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Council polls: Two seats may see internal fight between MVA, Mahayuti allies

India, Oct. 7 -- With the deadline for filing nominations for biennial elections to five seats in the legislative council ending on Tuesday, two seats are likely to witness direct contests between par... Read More


Pradeep Purnekar murder: SIT recovers pistol, mobile phone from Raigad

India, Oct. 7 -- The Thane police special investigation team (SIT) probing the murder of slain Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Pradeep Purnekar on Tuesday recovered a pistol and a mobile phone allegedly used i... Read More


Punjab puts rRs.r600-cr Amritsar BRTS discontinuation on hold

Chandigarh, Oct. 7 -- The Punjab government has put on hold the Rs.600 crore Amritsar Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) discontinuation decision, the Punjab and Haryana high court was told. The informa... Read More


Three MHA officers moved after FCRA arrests

New Delhi, Oct. 7 -- Three senior officers in the Union home ministry's Foreigner-II division were transferred or prematurely repatriated to their parent cadres within days of the arrest of two junior... Read More


Facing severe shortage, TMC seeks 50 MLD water from BMC

India, Oct. 7 -- The Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) has sought 50 MLD (million liters per day) of water from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to offset a shortage of 51 MLD. TMC is seek... Read More


HC reduces bank guarantee for release of vessel seized by customs

India, Oct. 7 -- Observing that the conditions imposed by the Additional Commissioner of Customs (export assessment) for the provisional release of a barge intercepted in June were "excessive and unre... Read More


Supreme Court closes 22-year-old case for constitutional limits on privilege, but leaves key questions open

New Delhi, Oct. 7 -- A seven-judge Supreme Court bench on Tuesday disposed of a nearly 22-year-old reference on the constitutional limits of legislative privileges as "infructuous", after noting that ... Read More


HCL Group announces rRs.r500-cr Lucknow IT City expansion; 6K jobs likely

India, Oct. 7 -- LUCKNOW HCL Group announced an investment of Rs.500 crore for the expansion of its IT City in Lucknow, which would be generating around 6,000 direct and indirect job opportunities. HC... Read More


Builder, wife charged with cheating buyers of rRs.r28 cr in Oshiwara project

India, Oct. 7 -- A special Maharashtra Protection of Interest of Depositors (MPID) court on Monday framed charges against the directors of real estate firm Ornate Spaces Pvt Ltd for allegedly cheating... Read More


Dipke alleges police clampdown ahead of Jantar Mantar protest

India, Oct. 7 -- Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Tuesday alleged that the Maharashtra police was trying to clamp down on his party's planned protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi... Read More