MUMBAI: CBI searched the premises of a retired official of National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) in a case where a legal firm is accused of accepting a bribe from an NCLT litigant for a favourable order. The initial demand was Rs 1.5 crore for influencing NCLT members, which was reduced to Rs 1 crore after…
BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh deputy CM and finance minister Jagdish Devda on Wednesday presented the state budget of Rs 4,21,032 crore for 2025-26, a 15% increase in outlay over the 2024-25 estimate of Rs 3,65,067 crore. There are no new taxes and no hike in existing taxes. Govt assured that no welfare scheme would be stopped,…
Arms and ammunition recovered during a search operation by Manipur Police and security forces in Chandel district (PTI) With the body of a youth killed in Manipur’s Kuki-dominated Kangpokpi on March 8 finally handed over to his family, authorities there said Wednesday they expect protests and blockade in the district to end soon.However, the road…
HC asks ASI to whitewash ‘flaking’ portions of Sambhal mosque facade PRAYAGRAJ: Allahabad high court directed ASI on Wednesday to whitewash “flaking” portions of Sambhal Jama Masjid‘s outer facade and the mosque committee to reimburse the expenditure within a week.HC said that barring the use of LED or focus lights to illuminate the periphery, there…
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Tension gripped Neyyattinkara in Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram district on Wednesday evening after RSS activists staged a protest against Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson, Tushar Gandhi during the unveiling of Gandhian representative Gopinathan Nair’s statue at his residence at TB Junction.The protest was triggered by Tushar’s remark during his speech that “the soul of the nation is afflicted…
PM Modi with Mauritian PM Ramgoolam & President Gokhool after receiving the highest civilian honour of Mauritius NEW DELHI: India and Mauritius upgraded their ties to an Enhanced Strategic Partnership as PM Narendra Modi held formal talks with his counterpart Navinchandra Ramgoolam, reaffirming commitment to a free, open and secure Indian Ocean and pledging full…
PUNE: India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued health risk warnings on Wednesday across states scorched by an early April heatwave. Konkan and Vidarbha in Maharashtra and southwest Rajasthan are among the other regions battling temperatures that have already climbed significantly above normal for this time of the year.IMD advised “extreme caution for vulnerable populations” – infants,…
In an ingenious move, a group of villagers in Odisha’s Bhadrak district deployed a drone to monitor the movement of a thief who took refuge in a water body early on Wednesday and caught him after a couple of hours of vigil. Earlier, they captured the accomplice of the thief, foiling the duo’s bid to…
Digital Aadhaar shields Kashmir’s Chinars from axe of greed SRINAGAR: When the seasons paint Kashmir in myriad hues, the Chinar burns red in autumn and glows green in spring. But even giants fall. Over the years, this legally protected tree has been felled — sometimes by the axe of greed, sometimes on the frail excuse…
JAMMU: An Army man manning the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district was injured after a bullet — fired from across the border — struck him on Wednesday morning.The soldier was part of a team stationed at a forward post in Kalsiyan of Nowshera sector, said officials. After the firing, he…
