BENGALURU: Karnataka high court recently directed the state forest department to refund Rs 4.3 lakh deposited by a Kodagu landowner in 1982, with 6% interest per annum. The order came a year after his death in 2023.One Mahabaleshwar Bhat had deposited the amount after he was granted approval to fell 349 trees standing on the…
NEW DELHI: Pakistan’s old antic to taunt India by naming its missiles after Afghan invaders has taken an unexpected turn in the wake of a new conflict with Afghanistan. The controversy ignited when Pakistan defence minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif described Mahmud of Ghazni – a figure celebrated in Pakistan’s historical narrative – as “merely a…
MUMBAI: Amidst growing awareness of digital detention scams, fraudsters have continued to evolve their methods. Recently, a 49-year-old man from Kandivli, following a call, received a link that led to documents related to a money laundering “charge” against him. The link resembled Supreme Court’s website. Alarmed, he transferred Rs 32 lakh to scammers, later realising…
LUCKNOW: Terming the violence in UP’s Kasganj in 2018 a “premeditated conspiracy”, the Lucknow NIA court in its judgment on Friday expressed concern over the growing trend of NGOs providing legal aid to people accused of being involved in anti-national activities. The court sentenced 28 accused to life imprisonment for their role in the violence…
PATNA/MOTIHARI: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar sought to end speculation about an alliance switch by reaffirming on Sunday his commitment to BJP-led NDA. “We mistakenly wandered off twice, but now have returned to the company of an old friend. I will stay with NDA,” the JDU chief said during his Pragati Yatra in Muzaffarpur.The CM’s comments…
MUMBAI: A special investigation team (SIT) formed following a Bombay high court order has said it has unearthed a land scam involving large-scale tampering of property records to convert Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) and No Development Zone (NDZ) lands into developable plots along the Mumbai coastline. Four people including two former govt employees were arrested…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday assured the people of Delhi that no public welfare scheme would be discontinued if BJP was voted to office in the assembly polls. BJP govt would go a step further and weed out corruption in the implementation of the schemes, he said.“Seeing their defeat in the Delhi election,…
JAMMU: In an effort to combat the growing menace of drugs, Jammu police undertook extensive operations throughout 2024, achieving significant success in their mission to curb narco-crimes in the area.A police spokesman on Sunday said the department registered over 150 cases under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and arrested over 240 people…
NEW DELHI: In a first for govt office spaces, canteens in the new Common Central Secretariat (CCS) buildings will have two sections — the“economical section” to offer meals at a very affordable price and the “premium section” that will have a price list on par with prices of restaurants in nearby areas such as Connaught…
Billionaire Elon Musk has called for the resignation of UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, describing him as a “national embarrassment” in a post on social media platform X.The comments come after Musk’s repeated criticisms of Starmer’s handling of grooming gangs during his time as Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) from 2008 to 2013. In…
