In a major relief for thousands of government employees, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has ruled that flats under the UT Employees’ Self-Financing Housing Scheme-2008 will be allotted at the 2008 brochure rates. The verdict comes after a petition filed by Phool Kumar Saini and others challenged the Chandigarh Housing Board’s (CHB) inaction on […]
The police of Chandigarh has accused Akhil Sharma, a Sangrur dweller of publishing a counterfeit job ad for a data entry operator vacancy within the State Election Commission (SEC). Dinesh Gupta got approached by an anonymous acquaintance through a widely used communication app, WhatsApp notifying him of the employment opportunity. The information portrayed the employment […]
Prajwal Revanna was arrested at Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport just after midnight, upon returning from Germany. The Janata Dal-Secular (JDS) leader, who flew back on Lufthansa flight LH0764, was taken into custody by a special police team investigating sex crimes allegations against him. Revanna had previously canceled two return flights amidst these allegations. Earlier, a […]
YouTube has started a fresh probe to deal with the prevalent problem of third-party ad blockers on its platform. As per information, users who have allowed their browsers to block ads are now having videos skip themselves right to the climax, leaving without seeing anything. This most recent action follows up on the world wide […]
A critical breakthrough has been made in the case involving murder of former Dera Sacha Sauda manager Ranjit Singh, as Punjab high court pronounced Dera founder Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh not guilty in that case. The ruling came following an appeal lodged by Gurmeet Ram Rahim against his earlier conviction in the same court. The […]
In a recent move, Yes Bank and ICICI Bank have been penalized by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) ensuring fairness in banking. In the former case, a penalty of Rs 91 lakh imposed on Yes Bank because they were charging on zero-balance accounts as well as some other matters which were unspecified. The latter […]
The Supreme Court of India declined to hear an urgent request filed by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for an extension of bail in the Delhi Excise Policy case. The plea has been transferred to Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud, who will now decide on the listing of Kejriwal’s request for an extension […]
On Monday, the Gurugram Police arrested Bobby Kataria, a popular social media influencer, in connection with an global human trafficking syndicate. Kataria’s house at Sector 109 in Gururgam was raided by the Gurugram Police alongside the National Investigation Agency (NIA) leading to his arrest. Authorities reportedly recovered numerous suspicious documents and a significant amount of […]
A Varanasi-bound IndiGo flight faced a bomb threat early Tuesday morning at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport. The incident caused significant alarm but ended without any harm and even thorough searches revealed no suspicious items. Flight number 6E2211 should have departed at 5:00 in the morning. It had 176 passengers on board but security concerns […]
A three-member committee has been constituted by the Maharashtra government for the investigation of Porsche car accident, after two doctors and a staff member of Sassoon General Hospital have been detained. On Monday, Rajiv Nivatkar, the Commissioner of Medical Education, issued an official order according to which a new committee chaired by Dr. Pallavi Sapale. […]