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Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has held that the disabled sister of the deceased victim of a May 1991 road accident is also entitled to receive compensation along with his widow and children.It recognised Sridhar Shetty’s sister as a ‘legal representative’, citing Supreme Court’s Oct 2021 judgment that the term under the Motor Vehicles Act should be given “a wider interpretation and it should not be confined to mean only spouse, parents or children of the deceased.”“It has been observed that Section 166 of the MV Act makes it clear that every legal representative who suffers on account of the…

New Delhi: LG Taranjit Singh Sandhu has constituted a three-member selection committee for the appointment of the chairperson and two members of Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC).One of the key tasks before the power regulator is the initiation of a process for the liquidation of nearly Rs 38,500 crore in regulatory assets (RA), which have accumulated over the years due to a gap between the actual cost of power distribution and tariffs charged to consumers.DERC comprises a chairperson and two members, as mandated under the Electricity Act, 2003. Justice Shabihul Hasnain served as its chairperson from July 2021 to Jan…

File photo of DK Shivakumar Bengaluru: Very few politicians in the state have embraced astrology as openly as Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president DK Shivakumar. For the Congress strongman, celestial calculations have long gone beyond personal belief; it has shaped political decisions and moments of confrontation.From choosing auspicious dates to consulting spiritual gurus before major political moves, Shivakumar has repeatedly acknowledged that astrology has played a defining role in his political journey. “It is more science and mathematics,” Shivakumar once said in an interview.While he has consulted over a dozen astrologers during his rise to the helm, at the…

Hyderabad: Telangana Rythu Power Distribution Company Limited (TGRPDCL) chairman and managing director Musharraf Faruqui said the govt has taken the decision to create the third discom for farmers in July 2025 itself and not taken in a hurried manner. He said the new discom was aimed at to increase the operational efficiency of the discoms as the present two discoms – Southern and Northern – have been recording higher losses, especially Aggregate Technical and Commercial (AT&C) losses, which, at 19.8%, is reportedly one of the highest in the country.Giving a detailed presentation at Telangana Electricity Regulatory Commission (TGERC) public hearing…

Pic for representation purpose A stethoscope atop a patient’s record form during an on-site training course at the Asian Breast Center in Makati City, the Philippines, on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. No nation is better prepared to help the world staff up its hospitals and clinics than the Philippines, the single biggest exporter of nurses. Photographer: Veejay Villafranca/Bloomberg Chennai: Admissions to allied health undergraduate courses — nursing, physician assistant, physiotherapy and optometry — will begin in Tamil Nadu next week, bypassing the usual sequence that follows medical admissions. Officials at the directorate of medical education said the move is a…

Ahmedabad: The estate department of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation’s South Zone on Friday successfully demolished 1,120 square feet of illegal industrial construction at Raghuveer Estate (Final Plot 27, TP Scheme 87) in the Vatva (North) Ward, following the expiration of an official advance notice served to the violators.Simultaneously, extensive anti-encroachment drives conducted in the neighboring Lambha Ward led to the abrupt removal of 98 temporary and permanent commercial and residential sheds that were illegally occupying public space near the Baliya Dev Temple.Furthermore, to effectively implement the corporation’s official town planning mandates, enforcement teams completely cleared 12-metre-wide roads near the Sardar…

Times News NetworkPrayagraj: In a major achievement, a team from the department of Urology at Motilal Nehru Medical College and Swaroop Rani Nehru (SRN) Hospital, Prayagraj, on Friday claimed to have performed a rare and complex surgery, successfully removing a massive hydatid cyst (Right Renal Hydatid Cyst) that had developed in a patient’s right kidney. The surgery was conducted under the leadership of Head of the Department of Urology,Dr Dilip Chaurasia. Dr Chaurasia said, “The presence of a hydatid cyst in the kidney is extremely rare. In most cases, this disease is found in the liver and lungs. In such…

Bhubaneswar: Fisheries and animal resources development minister Gokulananda Mallick on Friday said strict action will be taken against Omfed dealers if they fail to clear the pending dues within seven days.“The dealers owe Omfed more than Rs 5 crore in pending dues. If the long-pending dues are not paid, Omfed will cancel their dealership, and may file an FIR against them,” said the minister, while attending a comprehensive review meeting of Odisha State Cooperative Milk Producers’ Federation (Omfed) here.He added Omfed has achieved a historic milestone by earning a net profit of Rs 10.23 crore during the financial year 2025-26.…

Once operational, the boosting station in Sector 72 is expected to ensure adequate water supply to sectors 58 to 80, many of which experience recurring shortages Gurgaon: GMDA has started trial runs of an 18-km pipeline, which runs from Chandu Budhera water treatment plant to the Sector 72 boosting station, laid to improve drinking water supply across new sectors along the Southern Peripheral Road. The authority is aiming to finish trials by the end of June. At present, new sectors depend on the Sector 51 boosting station, which is unable to meet peak demand, forcing several residential societies to rely…

Guwahati: Three people died in Goalpara district on Friday after reportedly entering a septic tank for cleaning work, police said. One of the deceased was an Indian Army personnel posted in Kashmir who had returned home for the holidays about a week earlier. The incident has raised concern among locals over the lack of safety measures during such hazardous operations.The tragedy occurred in Goalpara’s Goraimari area under Agia Police Station. The deceased have been identified as Jasak Rabha, Krishna Rai, and Dilip Das. Another person, Bajpayee Rabha, was rescued by locals but remains in critical condition. Police said he is undergoing treatment in the…