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Bathinda: Thirty-one inmates escaped from a govt de-addiction and rehabilitation centre at Jhaner village in Moga’s Dharamkot subdivision after a scuffle with a security guard during dinner on Monday.Police said the inmates pushed aside the guard and fled through the main gate when it was opened to serve food.Some of those who escaped were facing cases under Section 64A of the NDPS Act, which grants immunity from prosecution to addicts voluntarily undergoing treatment.Around 300 inmates are lodged at the facility, which houses a de-addiction centre run by the district unit of Red Cross Society and a rehabilitation centre managed by…
LUCKNOW: A family trip to Uttarakhand’s famed Kainchi Dham ended in tragedy on Thursday after a car carrying a Lucknow-based medical company officer, his wife, two sons and driver plunged nearly 500 metres into a deep gorge in Nainital district, killing all five occupants on the spot.The deceased were identified as Bhupendra Singh Chufal (48), his wife Seema Kaida Chufal (45), their sons Vasu Chufal (19) and Ravi Chufal (12), and driver Anuj Kumar Mishra (34).According to police, the accident took place near Dhaila village on the Sanatorium-Ratighat bypass road in Bhawali area of Nainital district. Officials said the vehicle…
Nagpur: The Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court recently ruled that asking a working wife to contribute her salary toward household expenses “cannot, in itself, be construed as unlawful demand or cruelty”, while quashing a criminal case filed against the man and his parents in Nagpur.Justice Vrushali Joshi passed the order while allowing a criminal application filed by a city-based man and his parents, seeking quashing of an FIR and chargesheet registered at Mankapur police station for offences under Sections 498-A (cruelty by husband or his relatives) and Section 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace).The judge…
New Delhi , May 22 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday held delegation-level talks, focused on expanding the bilateral cooperation between New Delhi and Nicosia. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri were among those present. According to the Ministry of External Affairs, both leaders were expected to have extensive discussions on trade, investment, technology, education, culture, mobility, defence, and security, as well as emerging sectors such as artificial intelligence, fintech, innovation, and research. The two leaders are also slated to exchange views on regional and…
NEW DELHI: Bought a defective product? Facing poor service from a company, builder, bank, airline, hospital or online platform? Indian consumer law allows you to approach a consumer commission for compensation and relief without going through a lengthy civil court process.Under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019, consumers can file complaints against unfair trade practices, defective goods, deficiency in services, overcharging, misleading advertisements and more.Who can file a consumer complaint?A complaint can be filed by an individual consumer, a group of consumers, a legal heir or representative, a registered consumer association, or even the Central or State Government in some cases.…
NEW DELHI: The foul smell hits the senses well before hundreds of dead fish are seen. At Sanjay Jheel in Mayur Vihar, deep cracks have appeared where the lake was supposed to be, replaced by scattered, shallow puddles. Birds pick at piles of dead fish.The revival of the 54-acre waterbody was undertaken in 2021 by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) and completed by 2024. Treated water from the Kondli sewage treatment plant was being supplied by Delhi Jal Board (DJB) to rejuvenate the lake.Several days ago, however, the pipeline supplying water developed a leak, leaving the lake dry. The location…
CHENNAI: Chennai North Beach police registered a case against former minister and DMK MLA PK Sekarbabu and his supporters in connection with an altercation involving TVK functionaries during polling for the Tamil Nadu Assembly election in the Harbour constituency on April 23. Police booked them under six Sections 109(1) (attempted murder), 189(2) (unlawful assembly), 296(b) (abusing), 115(2) (causing injury), 351(2) (criminal intimidation), and 123(2) (a)(1) Representation of the People (RP) Act (violating election norms) of BNS Act. The case was registered following a complaint lodged by TVK Harbour constituency candidate Sinora Ashok, who claimed that Sekarbabu and his supporters assaulted…
n its representation, GCCI said the earlier concessional rate under Section 194LD of the Income-Tax Act, 1961 expired in July 2023, after which the withholding tax on such interest income reverted to 20% Ahmedabad: Warning that a high 20% withholding tax is weakening India’s edge in global debt markets, the Gujarat Chamber of Commerce & Industry (GCCI) has urged the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) and the Union finance ministry to immediately restore the 5% tax regime for foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) investing in govt securities and specified rupee-denominated bonds under the proposed Income Tax Act, 2025. The apex…
black revolver gun with bullets isolated on wooden background. Pune: Investigations by the Pimpri Chinchwad police have revealed that alleged members of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang — Arzoo Bishnoi, Shubham Lonkar and Kuldeep alias Kashish — allegedly hatched a plot to extort Rs 2 crore from the owners of a furniture mall in Ravet.Police said the gang hired three men from Haryana to threaten the owners by opening fire at the establishment. The trio was allegedly promised Rs 2.5 lakh, of which Rs 50,000 was paid in advance.On the night of May 15, two of the accused allegedly fired six…
Hisar: A Fatehabad court on Wednesday sentenced a man to five-year rigorous imprisonment in a 2021 snatching case and awarded another one-year imprisonment for destruction of evidence. Additional district and sessions judge Navendu Jain also fined the convict, Rajvinder of Nangla village in Fatehabad, Rs 27,000. Police said Rajvinder had snatched a purse containing a mobile phone and other items of a woman in Tohana on Jan 9, 2021. Police said he threw the mobile SIM card and keys of a cupboard into a canal in an attempt to destroy evidence.MSID:: 131247178 413 | Source link