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Out of 3.22 lakh complaints filed in district commissions since Jan 1990, 45,167 cases remain pending Ahmedabad: There are 27 consumer commissions, including the Gujarat State Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission, in the state are currently operating without full-time presidents.Beyond the leadership vacuum, there are 48 vacant positions for non-govt members and 152 unfilled support staff posts across these commissions. The data, obtained from the food, civil supplies, and consumer affairs department by the NGO All India Consumer Protection and Action Committee through a Right to Information (RTI) query, highlights a severe staff crunch.“The delay in filling these vacancies has triggered…

Rajesh Kumar Pandey/TNNPrayagraj: Allahabad high court directed the UP government to pay Rs 5 lakh as compensation to a man who was arrested and kept in illegal detention by UP Police despite the court’s interim order staying his arrest.Passing the order, a bench of Justice Siddharth and Justice Vinai Kumar Dwivedi said, “This unfortunate trend is becoming a norm,” and ordered disciplinary proceedings against the concerned SHO for “dereliction in the due discharge of official duty, violation of the order passed by this court and commission of an act of indiscipline.”The court passed the order on a habeas corpus petition…

Bhubaneswar: The first in-person technical meeting of the BRICS Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Working Group under India’s presidency will start in Puri from June 3, officials said Monday. The agenda includes sustainable financing for disaster risk reduction, resilient infrastructure and early warning systems, with additional discussions on anticipatory response and the use of traditional knowledge in resilience planning.Representatives, policymakers and disaster management specialists from BRICS member and partner countries are expected to attend the three-day event. Odisha was selected as the host state due to its widely recognised performance in cyclone preparedness, disaster response planning and early warning capabilities. The…

The woman worked as a security guard at a private company in Badshahpur Gurgaon: A 55-year-old woman died during treatment after she was allegedly hit by a speeding motorcycle near Ghamroj toll on the Sohna-Gurgaon road on May 28. Bhondsi police on Sunday registered a case against an unidentified rider.The deceased, Bhagwati, was a native of Agra in UP and worked as a security guard at a private company in Badshahpur. She lived in rented accommodation in Ghamroj village with her younger son.According to a complaint lodged by her elder son, Akash, Bhagwati was returning home after completing her duty…

Imphal: The planned release of 14 Kuki detainees reportedly held under the custody of the Naga Village Guard (Northern Command) was cancelled on Monday.The move was called off after Naga groups intensified pressure on the United Naga Council (UNC) as six Naga civilians, allegedly abducted by Kuki groups on May 13, remained untraceable.The development comes amid heightened tensions in Manipur’s hill districts following the killing of three church leaders in an ambush by armed miscreants in Kanpokpi district on May 13. In retaliation, both Naga and Kuki groups took civilians from the other community hostage. Two days later on May…

Kanpur: Family members of a 32-year-old alleged criminal and auto driver Zahid alias Khunti created an uproar after he died under suspicious circumstances in Rail Bazar on Saturday night, alleging he was murdered.They alleged that the youth was killed with a sharp-edged weapon, while the police described the incident as an accident. The post-mortem examination report confirmed death due to a sharp-edged weapon blow to the head and excessive bleeding. Enraged family members placed the body on VIP Road and blocked traffic. Police officials later pacified them by assuring action.Originally a resident of Unnao’s Shuklaganj, Zahid lived on rent in…

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Ghaziabad: The district consumer disputes redressal commission has partly allowed a complaint filed by an Indirapuram resident against the developers of Shipra Krishna Srishti, holding the builders responsible for failing to hand over the original registered sale deed of a flat to the lender as required under a tripartite agreement.The commission directed the builders to hand over the original sale deed to HDFC and provide a photocopy to complainant Rajesh Bhalla within 15 days. If unable to do so, the builders must publish a public notice, at their own expense, in two national dailies stating that the original deed of…

Fraudsters said Aadhaar misused Pune: Online fraudsters posing as Mumbai Crime Branch personnel allegedly cheated an 87-year-old medical practitioner from Prabhat Road of Rs46 lakh last month after threatening to arrest him in a bogus money laundering case.According to the Pune Cyber police, the victim had initiated a few other transactions valued at Rs 25 lakh in favour of the fraudsters. The amount was not credited to the fraudsters’ accounts because of a mobile network failure.The fraud occurred between May 24 and 26. The medical practitioner lodged a complaint with the Pune Cyber police on Sunday, following which the FIR…

Margao: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Goa president Valmiki Naik on Monday accused BJP govt of facilitating the “large-scale destruction” of Goa’s land through Section 39A of the Town and Country Planning (TCP) Act, alleging that the provision has been used to promote builder-driven development by converting environmentally sensitive areas into settlement zones.Addressing a press conference, Naik said data showed that nearly 53 lakh sqm of land across Goa had been “unlocked for settlement” under Section 39A, with Pernem taluka emerging as the epicentre of such conversions. He identified Corgao, Sancoale, Old Goa, Parcem and Tivim as the villages recording the…