NEW DELHI: Nearly 36,000 children are missing without a trace across India since 2020 even though the state and central police have recovered majority of the nearly 3 lakh children who went missing in the last four years, Centre informed SC on Friday.Appearing for petitioner, senior advocate Aparna Bhat told a bench of Justices B…
Miracle recovery for dumped baby Throat slit & dumped in bin, newborn makes miraculous recovery after a month at hospitalBHOPAL: They named her Pihu. When she wails, it’s music to their ears. A month ago, when the newborn was brought to them in a little blood-soaked bundle, her throat slit, they cried. On Friday, they…
AHMEDABAD: An insurance company is liable to pay compensation in an accident case involving a truck driver without a proper licence if it fails to establish negligence on part of the vehicle owner in verifying the driver’s licence, Gujarat high court has ruled.The observation came while dismissing a petition by ICICI Lombard General Insurance Co…
CEC Rajiv Kumar (File photo) PM, Shah, Rahul to meet next week to select new poll panel chief NEW DELHI: With chief election commissioner Rajiv Kumar retiring on February 18, govt has initiated the process of appointing his successor, besides appointing the third election commissioner, a vacancy that will occur after Kumar’s exit.The meeting of…
Pinarayi Vijayan (File photo) Facing flak, Kerala restores full funding for minority scholarships THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The LDF government in Kerala decided on Friday to restore full funding of nine minority scholarships that had been slashed by 50% last month, triggering allegations about students from marginalised communities being forced to bear a disproportionate share of cuts purportedly…
Manikrao Kokate (File photo) AMRAVATI: Even beggars don’t accept one rupee in alms, but govt is giving crop insurance for this sum and this too is being misused, Maharashtra agriculture minister Manikrao Kokate said Friday, triggering sharp reactions from farm outfits and opposition parties.The minister, an NCP MLA from Nashik, was answering a query on…
RAIPUR: Nearly a week after the Feb 9 encounter in Bijapur in which 31 Maoists were gunned down, police were yet to identify three of them. The other 28 carried a cumulative bounty of Rs 1.1 crore. Police said 17 of them were ‘senior cadres’; some were part of Maoists’ IED squad and involved in…
National Investigation Agency NEW DELHI: National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday filed a chargesheet against two terror operatives of banned Khalistani outfit Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) in connection with the murder of VHP‘s Vikas Prabhakar alias Vikas Bagga in Punjab’s Roopnagar.Dharminder Kumar alias Kunal and Dubai-based absconding accused Harwinder Kumar alias Sonu have been charged…
NEW DELHI: Delhi HC Friday extended until March 11 the interim bail granted to Unnao rape convict Kuldeep Sengar‘s brother Jaideep Sengar, who is serving a 10-year jail sentence in connection with the murder of the survivor’s father. Justice Vikas Mahajan gave relief to Jaideep on medical grounds, saying he was suffering from mouth cancer…
Yogi Adityanath (File photo) LUCKNOW: Attacking opposition for questioning Rs 4,000 crore expenditure on organisation of Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj this year, UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath said on Friday that only Rs 1,500 crore was spent on Kumbh while the remaining was invested in improving Prayagraj’s infrastructure.“Maha Kumbh is not just a religious event…
