RAMPUR: A court in Rampur sentenced Azam Khan to two years’ simple imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 in a 2019 case related to his alleged derogatory “tankhaiyya” remarks against district administration officials during the Lok Sabha election campaign.Advocate Swadesh Sharma said the conviction was based on documentary and oral evidence presented before…
The LB Nagar court on Friday sentenced a 25-year-old man who sexually assaulted his 16-year-old niece to life imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 22,000. Hyderabad: The LB Nagar court on Friday sentenced a 25-year-old man who sexually assaulted his 16-year-old niece to life imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 22,000.The judge also…
Railway ministry has invited train travel stories from all Indians but only in Hindi. Hubballi: Indian Railways has landed in fresh controversy after inviting train travelogues only in Hindi, drawing criticism from non-Hindi states and linguistic groups. South Western Railway (SWR), with 84% of its network in Karnataka, urged passengers to participate in the contest…
Kanpur: As many as 98 couples tied the knot in a mass marriage ceremony organised under the ‘Kanya Vivah Sahayata Yojana’ of the UP Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board, Lucknow, at the Government ITI ground on Thursday.The ceremony was inaugurated by chief guest and MP Ramesh Awasthi. MLA Neelima Katiyar, chief development officer…
Panaji: Chief minister Pramod Sawant said that, through the state labour department, Goa govt would soon give one-time payment of Rs 15,000 to every private sector employee in the state who has completed 20 years of service and is registered with the department.“Those working for more than 20 years in private sector will be paid…
Ghaziabad: A court has convicted a Loni man in a 12-year-old case of rape and abduction of a minor and sentenced him to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment. The court said the sentence would be adjusted against the period he has already spent in jail.A missing complaint was filed at Loni police station by the survivor’s…
New Delhi: A court on Wednesday night granted bail to social media influencer ‘The Skin Doctor’, alias Dr Neelam Singh, in a case registered by Delhi Police over a tweet against Priya Kapur, wife of late industrialist Sunjay Kapur.Judicial magistrate first Class Snehil Sharma of Patiala House Courts passed the order around 10pm at his…
Noida: A day after slapping the National Security Act on Satyam Verma and Aakriti Choudhary for allegedly inciting violence during the April 13 labour unrest, police claimed that Verma received more than Rs 1 crore in his personal bank accounts from abroad in dollars, pounds and euros, and quickly transferred the money.Verma’s lawyer, however, dismissed…
Telangana police’s special teams have succeeded in nabbing members of both Nepali gangs, involved in the robbery-cum-murder of the former IPS officer’s wife at Jubilee Hills and the dacoity at Kawkoor, in Mumbai and Uttar Pradesh respectively. The teams were completing formalities to get them to the city on prisoner on transit (PT) warrants. Hyderabad:…
Hyderabad: Women candidates dominated the Phase-I seat allotments of Degree Online Services Telangana (DOST)-2026, securing 36,302 admissions compared to 19,845 male candidates, according to the Telangana Council of Higher Education Chairman and DOST convener, professor V Balakista Reddy.Announcing the Phase-I allotment details on Wednesday, Reddy said a total of 56,147 students were allotted seats out…
