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NEW DELHI: Nearly two years after Satyendar Jain, former minister in erstwhile AAP govt, was released on bail from Tihar Jail in an alleged ED money laundering case filed, Delhi govt’s Anti-Corruption Branch Tuesday arrested him, along with Delhi Jal Board ex-CEO Udit Prakash Rai and four others in an alleged DJB scam.Jain had spent nearly one-and-a-half years in incarceration after being arrested in the money laundering case on May 31, 2022. He was granted bail on Oct 18, 2024.According to joint commissioner of police Vikramjit Singh, the case stems from a formal complaint filed by the directorate of vigilance…

“Giving your opponent a way out” is one of his golden rules of campaigning – his full list can be found in his new book Institutionalised Deceit: Taking the Lid off Westminster Governance.Another is to avoid party tribalism. Despite voting Green, Bailey has rarely been picky about who he works with.In the 1980s, he teamed up with the Association for the Conservation of Energy, a body governed by directors and CEOs.In a goodbye speech at the end of his time with them, Bailey said: “Perhaps we have both learnt something.”I have learnt that not all capitalist bastards are capitalist bastards…

Mumbai: Bombay High Court has rapped the collector (city) for insisting on a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from a housing society on Marine Drive as a pre-condition for registering a consent decree that transferred shop premises to sibling restaurateurs Sanjay and Rachna Narang.“The revenue authorities viz joint sub-registrar and collector ought to have acted in furtherance of and deference to such decree of this court and not create any obstacles… However, he (collector) chose to tread on a different path by insisting on ‘no objection’ from the society, which the law did not mandate,” said Justices Suman Shyam and Advait…

New Delhi: It is “high time” the authorities decide the fate of residents of Sainik Farm, Delhi High Court said Tuesday, asking Centre to take a call on regularising the south Delhi area tagged as an “affluent colony” by Delhi Development Authority (DDA) and govt.“We are not concerned as to what kind of decision you come about, but it is high time you decide. They should know their fate,” a bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia told the counsel for central govt.The bench directed Union housing and urban affairs ministry, Delhi govt, DDA and Municipal Corporation…

NGO volunteers and students take part in the BDA’s Guinness World Record plantation drive at Nada Prabhu Kempegowda Layout in June 2026. Bengaluru: Bangalore Development Authority’s ambitious bid to set a Guinness World Record by planting 15 lakh saplings in June came with a hefty price tag of Rs 12.5 crore.Responding to a question from Yelahanka BJP MLA SR Vishwanath in the legislative assembly Tuesday, CM DK Shivakumar said BDA spent that amount on the record attempt, including procurement and transportation of saplings, hiring Guinness World Record consultants, digital platform charges and advertisements.The BDA procured three broad categories of planting…

KBR Park one-way traffic system Hyderabad: Hyderabad police commissioner VC Sajjanar observed that the first day of the one-way traffic system around KBR Park has caused traffic congestion at certain places during the peak hours due to road design issues and lack of public awareness. The senior cop said that police in coordination with GHMC officials will monitor the situation, which is expected to improve in a few days with increased public awareness.While answering the media queries during a media conference at Hyderabad police commissioner’s office in ICCC, Banjara Hills, Sajjanar said traffic flow was smooth during the morning hours…

Senthil Kumar, co-founder & chief business officer, Qube Cinema with Ashim Mathur, VP, marketing (Asia Pacific), Dolby Laboratories Chennai: Digital cinema technology company Qube Cinema plans to expand its EPIQ screens, its proprietary premium large-format (PLF) brand, to 30 screens in the country.It plans to roll out 30 EPIQ screens equipped with Dolby Vision and Atmos over the next three years. EPIQ currently has about 12 screens and is targeting about 20 by the end of the year, said Senthil Kumar V, co-founder of Qube Cinema.Premium large format (PLF) screen refers to bigger and better screens and projection technologies and…

Ahmedabad: Fourteen iPhones allegedly vanished from a parcel inside a luxury bus travelling from Pune to Ahmedabad. The phones, valued at Rs 10.7 lakh, were reportedly removed while the driver and cleaner were distracted.The parcel’s sender approached Ramol police on Monday.According to the complaint, the theft took place between 10.30am on July 15 and 3.30pm on July 16. The parcel, sent by a 28-year-old Pune resident originally from Rajasthan, was to be delivered in the CTM area.Police said the accused was travelling on a seat booked in another person’s name. He allegedly took advantage of the driver’s and cleaner’s inattention,…

Prayagraj: A wanted criminal was injured and arrested along with two of his accomplices after an encounter in Fatehpur late Monday night, police said.The police recovered two countrymade pistols of .315 bore, three unused cartridges, two used cartridge, Rs 12,500 cash, an iron rod, and a SUV from the criminal identified as Rafeeq (45).He was admitted to the hospital in Fatehpur for treatment. The gang was involved in stealing goats and other cattle.Police said a joint team of Bakewar and SOG police were conducting routine checks near Devmai canal bridge road when they noticed three suspicious men in a SUV.…

Swami Laxmananda Saraswati Bhubaneswar/Berhampur: Nearly 18 years after the killing of VHP functionary Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati and his four associates at Kandhamal’s Jalespata Ashram, a special court in Paralakhemundi on Tuesday acquitted D. Keshab Rao alias Azad, an alleged Maoist, holding that the prosecution failed to prove his involvement in the murders beyond reasonable doubt.The seer’s murder triggered large-scale communal violence in Kandhamal in 2008, while the disappearance of the Justice AS Naidu Commission report on the killing during the 2024 change of govt is currently under investigation by the crime branch.Additional sessions judge (special court), Paralakhemundi, Sri Satyanarayan Patra,…