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NEW DELHI: Improving court infrastructure and integration of technology in the justice delivery system with an outlay of more than Rs 9,800 crore since 2011 have had little impact on disposal of cases pending for several decades. More than 10,000 cases are pending in the Supreme Court for over 10 years — including 558 pending for over 20 years, and 26 cases for 30 years. In the 25 high courts across the country, over 80,000 cases are pending for over three decades.In a written response to a question in Parliament last week, law minister Arjun Ram Meghwal put the onus…
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan may have just teased his new look in ‘King’. The actor, who will feature in an all-new grey hair avatar in the film, stepped out in London with his family, while seemingly trying hard to shield his new look.The actor, who was seen with a cap on his head and a hoodie, was later spotted with a fan, where his bleached locks were seen from under his cap. The Bollywood superstar was recently spotted out with his family, when he reportedly obliged a fan with photos.Shah Rukh Khan debut new lookIn a photo that has…
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has authorised Prime Minister Tarique Rahman to select the party’s candidate for the country’s presidential elections, local media reported.The decision was taken on Saturday (August 1, 2026) at BNP’s National Standing Committee’s meeting, the Dhaka Tribune newspaper reported.The meeting was headed by PM Rahman, who is also the BNP chairman.”The Standing Committee has entrusted the Prime Minister and BNP Chairman to take the necessary decisions regarding the presidential election and select the party’s nominee,” state-owned Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) quoted BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam…
The agency has floated a tender estimated at Rs 7.5 crore to hire a security firm for its headquarters at Minto Road, regional office in Okhla and other notified locations. NEW DELHI: After a paper leak exposed weak links in India’s biggest entrance examination, National Testing Agency (NTA) is moving to put its premises, confidential records and examination material under round-the-clock watch. The agency has floated a tender estimated at Rs 7.5 crore to hire a security firm for its headquarters at Minto Road, regional office in Okhla and other notified locations.Issued on July 25, the tender is part of…
Mumbai: Amid the Ram temple donations theft row, MNS chief Raj Thackeray has alleged that donations of Rs 18 crore were being siphoned off every year from Siddhivinayak temple.The temple is headed by former Shiv Sena MLA Sada Sarvankar and is run by a trust with state govt appointees.At an MNS gathering on Saturday, Thackeray read out a letter reportedly from the temple’s trustees to deputy CM Eknath Shinde requesting a high-level inquiry into the alleged theft.“…Some employees were caught stealing money from the temple’s donation box. Before these employees were caught, the amount in the donation box every Wednesday…
A view of Virupaksha Temple in Hampi Landscape view of the historical Virupaksha Temple located at the city known as backpackers paradise, Hampi as seen from Hemkunta Hills Bengaluru: Over the last three years, a total of Rs 90 crore was allocated by the Centre to maintain and preserve Karnataka’s 506 centrally protected monuments. According to data from Union ministry of culture, the state saw an increased allocation of nearly Rs 28.6 crore in the last financial year.Answering a question from Congress MP Ajay Maken in the Rajya Sabha last week, Union minister of culture and tourism Gajendra Singh Shekhawat…
‘ISIS drug’ to heart medicines, Musi carries India’s heaviest pharma pollution load Hyderabad: A new study of seven major rivers has found widespread pharmaceutical contamination in urban waterways, with the Musi emerging as the most-polluted river system and a major hotspot for antimicrobial resistance. Tramadol, frequently referred to in public discourse as the ‘ISIS drug’ because terror suspects reportedly used it to fight fatigue, was found in the Musi at the highest average concentration among the rivers studied.The study, which was published in ‘Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology’ on June 30, warned that antibiotics in such environments (rivers) could create conditions…
Ex-SBI officials among 8 convicted in bank fraud case, get 10 years RI Chennai: Nearly 15 years after the State Bank of India (SBI) was defrauded of ₹1.97 crore, a special CBI court has convicted eight people, including two former bank officials, sentencing each to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment and imposing fines ranging from ₹20 lakh to ₹50 lakh.Those convicted are N Gopalakrishnan, then branch manager of SBI’s Chengam branch, P Balamurali, then rural marketing and recovery officer at the same branch, and six private individuals — R Venkataraman, S Ravi, D Sankar, R Rajan, P Panneerselvam and T…
Gandhinagar: Chief minister Bhupendra Patel on Sunday led a series of environmental and public welfare initiatives to mark the 62nd Foundation Day of Gandhinagar.Patel planted a sapling under the ‘Ek Ped Ma Ke Naam’ campaign, inspected a rainwater recharge well at Koba, and distributed benefits under various state govt welfare schemes.Organised by Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation (GMC), the celebrations focused on environmental conservation, groundwater recharge and welfare delivery, in line with the Centre’s ‘Ek Ped Ma Ke Naam’ and ‘Catch the Rain’ campaigns.As part of a larger afforestation drive, the civic body announced plans to plant 14,000 native trees across the…
Kanpur: A 52-year-old man allegedly died by suicide by hanging in Bamburiha village under the Maharajpur police station area of Kanpur on Saturday night.According to police, the deceased hanged himself from a ceiling fan at his house.Family members informed police that he had been under extreme stress for the past two days and may have died by suicide due to it.Police called a forensic team for collecting evidence, and the body was later sent for postmortem examination.Sunil Kumar Verma, acting SHO of Maharajpur police station, said further legal action would be taken on the basis of the postmortem report and…