Chennai: Three days after TOI reported on the pitiable condition of the playground at Govt Ambedkar Higher Secondary School, which was littered with garbage, including empty liquor bottles, construction debris, and wet and dry waste, the Greater Chennai Corporation cleared the premises by Thursday.The school, located on Gandhi Irwin Road, adjoining the Buckingham Canal, falls…
Patna: The President of India has appointed justice Sudhir Singh as the acting chief justice of Patna high court. A notification to this effect was issued by the Union ministry of law and justice on Friday evening.Justice Singh will succeed chief justice Meenakshi Madan Rai, the second woman chief justice in the history of Patna…
NEW DELHI: A “petitioner-in-person”, Prabal Pratap, on Friday caught a Supreme Court bench and advocates by surprise when he “ordered” the judges to register a case against a police officer in Lucknow, threw a bunch of papers in the courtroom and then went on to swear at the CJI.Appearing along with co-petitioner Chandra Bhan before…
Internet Safety Tips For Parents Kolkata: The Kolkata Police cyber cell has released a 50 second video as a guideline for parents to learn how to protect children from being harassed or bullied or defrauded online.The move was taken amid a sharp rise in youngsters facing online bullying and the Union home ministry’s concern over…
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has dismissed a petition by a retired IPS officer challenging BMC’s action for removal of obstruction to the terrace adjoining his flat on the eighth floor of Bullet Building in Hindu Colony, Dadar East, which is a reserved refuge area.Justices Bharati Dangre and Manjusha Deshpande on Wednesday refused to interfere…
New Delhi: Eight more people have been arrested in an inter-state infant trafficking case that was unearthed last month.The fresh action has taken the total number of arrests to 23. Police have rescued three more infants, raising the total number of rescued babies to nine.Among those arrested this month are two who were allegedly involved…
Chennai: Madras high court has sought police response in two habeas corpus petitions challenging detention of YouTuber Mukthar Ahmed and political commentator under Goondas Act, who were arrested for their derogatory remarks against a BJP functionary.Admitting the petitions on Friday, the division bench comprising Justice Anita Sumanth and Justice Sunder Mohan directed the Chennai police…
Abhay SinghPatna: The state govt on Friday transferred 10 IAS officers in the ranks of director, additional secretary and joint secretary.They include information and public relations department (IPRD) additional secretary Vidhu Bhushan Choudhary, who has been transferred to the industries department in the same capacity.Special secretary in the State Election Commission Sanjay Kumar has been…
NEW DELHI: The new Congress in-charge for UP, Rajendra Pal Gautam, kickstarted his innings with a demand for parity and respect from Samajwadi Party for the coming UP elections, accentuating the fault line of “seat distribution” that has dogged the alliance in the past. It has raised concerns in some quarters that such debate is…
. Durga Suraksha squad of Kolkata Police —— TOI Kolkata: Kolkata Police has set up a new all-woman team, called ‘Durga Shakti Vahini’, to protect women and children on roads and make them feel safer, and to respond quickly to trouble during festivals, processions and public events.This special force is an expanded version of the…
