Dehradun: A week after Uttarakhand high court issued contempt notices to principal secretary (forest) RK Sudhanshu and other senior officials for defying a stay order, the state govt has withdrawn the transfer order of IFS officer Pankaj Kumar from his post as director of Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve.The division bench had earlier directed that no…
Dehradun: Uttarakhand State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has held that consumer forums have no jurisdiction to intervene in disputes over non-performing assets (NPAs) once a bank initiates recovery proceedings under the SARFAESI Act, 2002.The Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest (SARFAESI) Act empowers banks and financial institutions to recover loans…
Murder staged as accident cracked in 48 hours, 2 held in US Nagar Rudrapur: A premeditated murder that was staged as a hit-and-run road accident has been cracked within 48 hours by Udham Singh Nagar Police. The breakthrough led to the arrest of two suspects and the recovery of the vehicle used in the crime.The…
Agartala: Tripura and Mizoram are set to resume talks to find a solution to their long-pending interstate border dispute, with senior officials from both states likely to meet soon.The meeting is expected to be held ahead of a proposed dialogue between the two chief ministers.Sources said Tripura CM Manik Saha has initiated a fresh round…
Farewell: CM DK Shivakumar paid his last respects to former Rajya Sabha member late H Hanumanthappa in Chitradurga on Monday Chitradurga: Chief minister DK Shivakumar on Monday paid tribute to former Rajya Sabha member and irrigation activist H Hanumanthappa, recalling his relentless efforts to implement the Bhadra Upper Canal project aimed at bringing water to…
Eyewitnesses said the woman refused to move despite repeated requests from passersby and police personnel. NAVI MUMBAI: A drunk woman allegedly created chaos on a busy road in Navi Mumbai’s Ghansoli area on Monday after repeatedly stepping in front of an NMMT bus and an auto-rickshaw, disrupting traffic and drawing a large crowd.Eyewitnesses said the…
Biomedical waste generated by govt hospitals, medical colleges, private hospitals, clinics, laboratories, dental hospitals, veterinary hospitals and other healthcare institutions in the district was increasing steadily. Madurai: Public interest activist B Sarmesh Khan on Monday petitioned the Madurai district collector, seeking the establishment of a permanent Common Bio-Medical Waste Treatment Facility (CBWTF), a detailed inquiry…
The story line of Lakshmi Niwas has managed to engage its audience by keeping them entertained through the emotional and twist-filled storyline it offers. Having put its audience through a roller coaster of emotions for weeks, Lakshmi Niwas is set for an even bigger event as the wedding of Radhika and Veer approaches. Even when…
Rats found inside quick commerce grocery store Navi Mumbai: A day after a four-month-old video showing two rats roaming inside a quick commerce store in Ghansoli went viral, the sanitary inspector of NMMC’s licensing department visited the store on Monday morning to ascertain the facts.Someshwar Pathak, Sanitary Inspector of NMMC said, “When I inquired with…
Police detained four individuals in Alirajpur following a brutal gangrape and robbery incident (Representative image) ALIRAJPUR: Amid mounting public outrage over the gangrape of a 40-year-old woman during a robbery at her home in Madhya Pradesh’s Alirajpur district, police on Monday detained four persons.Superintendent of police Raghuvansh Kumar Singh said some of the silver jewellery…