Ex-AAP councillor Tahir Hussain NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Saturday convicted former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain in a case related to the 2020 northeast Delhi riots in the Dayalpur area, while acquitting the 12 other accused.Additional Sessions Judge Praveen Singh convicted Hussain under Section 147 (punishment for rioting) read with Section 109 (punishment of…
MLA Ganiga Ravikumar with a pen drive which he claimed contained evidence to back his claims on efforts by BJP to trap Karnataka ministers Mandya: Congress MLA Ganiga Ravikumar Friday alleged that an agency from New Delhi was hired to conduct sting operations on ministers in the DK Shivakumar govt, and claimed to have proof.At…
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court Advocates’ Association on Friday felicitated Justice P Sam Koshy on his appointment as acting chief justice of the Telangana high court. Addressing the gathering, Justice Koshy emphasised the need for cordial cooperation between the Bar and the Bench to strengthen ties and ensure the effective administration of justice. Senior advocates,…
In photo: DMK MK Stalin, CM Vijay and LoP Udhayanidhi Stalin CHENNAI: DMK leader and former chief minister MK Stalin on Saturday criticised the BJP-led Union government over its crackdown on students and young people protesting against the Election Commission and demanding the immediate removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.Comparing the situation to the…
Ahmedabad: Engineering education usually stays confined to textbooks, lecture halls, and standard laboratory practicals. However, students at Vishwakarma Govt Engineering College (VGEC) in Chandkheda decided to break that mould. Turning ordinary brick and mortar into a massive canvas, they launched a campus-wide mural project under the theme ‘India — Engineering the Future’.Instead of looking at…
Guwahati: Congress MP from Manipur, Angomcha Bimol Akoijam has called his dismissal by Jawaharlal Nehru University a “witch hunt” and accused the university of violating the law on handling sexual harassment complaints.He said, “I have not received the internal committee recommendations and even the official dismissal order yet.”“I have nothing to hide. This is nothing…
Belagavi: A bus driver was killed and 12 passengers sustained serious injuries after an NEKRTC bus rammed into the rear of a tipper truck on NH-48 near Sankeshwar in Hukkeri taluk late Thursday night.The bus was travelling from Gangavati to Kolhapur via Belagavi when the accident occurred. The driver, Sangappa Talwar, 38, a resident of…
Kanpur: An FIR has been registered against 10 people, including a minor girl’s maternal uncle, aunt and grandparents, in connection with her alleged rape and subsequent abortion.According to police, the case was registered at Rawatpur police station in Kanpur on Thursday night under the Pocso Act following a complaint lodged by the girl’s mother on…
The raid team at the dhaba on Friday. picture by Suparna Goswami Kolkata: In yet another crackdown on alleged land grabbing, the state govt commission appointed to probe institutional corruption on Friday conducted a raid at a prominent roadside eatery along E M Bypass over allegations of illegal wetland-filling and canal encroachment.Accompanied by a heavy…
Pune: A 30-year-old man walked into Sangvi police station on Friday morning and told the police that he had killed his step-grandmother at her home in New Sangvi over a property dispute.The incident came to light around 9.30am when the man approached the police station while personnel were attending to their routine duties. The shocked…
