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New Delhi, Jul 18 (PTI) The Supreme Court has said money cannot be recovered by filing an FIR and seeking help of police as it quashed a cheating case against the producer of Bollywood movie "Tanu Weds Manu". A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan expressed displeasure over the approach of the Allahabad High Court in dealing with the petition of producer Shailesh R Singh for quashing of the FIR against him by complainant Kunal Jain. "Money cannot be recovered, more particularly, in ...Read More >
Ranchi, Jul 18 (PTI) The Jharkhand High Court on Friday observed that the government seems to be throttling the rule of law in the state, where constitutional machinery has collapsed. Justice Anand Sen directed Chief Secretary Alka Tiwari to appear in person to face charges of contempt of court for non-compliance with its order pertaining to urban local body elections. The court had on January 4, 2024, directed the government to ensure that municipal elections are conducted within three weeks. ...Read More >
Ranchi, July 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Jharkhand High Court on Friday came down heavily on the state government for failing to conduct municipal elections despite a clear court directive given last year. Expressing strong displeasure, the court summoned the Chief Secretary to appear in person at the next hearing. The directive was issued during the hearing of a contempt petition filed by Roshni Khalkho, an outgoing councillor of the Ranchi Municipal Corporation. The court, while criticizing the ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 17: Thane, once seen as a supporting suburb, now headlines the Mumbai Metropolitan Region residential real estate revolution, riding on rapid infrastructure upgrades, surging buyer interest, and a hot housing market. A report by ANAROCK titled 'Thane: The Rising Star of MMR Real Estate' highlights the city's explosive housing price growth - a whopping 46% leap in average residential Also Read | Karnatak Girl Rituparna KS Who Failed NEET Exam Receives INR 72 La ...Read More >
A young woman named Oleti Pushpa (22) was killed by her live-in partner Sheikh Shamma (22) in the Ambedkar Konaseema region of Andhra Pradesh, reported India Today. She was living with Sheikh for the past 6 months after she separated from her spouse. The incident took place in Siddhartha Nagar, B Savaram village of Rajolu mandal on 16th July. Shamma reportedly accused Pushpa of having affairs with other men. He forced her to engage in prostitution and frequently instigated fights with her when ...Read More >
Pune: The ongoing pre-non-interlocking and non-interlocking works to develop the Hadapsar railway station would affect trains' movement in the Daund-Pune section this week from Thursday till Sunday. A total of 17 trains, including DEMUs from Pune to Daund and Baramati to Pune, Pune-Harangul Express (01487), Harangul-Pune Express (01488), Solapur-Pune Intercity Superfast Express (12169) and Pune-Solapur Intercity Express (12170), would remain cancelled on Sunday (July 20), a railway official said ...Read More >
Lucknow: Two days after the row over registering a case against BJP corporator CB Singh, the Thakurganj police station in-charge Srikant Rai was sent to the police lines on Tuesday, DCP West Vishwajeet Srivastava said.The case was filed on the complaint of Renu, the wife of Suresh Lodhi, who was swept away in an overflowing drain following rains on Saturday. It was alleged that even after raising the issue of open drain, the corporator did not get it covered. Following this, the SHO lodged a cas ...Read More >
Ranchi: JMM president and chief minister Hemant Soren on Sunday said the official X account of his party has been hacked, prompting him to order a police investigation into it.Apart from expressing concern over the breach, the chief minister appealed to the Elon Musk-owned social media giant to take cognisance of the matter.Party members said at 12:12 am on Sunday, the hackers posted a suspicious link along with an image of a rodent on the JMM's X account, which was immediately flagged by Hemant ...Read More >
Lucknow: Two FIRs have been filed against a sitting corporator and a private contractor along with his firm in connection with the death of 43-year-old painter, who died after falling into a waterlogged and broken drain in Thakurganj area, sparking massive public outrage and concerns over civic apathy.The victim, Suresh Lodhi's wife Renu filed a complaint stating that her husband fell into a hidden, flooded drain while stepping out to buy tea on Saturday. The drain's cover was broken and submerg ...Read More >
Bhopal: Nabha, the eight-year-old Namibian cheetah in the Kuno national park (KNP) in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday succumbed to injuries that she had sustained while hunting. She had been under treatment for a week for her injuries, KNP field director Uttam Kumar Sharma told this newspaper. "Nabha got badly injured a week back probably during a hunting attempt inside her soft release boma (large enclosure). She had fractures in both ulna (bone in the foreleg) and fibula (smaller of the two outer ...Read More >
