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Times News NetworkKanpur: The Kanpur Bar Association (KBA) and The Lawyers Association will organise a state-level conference here on September 10 and 11 to discuss the guidelines issued by the Supreme Court, directives of the Allahabad high court and the proposed amendments to the Advocates Act, 1961, by the Bar Council of India.The office-bearers of bar associations from all 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh would participate in the conference, Mishra said. The two bar associations had decided to challenge the Allahabad high court order in Writ No. 12231/2025 by filing a writ petition on Monday. The High Court had directed…

Madikeri: Two days after a wild tusker was rescued in Kodagu, another tusker about 35 years of age was rescued in Kannangala village near Ammathi, inside a coffee plantation, on Friday. The tusker was tranquilised and rescued in the afternoon, the foresters stated. The forest officials said that the jumbo will be shifted to an elephant camp after discussions.The govt had permitted the rescue of three elephants that had attacked and killed labourers. The first jumbo was rescued on Wednesday. The elephant rescued on Wednesday has been kept under observation at Dubare elephant camp. Forest department has appointed skilled and…

The supply was disrupted after a contractor punctured the water supply pipeline while digging the ground around Ganda Nalla near B block Noida: Residents of Sector 19 were left without water for nearly 24 hours from Thursday morning after a water supply pipe in the area was damaged by a contractor carrying out maintenance work. Many of them demanded the person responsible be punished, saying they had to buy packaged water for daily chores and severely ration their usage because of their “carelessness”.The supply was disrupted after a contractor punctured the water supply pipeline while digging the ground around Ganda…

NCP corporators stage sit-in protest against BJP at the PMC headquarters on Friday Pune: The BJP versus NCP conflict deepened on Friday as corporators from the Sunetra Pawar-led party staged a protest in the PMC headquarters alleging that the BJP was deliberately diverting their development funds.BJP members also wrote a letter to NCP chief Sunetra, claiming that her corporators had been criticising BJP seniors, including cabinet minister Chandrakant Patil. The functionaries of the parties, allies at the Centre and the state govt, are at loggerheads in Pune. They stressed that they would continue to take stand against each other if…

Villagers alleged that the farm continues to openly release wastewater into the nullah, the same water body traditionally used for Ganesh visarjan Margao: Villagers of Costi in Sanguem taluka have unanimously resolved to completely boycott the immersion of Ganesh idols in the local nullah this year, alleging that its waters stand contaminated with piggery excreta and toxic slurry discharged by a piggery farm operating in the village.The decision was taken at a special village meeting convened to discuss the long-pending piggery issue, where residents reiterated their demand for the immediate closure of the unit. Villagers alleged that the farm continues…

Seizure made by the Kurukshetra policeSeizure made by the Kurukshetra policeSeizure made by the Kurukshetra policeSeizure made by the Kurukshetra policeSeizure made by the Kurukshetra police Kurukshetra: The police here on Friday claimed to have arrested three drug peddlers and seized around 6 kg of opium, Rs 21 lakh in cash and gold and silver jewellery from their possession.The arrests were made by a team from the Kurukshetra University police station, following the directions of SP Chander Mohan, police said.DSP, headquarters, Gurwinder Singh said a police team was patrolling the Ismailabad area on Friday when it received information that Sukhwinder…

Lucknow: A district court in Barabanki has sentenced a man to four years in jail and a fine of Rs 4,000 for the 2018 murderous assault on then corporator Harshit Dixit in Lucknow.The crime took place in Lucknow but the trial of the case was shifted to Barabanki on the directions of the high court following a petition by the named accused Manoj Kumar of Bahraich on the grounds that complainant Harshit was a close relative of the then general secretary of Lucknow Bar Association, Avnish Dixit.The crime took place on Oct 5, 2018, when Harshit was on his way…

Bihar rural development department minister Shrawan Kumar Patna: State rural development department minister Shrawan Kumar on Friday claimed the recent rise in sugar prices was unlikely to have much impact, as people had become cautious about their sugar intake amid increasing cases of diabetes and pre-diabetes.“Due to increasing cases of diabetic patients, people are not taking sweets. They take less sweets,” Kumar said. He added, “A large number of people are suffering from diabetes. I don’t think the rise in the price of sugar will make much of a difference.”Kumar, a JD(U) quota minister in the Samrat Choudhary-led NDA govt,…

Jaipur: Rajasthan’s State Cyber Crime police arrested two men Friday for allegedly helping a cybercrime gang siphon Rs 76 lakh from an elderly couple in a digital arrest scam. Police managed to put around Rs 50 lakh of the defrauded amount on hold while the couple was still under the fraudsters’ surveillance.The accused were identified as Akhand Pratap Singh of Gautam Buddh Nagar in Uttar Pradesh and Satpal Singh of Ghazipur in Delhi.Cyber Crime additional director general of police VK Singh said the case was registered on Aug 14 after the couple was allegedly threatened by fraudsters posing as police,…

Nagpur: Justice Sunil Shukre, who headed Maharashtra’s Backward Class Commission during the state’s renewed push for Maratha reservation, would be the state’s new Lokayukta, sources said. Governor Jishnu Dev Varma will administer the oath to the former judge of Nagpur bench of Bombay high court at Lok Bhavan in Mumbai on Tuesday.The appointment comes as the state begins implementing its revamped Lokayukta framework under Maharashtra Lokayukta Act, 2023, as amended in 2025. The legislation provides for a Lokayukta headed by a chairperson who is or has been a chief justice (CJ) of a high court, a Supreme Court judge or…