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NEW DELHI: Alleging that the speaker of Telangana legislative assembly failed to comply with its order to decide within three months the disqualification petitions against Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLAs who defected to Congress, a contempt petition has been filed in the Supreme Court which it agreed to hear November 17. Supreme Court had on…

Security personnel comb the area after explosion (Image credits: PTI) NEW DELHI: No craters, no shrapnel or pellets – this was the first impression of the forensic and anti-terror experts who arrived at the spot after the car bomb explosion near the Red Fort on Monday evening. While it puzzled the investigators, a plausible explanation…

LUCKNOW: Delhi-based composer Siddhant Bhatia is heading to the Grammys with Sounds of Kumbha, a 12-track musical documentation of last year’s Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj, commissioned by Uttar Pradesh government. The pilgrimage saw millions converge for a holy dip at the Triveni Sangam. What makes the nomination extra special is that Bhatia’s album competes in…

KOLKATA: Kolkata-based industrialist Pawan Ruia, once known as the “turnaround tycoon” who would buy sick companies in a bid to make them profitable, has been named along with his kin in a cyber fraud case involving 148 shell companies that were allegedly used to park Rs 317 crore in illegal proceeds of online crime. Bengal…

MUMBAI: Bombay High Court Monday upheld the 2014 conviction and life term of Sajjad Mugal alias Pathan, who, as a building security guard, was found guilty of entering lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha’s Wadala flat on August 9, 2012, and murdering her. Bench of Justices Ajay Gadkari and Neela Gokhale ruled that the life term will last…

BHUBANESWAR: A 21-year-old US-based woman has accused her adoptive parents of torturing her and forcing her to convert to Christianity, reports Hemanta Pradhan. She has sought Odisha CM Mohan Majhi’s help to return to India, claiming her life is in danger in the US. In a video posted on social media, the woman, adopted at…

PRAYAGRAJ: The Allahabad High Court has directed that all police verification reports for passport applications must be completed and submitted within four weeks. Disposing of a writ petition, a division bench comprising Justices Ajit Kumar and Swarupama Chaturvedi observed on Oct 10 that delay in this essential exercise creates a hurdle in realisation of the…