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HC acquits 4 on death row for rape, murder of two minor sisters in Sonepat

Chandigarh, Aug. 27 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has acquitted four persons who were awarded the death sentence by a Sonepat court in the rape and murder case of two minor migrant girls in the... Read More


Ex-GST superintendent, wife get RI in disproportionate assets case

India, Aug. 27 -- A Special CBI-ACB court in Pune on August 24 sentenced former GST superintendent Vivek Madhukar Dekate to four years' rigorous imprisonment (RI) and his wife, Lalita Dekate, to three... Read More


Taste of Life: The basket that travelled with the Raj

India, Aug. 27 -- In January 1936, the GIP Railway decided to introduce dining cars on all trains connecting Bombay with Poona and some other cities. It also published a circular requiring all first-c... Read More


PMC clears Mandai parking tender, adds clause to cancel contract over dues

India, Aug. 27 -- The Pune Municipal Corporation's (PMC) general body on Tuesday approved the proposal to award the parking contract at Mahatma Phule Mandai, but added a condition that the contract ca... Read More


Two former inmates arrested in rRs.r86L cyber fraud

India, Aug. 27 -- Two former prison inmates, including a Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (BAMS) dropout, have been arrested for an alleged Rs.86 lakh investment fraud, police said on Wednes... Read More


Retired civic employee sentenced to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting minor relative

India, Aug. 27 -- A Special POCSO court in Vadgaon Maval has sentenced a 61-year-old retired municipal employee to imprisonment for the remainder of his natural life for repeatedly sexually assaulting... Read More


21 TN pilgrims stuck in Nepal floods safe, search on for 36

India, Aug. 27 -- As many as 21 tourists of the total 57 from Tamil Nadu were safe and currently stranded about 160 km north of Kathmandu due to the flash floods in Rasuwa region in Nepal even as Tami... Read More


Demand for accountability, resignations and strict action grows

India, Aug. 27 -- A day after the Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) cancelled the recruitment process for Drug Inspector, Group-B posts following a preliminary inquiry into allegations of a... Read More


Fight against paper leaks is a fight to protect students' dreams: Neha Bora

India, Aug. 27 -- The student movement must go beyond examination irregularities and fight for access to education, social justice and democratic rights, said All India Students' Association (AISA) na... Read More


Punjab reconstitutes workers' welfare board under new social security code

Patiala, Aug. 27 -- The Punjab government has reconstituted the Punjab Building and Other Construction Workers' Welfare Board (BOCW) under the Code on Social Security, 2020, weeks after admitting that... Read More