Activists working with juveniles in conflict with law said the age of committing crimes is decreasing steadily. How many times would the minimum age to try minors as adults be revised? Pune: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said in the assembly that the Maharashtra govt would urge the Centre to lower the age from…
Surat: The Surat Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (CDRC) has directed a private hospital and its doctor to refund Rs 1.64 lakh to a patient after ruling that he was wrongly billed under a Covid-19 treatment package despite testing Covid-negative. The commission also ordered them to pay Rs 10,000 as compensation for mental harassment and litigation…
Ahmedabad: A 28-year-old police constable posted at Mansa police station was found dead at his residence in Gandhinagar on Monday night, police said. The deceased was identified as Parv Vinodbharti Goswami, a native of Mehsana district who was serving at Mansa police station for the past two years.According to police, Goswami lived with his wife…
Women police will now patrol Delhi’s “ladies special” buses (File photo) NEW DELHI: Women police personnel will be deployed inside all Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) ‘ladies special’ buses operating on government-identified routes, transport officials said on Wednesday.The decision was taken during a meeting chaired by Delhi Lieutenant Governor (LG) Taranjit Singh Sandhu. The meeting was…
Today’s African proverb of the day is on ultimate karma. Though oftentimes we tend to believe that life is unfair and there is no natural justice, old sayings like this restore our faith in the ultimate karma, which is how life balances itself. This African proverb is believed to have its origin in the Swahili…
Any acquisition would depend on ONGC obtaining a licence from US authorities permitting it to operate the two fields. (AI image) Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) is reportedely in discussions with Venezuela’s state-owned oil producer PDVSA to purchase either a portion or all of its holdings in two oilfields located in the South American…
Kolkata: The investigation into the recovery of illegal firearms in Basanti has intensified with police arresting Saukat Gayen and Jafar Sheikh after fresh disclosures by arrested accused Ramzan Sheikh allegedly led investigators to multiple hidden arms caches across the area.According to police sources, the Special Task Force (STF) had earlier recovered several firearms from Ramzan’s…
CM kicks off polio immunisation drive across Tamil Nadu on Sunday Chennai: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Sunday launched Tamil Nadu’s National Pulse Polio Immunisation drive by administering oral polio vaccine drops to children at a govt Adi Dravidar Welfare Higher Secondary School in Pallavakkam. The state targeted vaccinating over 52.91 lakh children below…
PUNE: The family of murdered Indore businessman Raja Raghuvanshi has reacted to the alleged murder of Pune realtor Ketan Agarwal, with Raja’s mother claiming that the bail granted to Sonam Raghuvanshi could embolden others accused of similar crimes.Speaking after the arrest of Ketan Agarwal’s fiancée, Siya Goyal, and her alleged lover, Chetan Chaudhary, Raja’s mother,…
Kolkata: The West Bengal Medical Services Corporation Limited (WBMSCL), acting on a directive from CM Suvendu Adhikari, has started the process to establish three new state-run medical colleges. The strategic expansion aims to add 300 MBBS seats to the state’s healthcare network, with 100 seats allocated to each new facility.On May 23, Adhikari had announced…