Kargil, July 12: The 14th Dalai Lama arrived in Leh on Saturday, beginning a month-long visit to Ladakh. The Tibetan spiritual leader was given a warm welcome upon his arrival. He was received at the airport by representatives of the Union Territory administration, including Director General of Police Ladakh Dr. S.D. Singh Jamwal; Secretary, Transport, Bhupesh Choudhary; and Secretary, Higher Education, Bhanu Prabha. Chief Executive Councilor of LAHDC Leh, Adv. Tashi Gyalson, Member of Parlia ...Read More >
New Delhi: Two decades chase of CBI ended today, i.e., 09.07.2025 with the successful extradition of Fugitive Ms. Monika Kapoor, who is accused in a 2002 Import-Export fraud and was on run since then, from USA. Fugitive Monika Kapoor, Prop. Of M/s Monika Overseas in conspiracy with her brothers namely Sh. Rajan Khanna and Sh. Rajiv Khanna forged export documents viz. Shipping Bills, Invoices and Bank Certificates of Export and Realization during the year 1998 and obtained 06 Replenishment (Rep. ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan launched development projects worth Rs 163 crore for Deogarh district on Friday. He also inaugurated a new bus terminal, and flagged off five vehicles for solid waste management and mosquito control.The minister addressed a 'Garib Kalyan and Vikas Sammavesh', where he inaugurated and laid foundation stones for 45 development projects across 14 departments. They included roads, drinking water facilities, education infrastructure and sanitat ...Read More >
Jalandhar: While Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal recently alleged a secretive understanding between the Congress and the BJP in Gujarat -- calling it a "hidden romance" -- the Congress in Punjab has been bracketing AAP with RSS-BJP for over two years or accusing the Punjab chief minister of following the Centre's line on different issues.Even as the parties held a seat-sharing arrangement in Delhi, Haryana, and Gujarat, Punjab Congress leaders usually called AAP the 'B te ...Read More >
Mumbai: Local residents are upset with the decision to shut down the blood bank attached to BMC-run V N Desai Hospital, Santa Cruz, during ongoing structural repairs to the building.The blood bank, located on the second floor, stopped collecting blood almost a month back. "However, as blood units can be stored for 35 days, we still have some units left in the hospital,'' said a civic official.In early June, a structural audit classified the hospital as a C2A structure -- that is, while the build ...Read More >
Chennai, Jul 4 (PTI) A woman councillor of the Thiruninravur municipal corporation in the western suburb of Chennai was allegedly hacked to death by her husband due to personal reasons, police said on Friday. The deceased S Gomathi (38) had contested as an independent and won in the civic body election. Her husband Stephen Raj inflicted grievous cut injuries on her near their house in Periyar Colony, Thiruninravur, on Thursday night. Leaving her dead in a pool of blood, Raj surrendered before ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The OAS Association called off its cease-work agitation following the arrest of BJP leader Jagannath Pradhan in connection with the assault on Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Additional Commissioner Ratnakar Sahoo. Association president Jyoti Mishra said all officers will resume duty from Friday as their key demand has been met. Odisha police arrested Pradhan late Thursday night after he appeared at the deputy commissioner of police's office. With his arrest, the total num ...Read More >
U.S. and India trade negotiators were pushing on Wednesday to finalise a tariff-reducing deal ahead of President Donald Trump's July 9 negotiating deadline, but disagreements over U.S. dairy and agriculture remained unresolved. WHY ARE FARM GOODS IMPORTS SENSITIVE IN INDIA? Agriculture and its allied areas contribute just 16% to India's $3.9 trillion economy, but sustain nearly half of the country's 1.4 billion population. As farmers remain the most powerful voting bloc, Prime Minister Narendr ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Three days after the brutal assault on BMC additional commissioner Ratnakar Sahu, police on Thursday arrested BJP member Jagannath Pradhan for allegedly orchestrating the attack. The arrest follows mounting pressure from the Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) officers' association.Five other BJP members, including a corporator, had been previously arrested in connection with the case.Pradhan was arrested after he surrendered at DCP Jagmohan Meena's office. "Prima facie evidence led ...Read More >
Hubballi: Around 25 households in UKT Hills, Hubballi, continue to receive foul-smelling, contaminated water. Despite repeated complaints to the corporation, no resolution has been found. Officials suspect pipeline work under the 24x7 drinking water project has led to sewage mixing with drinking water, but the exact cause remains untraced.According to a source, the area comes under Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation (HDMC) Ward 34. Around 80 family members are facing various health issues. T ...Read More >
