MUMBAI: Criticising Customs department for confiscating nude artworks of Francis Newton Souza and Akbar Padamsee on the ground that such “obscene material” is prohibited for import, Bombay high court asked if Customs officials can apply their own notion of what is obscenity. “At this rate, what will you say of Khajuraho temples?” Justice Mahesh Sonak…
<p>File photo</p><p><br></p> NEW DELHI: Railways is operating at least 7,000 additional special trains to cater to the Deepawali and Chhath rush. Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Thursday that the national transporter will carry nearly one crore passengers during the festive period from October 1 to November 30.“This is around 60% more than 4,429 trains operated…
NEW DELHI: Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Pannun has called for a shutdown of CRPF schools from Nov 26. The chief of banned Sikhs for Justice offered a $1 million reward for advance intelligence on foreign trips of Amit Shah, who oversees the force as Union home minister.Pannun’s statement comes days after Sunday’s blast outside a CRPF…
A court for elected representatives in Bengaluru held Karwar’s Congress MLA, Satish Sail, and five others guilty Thursday in the Rs 250-crore Belekeri port scam of 2011. Special judge Gajanana Bhat directed CBI to take all six convicts into custody. The scam involved theft and export of iron ore seized from Belekeri port in Uttara…
NEW DELHI: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and handed over to him a resolution passed by the assembly seeking early restoration of statehood to the UT.In his first meeting with the PM after becoming chief minister, Abdullah discussed various issues related to J&K, including the…
Porsche Taycan car crash case PUNE: Maharashtra prosecution Thursday informed the court of special judge UM Mudholkar in Pune that the state government has given its sanction to prosecute two doctors and a mortuary staff of Sassoon General Hospital arrested in Porsche Taycan car crash case. Two young software engineers had died when the Porsche…
NEW DELHI: Turning down the plea of the Sharad Pawar faction of NCP, Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the breakaway group led by Ajit Pawar to use the ‘clock’ symbol for Maharashtra assembly polls with the caveat that the deputy CM should mention in all print and audio/visual advertisements of the party that litigation over…
PUNE: NCP (SCP) gave tickets to 11 of its 12 sitting MLAs in its first list of 45 candidates for Maharashtra assembly polls released on Thursday.In at least 13 seats, NCP (SCP), led by Sharad Pawar, will take on the NCP faction led by Pawar’s nephew and deputy CM Ajit Pawar. Baramati will witness a…
KOPPAL: A sessions court in Karnataka on Thursday sentenced 98 people to life imprisonment and handed five-year jail terms to three others in a 2014 case of discrimination and caste violence targeting Dalits at Marakumbi village of Gangavati taluk.Judge Chandrasekhar C convicted 101 people in the case, of whom three received lighter sentences because Scheduled…
NEW DELHI: A development that is expected to help farmers better plan their sowing and harvesting schedule and prepare for climate-related risks, the central government on Thursday launched the “gram panchayat level weather forecasting” initiative that will enable residents of the over 2.5 lakh gram panchayats to have access to localised weather information with a…
