A week after they set sail from Kasimedu fishing harbour in Chennai while Cyclone Murasu was brewing in the Bay of Bengal, the bodies of five out of nine fishermen were washed ashore along the Andhra Pradesh coast Thursday. The tragedy triggered anger among fishermen, who faulted the state govt and Coast Guard for delay…
A 20-year-old college student was killed when firecrackers bought for Diwali celebrations exploded at his friend’s house near Melur in Tamil Nadu’s Madurai early Thursday. The student’s friend and his mother were seriously injured in the blast that brought down a part of the building’s upper floor. Source link
NEW DELHI: Referring to the contradictory orders given by Supreme Court in the matter of bail to the accused on the ground of delay in trial and long incarceration for UAPA offences, which have been referred to a larger bench for authoritative pronouncement, former student activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam have moved SC for…
4 die as car plunges into Bhagirathi Source link
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Thursday ruled that the constitutional mandate of producing an arrestee before a magistrate within 24 hours starts the moment one is detained for interrogation and not from the time when formal arrest is made by an investigating agency, since the liberty of a person is curtailed when one is detained.Noting that…
JNU professor Angomcha Bimol Akoijam A city court granted dismissed JNU professor Angomcha Bimol Akoijam protection from immediate arrest in a sexual harassment case, directing police to give him seven working days’ written notice before taking him into custody. The court noted that the IO hadn’t yet examined any complainant. Source link
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir Zone, Sujit Kumar speaks during a press conference, in Srinagar Valley recruitment stopped this year: Police chiefSRINAGAR: Kashmir has just one active local terrorist and recruitment in the valley completely stopped this year, while security forces were tracking a handful of foreign terrorists believed to be assisting him, J&K…
Vehicle transfers cost up to 10x statutory fees; UP, Bihar and Bengal ranked worst on the Ease of Vehicle Ownership Index 2026. NEW DELHI: Vehicle ownership transfers can cost up to 10 times the statutory fees, with total expenses, including agent charges, in the range of Rs 13,000-14,000 in parts of Bihar, Rs 7,000-8,000 in…
NEW DELHI: Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL) has allocated slots to 38 of the 50 international airlines for summer 2027 schedule to operate to and from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA). Twelve airlines have not been given CSMIA slots next summer. These 12 collectively operate about 16 daily flights to 14 international destinations. Sources…
