Chandra alleged the tribunal did not have the power to constitute a five-member special bench NEW DELHI: A day after NCLT barred him from alienating any of his property and stayed its order allowing him to settle his personal insolvency proceedings by paying around Rs 6.3 crore as against admitted claims of Rs 22,006.5 crore,…
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…
John Isner and Nicolas Mahut played Wimbledon’s longest match, lasting 11 hours across three days/ Image: Olympics.com A tennis match that lasted 11 hours and five minutes, stretched across three days, produced 183 games, and eventually broke the electronic scoreboard sounds more like a story written for television than something that actually happened at Wimbledon….
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…
A new species of fungus capable of manipulating spiders before killing them has been formally identified in caves and disused buildings across Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Wales, marking one of the first confirmed cases of such behavioural control found in a temperate climate. Named Gibellula attenboroughii in honour of the broadcaster Sir…
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…