Lucknow: Mayor Sushma Kharkwal participated in a two-day national conference of urban local body (ULB) heads in Manesar (Haryana) and stressed on urban development and the role of women in local governance.Representatives from across the country, including mayors, municipal corporators, zila parishad heads, and urban planners, participated in the event.Kharkwal highlighted the need to implement the 74th Constitutional Amendment in full, to give ULBs more authority in decision-making, financial m ...Read More >
Kolkata: The CBI on Wednesday filed a supplementary charge sheet in the 2021 murder case of BJP worker Abhijit Sarkar, who was killed during post-election violence in Kankurgachhi. The charge sheet names Beleghata MLA Paresh Pal, Kolkata Municipal Corporation councillors Swapan Samaddar and Papiya Ghosh, along with 15 others.In the FIR, Sarkar's mother Madhabi said that on May 2, 2021, eight persons barged into their house at Narkeldanga around 3 pm and started enquiring about her son. The miscr ...Read More >
Kolkata: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has named one MLA and two Councillors, among the 18 additional accused, in its Supplementary Chargesheet in connection with Avijit Sarkar murder case, who was allegedly a victim of post-poll violence. The central agency has filed its second Supplementary Chargesheet in the Avijit Sarkar Murder Case against 18 additional accused persons before the ACJM court in Sealdah. The Court on June 30, 2025 took cognizance of the offences against all the ...Read More >
Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has decided not to file a police complaint in connection with the illegal clinical trials conducted at the VS Hospital, despite an inquiry report confirming the act. Instead, the civic body will attempt to recover Rs 1.90 crore from three doctors allegedly involved in illegal trials.On Wednesday, deputy municipal commissioner Bharat Parmar told media persons, "No police complaint will be filed regarding the clinical trials at VS Hospital." Not ...Read More >
New Delhi: The CBI has filed a supplementary charge sheet against TMC MLA Paresh Paul and councillors Swapan Samaddar and Papiya Ghosh for criminal conspiracy and murder in connection with the killing of BJP leader Avijit Sarkar during post-poll violence in West Bengal in 2021, officials said Wednesday. In its second supplementary charge sheet file before Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sealdah on Monday, the CBI has also named 15 others under Indian Penal Code Sections related to crimina ...Read More >
Jaipur: In a decisive move, the state govt informed the Rajasthan High Court Tuesday it would not cancel the controversial 2021 sub-inspector recruitment examination, despite allegations of paper leaks and use of dummy candidates. After months of protests for and against the demand to cancel the exam as well as the court's directives for administrative clarity in the matter, the state govt finally made its stand clear during the hearing before the single bench of Justice Sameer Jain.Advocate gen ...Read More >
New Delhi: Delhi BJP has joined traders in addressing concerns about deteriorating sanitation conditions and encroachment on the main road of Chandni Chowk. In a letter to mayor Raja Iqbal Singh, Delhi BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor provided a detailed, point-by-point account of various issues, including problems caused by proliferating rickshaws, inconsistent waste collection and unregulated encroachment.Kapoor claimed that the Chandni Chowk beautification project, costing nearly Rs 99 ...Read More >
Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson and general secretary of the trade union 'Chandni Chowk Nagrik Manch', Praveen Shankar Kapoor, on Tuesday wrote to Delhi Mayor Raja Iqbal Singh complaining about the "poor condition" of the historic town and "lack of action by the MLAs and councillors" and seeking directions for its restoration. "The root issue in and around Chandni Chowk is that all MLAs and councillors are from Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), under whose political patronage encroachments ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 1 (PTI) Municipal Corporation of Delhi Councillor Suman Tinku Rajora rejoined AAP on Tuesday, months after she crossed over to the BJP, a move she now describes as the "biggest mistake" of her life. The councillor, who represents Ward 50B in Mangolpuri, joined the BJP earlier this year. Last month, she was expelled by the BJP for six years for alleged "anti-party" activities. She returned to AAP along with her husband. Tinku Rajora, on Tuesday. Welcoming her back to the fold, A ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 1 (PTI) Municipal Corporation of Delhi Councillor Suman Tinku Rajora rejoined AAP on Tuesday, months after she crossed over to the BJP, a move she now describes as the "biggest mistake" of her life. The councillor, who represents Ward 50B in Mangolpuri, joined the BJP earlier this year. Last month, she was expelled by the BJP for six years for alleged "anti-party" activities. Also Read | Who Is PVN Madhav? Here's Everything You Need To Know About the Newly Appointed Andhra Prade ...Read More >
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