NEW DELHI: Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma of the Delhi HC Tuesday recused herself from hearing Congress MP Karti Chidambaram‘s plea seeking quashing of a criminal case lodged by CBI against him, citing a “gross delay” of nearly two decades.CBI has alleged Chidambaram helped an alcoholic beverage company in connection with a ban on duty-free sale…
Chennai: Madras high court has clarified that it has not directed DVAC to file an FIR against DMK minister K N Nehru based on information provided by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). “The order only states that an FIR must be registered regarding the alleged offence,” the court said while hearing review applications moved by Nehru…
Patna High Court is alarmed by massive public fund embezzlement in a Bihar rural bank, urging a specialized probe into white-collar crimes. Justice Purnendu Singh highlighted a decade-long pattern of fund siphoning, impacting farmers’ schemes. The court has directed RBI and the Union Home Ministry to report on remedial actions, referring the matter for a…
Ranchi: Members of the Jharkhand Sachivalaya Sewa Sangh (JSSS) on Tuesday formed a human chain at Project Bhawan to protest delays in the creation of deputy secretary and joint secretary posts for the secretariat services cadre.The association said the govt had approved the creation of 41 deputy secretary and 23 joint secretary posts, but the…
Koderma: A local court on Tuesday sentenced five people to prison after finding them guilty in a brown sugar possession and sale case under Sec 20(b) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.The court of Additional District and Sessions Judge-III, Rakesh Chandra, sentenced Shivam Singh (25) and Satyanand Singh (24) to two years of…
New Delhi: External affairs minister S Jaishankar held talks with visiting United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) president Annalena Baerbock on a range of issues, including AI’s implications and the West Asia conflict, on Tuesday.Jaishankar said in a post on X that he underscored during the discussion the need for reformed multilateralism that is reflective of…
Singur: As the morning mist settles over lush green patches of Hooghly, the rhythmic sound of tillers in Singur is punctuated by the loud, competing echoes of campaign microphones. As this historic semi-rural constituency — once at the centre of political upheaval in Bengal — heads to the polls, Singur remains a landscape defined by…
MUMBAI: Bombay high court has adjourned to 2046 a Rs 20cr defamation suit filed by a woman, who is almost 90, and her daughter against the managing committee members of a south Mumbai CHS. “I do not wish to state anything except that this matter should not be taken up for the next 20 years,”…
NEW DELHI: Relief from heat as rain and strong winds lashed parts of Delhi-NCR on Wednesday, bringing respite from the ongoing heatwave.The India Meteorological Department has issued ‘orange’ and ‘yellow’ alerts for thunderstorms, dust storms and rain in different parts of Delhi. An ‘orange’ alert has been sounded for southwest Delhi, with authorities warning of…
Chennai: A worker from Odisha died after inhaling suspected toxic fumes while cleaning a sump water tank at an ethanol unit in Tiruvallur district on Monday night. Four others have been hospitalised.Police said the deceased, Dananth Jaya Malik, 24, was employed at a private company in the SIPCOT Industrial Estate at Thervoy Kandigai near Gummidipoondi,…
