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Permission not needed for prayer meetings on pvt premises: HC

India, Feb. 3 -- PRAYAGRAJ The Allahabad high court recently ruled that no permission was required for holding a religious prayer meetings within private premises in Uttar Pradesh as long as the activ... Read More


BJP appoints Tarun Chugh as observer to elect Manipur legislative party leader

India, Feb. 3 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party's parliamentary board on Monday appointed Tarun Chugh as the central observer for election of legislative party leader, a day before the central leadership ... Read More


City chokes again as smog lingers, AQI slips into unhealthy zone

India, Feb. 3 -- Despite being repeatedly rapped by the Bombay High Court, efforts by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to rein in rising air pollution appear to be yielding little impact, ... Read More


Residents write to CM, seek to halt LDA's luxury housing project

India, Feb. 3 -- LUCKNOW The Lucknow Jan Kalyan Mahasamiti (LJKM) has urged chief minister Yogi Adityanath to stop the Lucknow Development Authority's (LDA) proposed 29-storey luxury housing project -... Read More


Court refuses to discharge 98-yr-old bedridden cancer survivor from 30-year-old bank fraud

India, Feb. 3 -- A special court on Monday refused to discharge a 98-year-old bedridden cancer survivor and neurocognitive disorder patient from a 30-year-old alleged bank fraud case worth Rs.11.89 cr... Read More


Woman dies by suicide with 2 kids; husband held for deaths

India, Feb. 3 -- A 30 year-old-woman allegedly died by suicide along with her two young children by jumping into a well in the Pabal area of Shirur taluka in Pune district on Sunday, reportedly due to... Read More


Punjabi Devils gang founder Jashanpreet Singh pleads guilty to illegal arms dealing in US

India, Feb. 3 -- Jashanpreet Singh, the 27-year-old founder of the Stockton-based Punjabi Devils outlaw motorcycle gang, has pleaded guilty to federal charges of unlawfully dealing firearms and posses... Read More


14 booked for social boycotting a Raigad family over land dispute

India, Feb. 3 -- As many as 14 people from Borli Panchatan village in Raigad district were booked on Sunday for allegedly subjecting a family to social boycott following a land dispute. According to ... Read More


Activists see red as PMC proposes 10 per cent hike in property tax

India, Feb. 3 -- Even as political parties have promised a waiver on property tax for houses measuring up to 500 square feet, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) administration has proposed a 10% hik... Read More


BMC clears illegal hawkers on Mohammed Ali Road, Ibrahim Merchant Road

India, Feb. 3 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday carried out an anti-encroachment drive along Mohammed Ali Road and Ibrahim Merchant Road, two of south Mumbai's busiest commerci... Read More