Padma Shri awardee D Y Patil passes away, education sector mourns founder of D Y Patil institutions Former Governor, educationist and Padma Shri awardee D Y Patil passed away at his residence in Kasba Bawda, Kolhapur, on Tuesday morning after a prolonged illness. He was 91. Widely known as “Dada”, Patil served as the Governor…
History sheeter held for robbing a lawyer’s bag from a moving auto rickshaw in BKC History sheeter held for robbing a lawyer’s bag from a moving auto rickshaw in BKC History sheeter held for robbing a lawyer’s bag from a moving auto rickshaw in BKC History sheeter held for robbing a lawyer’s bag from a…
New Delhi: The fast-track court hearing the NEET paper leak case Tuesday sought CBI’s response, including on the maintainability of a plea filed by three accused seeking permission to voluntarily undergo a lie detector test and brain mapping.Special judge Ajay Gupta directed CBI to file its response by Aug 6. The court also deferred the…
Chennai: Inspector Mohammed Buhari and home guard Srinivasan were arrested on Tuesday for extorting about ₹40 lakh from a businessman by threatening to implicate him in the 2024 murder of BSP leader K Armstrong.The two were produced before VIII metropolitan magistrate court in George Town and remanded in judicial custody.The arrests followed a complaint by…
Ahmedabad: In prohibition-bound Gujarat, seeking bribe from a man he suspected of being involved in smuggling liquor has landed an Ahmedabad rural constable in an anti-corruption case.Police said the complainant was not a bootlegger but occasionally travelled with his cousin, who was allegedly involved in the country liquor trade. D-staff policemen purportedly suspected him of…
The state on Tuesday announced a 20% increase in Dearness Allowance (DA) for govt employees, along with a corresponding hike in Dearness Relief (DR) for pensioners and family pensioners with effect from Oct 1, 2026 Kolkata: The state on Tuesday announced a 20% increase in Dearness Allowance (DA) for govt employees, along with a corresponding…
Villagers say the govt is yet to fulfil its promise to allot two acres of land near the Pavana dam and another two acres elsewhere in the district to families displaced by the project Pune: Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) is gearing up to revive the stalled Pavana Closed Water Pipeline plan, while also renewing…
Minister Subhash Shirodkar Panaji: Almost over a year after the state cabinet decided to denotify 3.3 lakh sqm of command area of the Tillari irrigation project in Dhargalim for a casino firm, WRD minister Subhash Shirodkar said on Tuesday that govt would not denotify it.“We have received a proposal from Delta at Dhargalim. We have…
Surat: A court here granted a mutual-consent divorce to a couple living overseas after recording their testimony through video conferencing, relying on a recent Gujarat High Court ruling that encourages litigant-friendly use of technology in judicial proceedings.This case involved a 35-year-old man from Mahidharpura and a 32-year-old woman from Utran, who are currently in Sierra…
Policymakers are evaluating two broad models for introducing a Merchant Discount Rate for UPI payments. India has taken a step towards allowing merchant charges on Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions after proposed amendments to the country’s payments law were introduced in Parliament on Tuesday.UPI, among the world’s largest real-time payment systems, handled 23.6 billion transactions…
