Relatives of 2 loan scam accused may get Rs 3 crore after 35-year case NEW DELHI: Relatives of two loan scam accused who died during the 35-year pendency of the criminal case may receive an unexpected windfall of Rs 3 crore, which may swell beyond this sum with compound interest for 15 years.Supreme Court, while…
Centre Wednesday told Supreme Court that it intended to conduct fresh tests to assess the harmful impact of the use of barium NEW DELHI: As two govt organisations took contradictory stands on commercial production of next-generation green firecrackers – with Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-NEERI approving new formulations and Central Pollution Control Board objecting…
Upper Mississippi riverRepresentative image from Canva For generations, the Hoesly family farmed rich bottomland along the Wisconsin and Kickapoo rivers in southwest Wisconsin, growing corn and soybeans on nearly 2,000 acres of floodplain. But as floods grew more frequent and severe, and a 2016 state tax change made it harder to claim agricultural exemptions on…
Centre has assured Bihar that any decision will be made keeping in mind the state’s water requirements NEW DELHI: With India looking at different issues before taking a call on renewing its treaty with Bangladesh over sharing of Ganga river waters at Farakka Barrage, Centre has assured Bihar that any decision will be made keeping…
Gold is legal tender in Texas and Florida. A new law that allows Texas to begin implementing th eframework to accept certain gold and silver as legal tender came to effect on September 1 but that does not mean gold and silver have already become legal tender in the state.House Bill 1056, authored by Republican…
The petitioners questioned the lavish spending of crores on felicitation functions NEW DELHI: With two PILs heaping allegations against functioning of advocates regulatory body Bar Council of India and questioning legality of its Apr 2025 resolution giving a five-year term to chairperson Manan Kumar Mishra, Supreme Court Wednesday said no resolution can override the statutorily…
Haitian student from Ohio apparently ended his life over his humiliation for ankle monitor. 20-year-old Pierre Damas Bel in Ohio got out of his car and stepped into the traffic on Ohio State Highway after a brief conversation with his father. The freshman student at Wright State University told his father that he was not…
MLAs Kimneo Haokip Hangshing and Haokholet Kipgen at the assembly GUWAHATI: Two Kuki-Zo MLAs travelled to Imphal Wednesday in defiance of a community whip and attended the Manipur assembly session in person for the first time since violence erupted in 2023, creating a hill-valley divide that is still to be bridged.Saikul legislator Kimneo Haokip Hangshing…
Centre is likely to come up with a “social media code of conduct” for its officers NEW DELHI: Centre is likely to come up with a “social media code of conduct” for its officers, a first such move amid a growing trend among them posting personal reels, videos, stories and opinions, some while on duty….
A Delhi-NCR team of “rat miners” has offered to join rescue operations in Nepal A Delhi-NCR team of “rat miners”, whose manual excavation helped rescue all 41 workers trapped in Silkyara tunnel in 2023, has offered to join rescue operations in flood-hit Nepal, where at least 900 workers are missing from 12 hydropower projects and…