NEW DELHI: In a bid to calm the political slugfest over alleged suicides by BLOs due to heavy work pressure of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, Supreme Court on Thursday said those BLOs unwilling to do SIR work because of health or mental issues should be substituted with other govt employees by states…
NEW DELHI: A parliamentary committee scrutinising the bill seeking removal of PM, CMs and ministers arrested on serious charges on Thursday unanimously resolved to ask opposition parties, which have decided not to join the panel in protest against the proposed law, to share their suggestions, sources said.The committee headed by BJP MP Aparajita Sarangi held…
KOLKATA: Doctors also suspect a urinary tract infection and have started medication, said Birbhum-based social worker Mofijul Sheikh, who has been assisting Sunali and five others with legal formalities in Bangladesh. He said an ultrasonography report shows the unborn baby weighs more than 2kg and is stable. Source link
NEW DELHI: Noting that both partners in a marriage must work to meet individual as well as family needs and aspirations, which include securing good education for their wards, SC has said a child custody dispute between working parents cannot be decided in favour of one of them on the criterion that they work from…
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Tamil Cinema Icon, AVM Saravanan, Passes Away At 86 CHENNAI: M Saravanan, the soft-spoken steward of AVM Productions who nurtured Tamil cinema through more than half a century of changes while helping shape careers of its greatest stars like Kamal Haasan, Sivaji Ganesan, Vyjayanthimala and Sivakumar, died Thursday in Chennai of age-related ailments. He was…
NEW DELHI: Disapproving the tendency of filing chargesheets and framing of charges in criminal cases where prima facie no case is made out, Supreme Court has said this has resulted in clogging of the judicial system, and has asked police and trial courts to act as filters, ensuring that only cases with a strong suspicion…
Social welfare dept is probing her confinement ‘as case of potential criminal negligence, unlawful detention’, Bastar collector said RAIPUR: A bizarre case of a foster family allegedly trying to “protect” a young woman from a suspected molester by locking her in a room since she was eight has come to light in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar after…
JAMMU: J&K Police Thursday claimed to have busted a cross-border narco-terror syndicate operating in Jammu Division with the arrest of six suspects. Cops seized around 5kg heroin — valued at over Rs 30 crore in the international market — as well as arms and ammunition, including three pistols and six live rounds, during the operation.South…
NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convener Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday expressed his heartfelt condolences over the passing of former Mizoram governor and senior Advocate Swaraj Kaushal.In a post shared on X, Kejriwal described Kaushal as a “distinguished legal luminary” whose contributions to public life and the legal fraternity would be remembered for years…