Murugan and A. Saamidurai, and constables M. Muthuraj, S. Chelladurai, X. Thomas Francis, and S. Velumuthu. Special Sub-Inspector ...Read More >
Mumbai, April 2: Granting bail to a BEST driver accused in the fatal Kurla electric bus crash that claimed nine lives in December 2024, the Bombay High Court has made strong prima facie observations on the lack of proper training imparted to drivers operating electric buses, terming it "shocking". HC questions training standards for electric bus drivers Justice R. M. Joshi, while allowing the bail plea of driver Sanjay More on March 30, noted that although he had prior experience driving conventional buses, "shockingly, no practical training was given to the drivers" to operate electric buse ...Read More >
Bengaluru: A physics lecturer from a private college in Dakshina Kannada and two of his friends have been arrested by Bengaluru police for allegedly blackmailing and raping a student.When the mental torture by the trio became intolerable, the girl narrated to her parents how she was being exploited. Subsequently, she went to Marathahalli police station along with her parents on July 5 and lodged a complaint seeking action against the perpetrators. Acting swiftly, the cops arrested the trio the following day. The accused are Narendra, a physics lecturer, Sandeep, a biology lecturer -- both work ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 19: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday paid heartfelt tributes to freedom fighter Mangal Pandey on his birth anniversary, remembering him as a "pioneering warrior" who challenged British authority and remains a lasting symbol of courage and patriotism. Recognised as one of the earliest voices of resistance, Mangal Pandey played a key role in the events that sparked the Revolt of 1857, which eventually led to the dissolution of the East India Company and the establishment of direct British rule under the Government of India Act of 1858. Taking to X, Prime Minister Modi wr ...Read More >
Mumbai: Bombay High Court has now got its fifth bench, located in Kolhapur. The HC bench at Kolhapur will start functioning from Aug 18, as stated in a notification issued on Friday."I, Alok Aradhe, Chief Justice of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay, with the approval of the Governor of Maharashtra, appoint Kolhapur as a place at which Judges and Division Courts of the High Court may also sit, with effect from August 18, 2025," the notification dated Aug 1 said. The other benches of the HC are at Nagpur, Aurangabad, and Goa, apart from the principal bench in Mumbai.Lawyers and bar associa ...Read More >
New Delhi: Traffic in central Delhi will be affected on Thursday as the traffic police has issued an advisory due to the Janmashtami and Tazia processions.According to police, the traffic movement in Paharganj is likely to be affected from 1.30pm in view of the shobha yatra for Janmashtami and the Tazia procession.The Janmashtami procession will start from Mandir Shri Banke Bihari Ji in Paharganj's Sangatrasan Bazar and pass through Desh Bandhu Gupta Road, Chuna Mandi, Main Bazar, Munja Chowk and Arakashan Road. The Tazia procession will start from Ajmeri Gate and proceed through Pul Paharganj ...Read More >
Bengaluru: For millions of people, the sudden, sharp pain of tooth due to sensitivity can turn a sip of cold water into a jolt. Now, researchers at Indian Institute of Science (IISc), in collaboration with Bengaluru-based deep-tech startup Theranautilus, have engineered "CalBots" - magnetic nanobots that can seal the problem at its source.As per IISc, CalBots are 400-nanometre particles loaded with a calcium silicate-based bioceramic formula, designed to travel 500 micrometres deep inside dentinal tubules, the tiny tunnels in the tooth that lead to nerve endings. Guided by an external magnetic ...Read More >
The Bombay High Court has directed the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) to return actor Rhea Chakraborty's passport permanently, granting her plea to relax a bail condition imposed in the 2020 drugs case linked to actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death. Chakraborty, who was arrested in September 2020 and granted bail the following month, had been required to deposit her passport with the NCB and seek the trial court's permission every time she needed to travel abroad. In her fresh application, filed ...Read More >
Mumbai: Maharashtra Sports Minister Manikrao Kokate moved the Bombay High Court on Wednesday, seeking the suspension of his conviction and sentence in an over three-decade-old cheating and forgery case. The minister has been sentenced to two years of imprisonment. He has also been fined Rs 50,000. The Bombay High Court has listed the matter for hearing on Friday. Earlier in the day, Kokate allegedly fell ill and was admitted to the Lilavati Hospital shortly after a court issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against. His hospital visit came as the Nashik Police was on its way to arrest him. M ...Read More >