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Bengaluru: Relying on two Supreme Court judgments, Karnataka high court recently upheld a family court order directing a man to pay Rs 15 lakh as permanent alimony to his wife.In the Reema Salkan vs Sumer Singh Salkan and Anju Garg and Others vs Deepak Kumar Garg cases, the apex court had observed that an able-bodied husband cannot avoid his responsibility to maintain his wife and must work to pay maintenance. It also said courts must strike a fair balance between competing considerations while determining maintenance, a high court division bench of Justice DK Singh and Justice H Shanthi Bhushan noted…

Secunderabad armory weapons stolen (Image for representation) HYDERABAD/PUNE: The sensational theft of 12 sophisticated weapons, including AK-203 assault rifles and an INSAS rifle, from the Madras Regiment’s armoury at Bollarum in Secunderabad Cantonment has shaken the Army establishment in Hyderabad.Although the theft took place late Sunday night in the heavily guarded cantonment, details of the crime began trickling out only on Monday night.Senior police officers told TOI that by Tuesday afternoon, Army authorities had detained four persons, including those recruited under the Agniveer scheme and civilian staff, for their alleged involvement in the crime, but refused to provide further details.Four…

Ban on mobile phones at temples in Tamil Nadu come into effect, Rs 5 deposit fee at designated entrance counters. After the mobile phone ban, a scene of phones being deposited at the Vadapalani Murugan Temple in Chennai came into effect from today. Chennai: The restriction on carrying mobile phones with cameras into 52 major temples in the state, which came into effect on Tuesday, has drawn mixed responses from devotees. While many welcomed the move to preserve the serenity of temples, others raised concerns over queues at phone deposit counters, the security of storing devices, and the practical difficulties…

Illustration of a PhD degree certificate on a clean sheet of paper, shown without any additional text for a simple academic graduation concept. Ahmedabad: Gujarat Vidyapith has announced 43 vacant seats across various subjects for admission to its PhD programmes for the 2026 academic year under the second phase of the process. Candidates holding UGC-NET qualification and meeting the eligibility criteria for the respective PhD programme can apply.The second phase offers seats across 13 subjects, including microbiology, economics, rural management, history, physical education, Gandhian thought, social work, sociology, computer science, journalism and mass communication, English, education and yoga.Candidates are required…

Govt officials visit a village to distribute benefits of schemes among to people Bhubaneswar: Secretaries and senior officers of various departments have been asked by the state govt to undertake two to three-day visits to districts allotted to them within Oct with a focus on reviewing the implementation of govt schemes, healthcare services, infrastructure projects and basic facilities at the grassroots.Development commissioner-cum-additional chief secretary Deoranjan Kumar Singh, in a letter to the officers, said they should plan to spend at least one night at the district or sub-divisional headquarters during their visits. The exercise is aimed at enabling senior officials…

The car – XUV 300 – which was speeding claimed Babul’s life Gurgaon: A hit-and-run claimed the life of a man who was riding a bicycle when a speeding car – XUV 300 – hit him from behind in Sector 29 on Monday evening.Police said that 35-year-old Babul Hussain, a part-time employee at a private company, was on his cycle near Leisure Valley Park when the accident took place around 4 pm. He sustained serious injuries and was taken to a hospital for treatment, during which he died.Police reached the spot after being informed about the accident and took the…

Schoolgirls walk under an umbrella as they walk in the rain in Guwahati Guwahati: Assam and Arunachal Pradesh recorded deficient monsoon rainfall despite widespread flooding across the northeast.The contradiction was also evident in upper Assam, where Sivasagar, Golaghat and Jorhat — three of the four districts worst hit by floods over the past two months — recorded below-normal rainfall.“Due to the El Nino impact, overall there has been deficit rainfall in the northeast. The monsoon driving force that has gone to the northeast has been comparatively weaker in the northeast because of the El Nino impact,” said KN Mohan, senior…

Kanpur: Kalyanpur police arrested a man who carried a reward of Rs 10,000, from Mira Road in Thane, Maharashtra on Tuesday. He had been evading arrest for four years in a case of forcing his wife into prostitution.Police traced the accused with the help of a surveillance team. He was produced before a court and sent to jail.A woman from Kalyanpur police station area lodged a complaint in 2022 against her husband, a resident of Bartalla in Kolkata. She said that they were married on May 2, 2022.The woman alleged that her husband and her in-laws were demanding more dowry…

Noida: Noida Authority is set to appoint an agency to implement its Safe City project, under which 1,949 CCTV cameras will be installed at 561 locations across the city. The surveillance network is aimed at strengthening security, traffic management and emergency response. Noida CEO Krishna Karunesh said a request for proposal (RFP) would be issued soon.The Safe City project, set to come up at a cost of Rs 212 crore, will feature an integrated ICT-based surveillance and monitoring system covering residential and commercial areas, industrial sectors and key public places. The project will also include intelligent traffic management systems, emergency…

Pune: Madhur Kishore found her name in the draft electoral roll, but the BLO had told her she would be flagged as unmapped. Seema Rahatani’s change of name after marriage can result in a ‘logical discrepancy’ when her details are matched with older electoral records. SS Chavan can also be called for a hearing over the small age difference between him and his son.An unmapped voter is one whose current electoral record could not be linked to the relevant earlier electoral roll, particularly the 2002 roll. Logical discrepancies include change of names for women before and after marriage or the…