NEW DELHI: It took a trial court 16 years, Uttarakhand High Court six years and Supreme Court 14 years to decide a bribery case of Rs 500 involving an excise official. The case finally achieved closure with the SC upholding the man’s conviction and awarding one-year jail term. The matter started in June 1990 when…
HYDERABAD: Andhra Pradesh’s sitting TDP MP Putta Mahesh Kumar tested positive Sunday for the banned substance methamphetamine (meth) in a blood test ordered after what investigators allege was an attempt to dodge a drug screening at a farmhouse party raided by Hyderabad Police the previous night, reports Srinath Vudali. The Eluru MP’s test result took…
Thiruvananthapuram: Jewellery worth over Rs 2 crore has allegedly been stolen from Kowdiar Palace, the official residence of the Travancore royal family. Based on a complaint filed by senior family member Asw-athi Thirunal Gowri Lakshmi Bai, Peroorkada police registered a case of theft. The ornaments, reportedly kept in an iron cupboard in the complainant’s bedroom,…
NEW DELHI: In a first-of-its-kind exercise that starts on Monday, the ministry of culture will launch a three-month-long nationwide survey to map India’s manuscript heritage. From the district level upwards, the extensive exercise aims to locate all manuscripts in different parts of the country and create a consolidated database and a national digital repository of…
CHANDIGARH: Less than 24 hours ahead of polling for two Rajya Sabha seats from Haryana, Congress functionaries on Sunday accused BJP of trying to bribe party MLAs to cross-vote, reports Manvir Saini. Acting on the direction of AICC general secretary in-charge B K Hariprasad, some Congress MLAs approached Shimla Police to initiate criminal proceedings against…
NEW DELHI: India-flagged oil tanker ‘Jag Laadki’, which was loading crude at UAE’s Fujairah port on Saturday when the oil terminal was attacked, sailed safely for India from the port on Sunday morning, the shipping ministry said. The ship is carrying around 80,800 tonnes of Murban crude, an oil grade produced by the UAE, it…
GUWAHATI: Assam’s BJP govt on Sunday signed memorandums of settlement with three Kuki militant groups and one Hmar outfit, with an official statement declaring that the agreements mark the end of “ethnic militancy” in the state, reports Mukut Das. The pacts offer welfare and development councils for Kuki and Hmar communities, with headquarters in Guwahati….
AGRA: Aligarh BJP MP Satish Gautam triggered a controversy after opposing AIMIM’s demand for permission to offer Eid namaz at Aligarh Exhibition Ground, also known as Numaish Ground, and saying he did not know “what Ramzan or Eid is”. He said there was no need to allot the ground for prayers as the community already…
MUMBAI: A family property dispute that began before the Bombay HC just two weeks after the Constitution came into force has finally ended 76 years later. On Feb 27, the court ordered the partition of the remaining one acre (4,271 sqm) of land in Yerawada, Pune, among the heirs of landowner MMH Janmohamed who had…
Shah is felicitated at a BJP youth event in Guwahati. Congress is against SIR as infiltrators are being removed from rolls, he said GUWAHATI:: Union home minister Amit Shah accused Congress of turning Assam into a “safe haven for infiltrators” and launched a string of projects in the state on Sunday, hours before EC announced…
