Surat Surat: The Navsari District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (CDRC) has held a solar equipment dealer liable for the loss of a govt subsidy after it failed to submit mandatory documents to Dakshin Gujarat Vij Company Ltd (DGVCL).The forum directed the dealer to complete the subsidy application process within 45 days, failing which he must…
Gandhinagar: The state govt on Tuesday transferred Surat municipal commissioner Nagarajan M from his post and appointed him as project director of Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan. Surat collector Tejas Parmar will hold additional charge of the post of municipal commissioner of Surat.The shunting out of Nagarajan comes a day after Gujarat High Court criticised state govt…
Pune: A recorded criminal was arrested by Alandi police on Monday for allegedly assaulting and attempting to extort money from an elderly vegetable vendor at Alandi on Sunday.A police officer said, “Suspect and his accomplice visited the senior citizen’s vegetable stall and demanded Rs5,000 from him to allow him to run his stall in the…
Hyderabad: The average cost of hospitalisation in Telangana has now further gone up to ₹55,000, up from ₹52,743 reported in the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES) released in April this year.The latest figures from the ‘Parliamentary Standing Committee report on health and family welfare’ placed Telangana at the top of the states with the highest…
Coimbatore: In the wake of allegations that Bharathiar University illegally deducted Rs 1,000 to Rs 3,000 from the July salaries of temporary workers without prior notice, the registrar on Tuesday assured that the issue would be taken up in the next syndicate meeting and steps will be initiated to refund the deducted amounts.Bharathiar University Employees…
Chennai: Even two days after city police prevented a stampede during a promotional event at a shopping mall in Velachery, no criminal case has been registered against those responsible for the viral social media posts that drew a crowd of more than 10,000 people. Police have, however, launched a cyber investigation to identify those behind…
SKM representative protest Bathinda: The Sanyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), along with several trade unions, marked the anniversary of the Quit India Movement on Monday by holding protest demonstrations across Punjab and parts of other states against Free Trade Agreements (FTAs).During the protests, participants opposed the proposed India-US Free Trade Agreement and other FTAs, alleging that…
The court concluded that the prosecution had established that the accused had taken the minor from her legal guardian without consent and had subjected her to penetrative sexual assault Ghaziabad: A minor’s consent has no legal bearing, a special Pocso court observed while sentencing a man to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment for abduction and penetrative…
T’puram: The additional CJM court rejected the custody plea filed by the police and granted conditional bail to right wing political commentator T G Mohandas on Monday in a case registered over his controversial remarks in July against students who had staged a protest over the NEET paper leak in Delhi.The court directed Mohandas to…
Times News NetworkKanpur: Delhi-based woman wrestler Poonam defeated male wrestler Jai Singh of Banda in a three-minute bout to win the top prize of Rs 11,000 at the 309th edition of the traditional wrestling championship held at the three-century-old Jageshwar Dham wrestling arena on Monday. The wrestling event was organized on the occasion of the…
