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Jaipur: Chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma Saturday said prolonged pendency of cases in courts not only delays implementation of projects but also increases their cost, stressing the need to identify and fast-track cases involving public interest. Addressing an interaction programme with public prosecutors and law officers at his residence, Sharma said every district and department should prepare a list of cases related to public interest and ensure regular monitoring for speedy disposal. He said timely resolution of such cases was important to prevent delays in development and public welfare projects.The CM said a decision has been taken to increase the…

Kolkata: Eight lawyers from the Bar were sworn in as additional judges in Calcutta High Court on Saturday. They are Justices Aryak Dutt, Atarup Banerjee, Sandip Kumar De, Partha Pratim Roy, Sudip Deb, Anuj Singh, Arjun Ray Mukherjee and Rishad Medora.The demand for having more judges in the country’s old chartered high court were repeatedly made from the Bar.Even the former Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam during his farewell speech on Sept 15, 2025, said that after being transferred to Calcutta High Court in 2021, he had requested the then chief justice for ways to recommend names from the Bar for…

Sopore, August 09: Security forces and investigating agencies on Sunday conducted searches at 26 locations across Sopore and adjoining areas of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district in connection with a case involving the banned Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI).According to officials, the searches are being carried out under provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) as part of an ongoing investigation into the alleged activities and network associated with the proscribed organisation.Multiple teams have been deployed across different locations, where residential and other premises are being searched for evidence related to the case.Officials said the operation is aimed at verifying the alleged links…

After heavy depletion of missile stocks, Pentagon asks defence firms to ramp up weapons production. Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth (AP image) The US Pentagon has asked defence companies to urgently accelerate weapons production and deliveries as Washington faces growing pressure to replenish critical munitions depleted during the war with Iran, according to a memo obtained by The Washington Post.The request comes amid reports that stocks of key air-defence interceptors, including THAAD and Patriot, have fallen sharply from pre-war levels.Deputy defence secretary Steve Feinberg wrote to defence industry leaders on Wednesday, giving them 21 days to submit plans for “significantly faster,…

A metal casting sheet from the Kadubeesanahalli metro station currently undergoing construction fell on the road during Friday evening’s peak hour traffic. Dashcam footage shot by commuter Nidhi Kalani shows how the car and a BMTC bus narrowly escaped. Bengaluru: Commuters on Outer Ring Road (ORR) had a narrow escape Friday night when a metal casting sheet from an under-construction Metro viaduct fell onto the road at Kadubeesanahalli during peak-hour traffic.Dashcam footage recorded by commuter Nidhi Kalani shows the nearly one-metre-long sheet falling from the Kadubeesanahalli station section of Blue Line, which is under construction. At 9.48pm, the sheet landed…

degree engineering admissions; diploma engineering admission; engineering admission; engineering intake Ahmedabad: The Admission Committee for Professional Courses (ACPC) has announced the final seat allotment for degree engineering admissions in govt, grant-in-aid and IITRAM institutions, with all available seats in govt and grant-in-aid colleges filled for the first time since 2014.In the final round, ACPC allotted 967 admissions, including 444 seats that had remained vacant after earlier rounds. Students allotted seats have been asked to confirm their admissions by Aug 10.This year, 48,967 students registered for degree engineering admissions, of whom 46,702 were included in the merit list. In the final…

The Connecting Link (formerly Missing Link) stretch of the Pune-Mumbai Expressway Pune: Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) and highway police will step up enforcement of the ban on heavy vehicles on the Connecting Link with increased night patrolling, additional personnel and stricter checks at entry points.The move came after a fatal accident on Friday, when a heavy vehicle illegally entered the stretch, senior MSRDC officials told TOI on Saturday after a District Road Safety Committee meeting on Friday, chaired by Pune collector Jitendra Dudi. It happened despite 621 heavy vehicles being penalised in the past three months for violating…

Colva: Colva police have recovered additional 4.5kg of suspected ganja from the residence of Issac Regan Pereira, 29, a resident of Navelim. Pereira was arrested by Colva police at Cavelossim on Thursday after he was allegedly found in possession of 3.6kg of suspected ganja.Acting on a tip-off, police intercepted Pereira at Cavelossim and seized the suspected contraband. During the course of investigation, police said that the accused disclosed storing additional quantities of the drug at his residence in Navelim.A police team subsequently raided his residence and recovered another 4.5kg of suspected ganja, taking the total quantity seized in the case…

Election season near, student posters deface city signboards PU student polls: Posters of parties a blot on City Beautiful srounding the College Campus at Sector 11, 10 and Madhyamarg. Photo by PRITAM THAKUR Chandigarh: Student elections are drawing closer and the excitement is visible – on signboards and roadsides. Faces of student leaders smile out of public signboards, hiding the original information. Party names in bold, bright colours are pasted on roadsides in defiance of campus defacement rules.Photographs from sectors 10 and 11 show signboards and roadside surfaces covered with stickers carrying the names and symbols of student organisations. The…

Lucknow: Lucknow Police Crime Branch arrested another accused from Ahmedabad in connection with the fake international call centre that was found operating from the city’s Summit building, taking the total number of arrests in the case to 123 and strengthening the emerging Gujarat link in the investigation.The latest accused, Niteshbhai Padmashali, 38, Gujarat’s Anand district, was arrested from Ahmedabad on the basis of technical and digital evidence gathered during the ongoing investigation.The accused already arrested in the case include Lalit Khairajani, 41 and Vikram Singh Parmar, 39, both from Ahmedabad. Police said the two were living in separate apartments in…