AGRA: Police have submitted a 3,200-page chargesheet on the Hathras stampede which claimed 121 lives on July 2 and took place during a congregation organised by self-styled ‘godman’ Surajpal Singh alias Bhole Baba. The chargesheet names 11 accused, including two women, but does not mention Bhole Baba as an accused in the case.Defence lawyer AP…
PATNA: Poll strategist Prashant Kishor on Wednesday formally launched his political outfit, Jan Suraaj, and announced that his party would contest bypolls in four assembly seats where elections are likely to be held in Nov this year.He also named Manoj Bharti, a former diplomat, as the party’s first working president. Bharti, a native of Madhubani,…
MUMBAI: The appellate tribunal which adjudicates benami matters has held that employees can hold cash in a fiduciary capacity for their employers, without it being classified as a benami transaction. This order can support both employers and employees who face a similar situation.“Fiduciary relationships involve trust and confidence, often between employer and employee, where the…
NEW DELHI: As he prepares to receive India’s foreign minister S Jaishankar this week, Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake met Indian high commissioner Santosh Jha who conveyed India’s readiness to support Sri Lanka‘s development process in any way possible, while also appreciating the president’s anti-corruption agenda.Taking to X, Dissanayake said that Jha emphasised that…
HYDERABAD: Telangana minister Konda Surekha sparked a controversy on Wednesday, after she blamed BRS working president KT Rama Rao for the divorce of Tollywood actors Naga Chaitanya and Samantha Prabhu. Her comments drew sharp reactions from the film industry and turned into a full-blown political row within hours.KTR sent the Telangana environment minister a legal…
MUMBAI: Observing that a medical intern is not a hospital’s employee, the national consumer commission rejected a Mira Road father’s claim of Rs one crore, alleging that his 24-year-old doctor son died at his Amravati medical college and hospital due to medical negligence. “An intern cannot be equated with the regular employee. As per Black’s…
GUWAHATI: A Manipur Rifles personnel was among three people killed in a gunfight over a land dispute between two Naga villages in Ukhrul district on Wednesday. The violent clash linked to a disagreement over the govt’s Swachh Bharat Abhiyan initiative on the disputed site left several people wounded.Authorities imposed an indefinite curfew near the site,…
NEW DELHI: The overall turnout in the J&K Assembly election, spanning all three phases, was 63.8%, surpassing the 58.6% voter turnout recorded in the Union Territory during the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. However, it was lower than the approximately 65.4% polling recorded in the 2014 assembly polls, excluding the four assembly seats that were then…
KOZHIKODE: A statement purportedly misattributed to Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan about smuggled gold and hawala money entering the state’s predominantly Muslim Malappuram district for “anti-national” activities snowballed on Wednesday into a full-blown political slugfest, with Congress alleging that narratives usually spun by the Sangh Parivar were now coming out of the Left’s mouth.Vijayan’s clarification on…
NEW DELHI: Stating that women had to suffer the maximum pain due to open defecation, PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that lack of toilets was an “insult to the poor” and was against “human dignity” and his govt made it a national issue.“Filth and lack of toilets were never considered as a national issue….
