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Yellow alert is issued for The Nilgiris, Coimbatore, Tiruppur, Theni, Dindigul, Madurai, Virudhunagar, Tenkasi, Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi and Kanniyakumari districts.Southern Tamil Nadu has been witnessing heavy rains for the past two days and with the yellow alert indicates this is likely to continue for a few more days. The Met Department, however, said that the rains would come down after October 20. Chennai and suburbs are likely to receive rains at night during the next two days. In the past few days districts of Tiruppur, Ramanathapuram, Kanniyakumari and Salem had heavy rains and 8 cm of rainfall was recorded in each…

Sources said that the officials have found the gold from the locker of one Kartik, while the has been recovered the locker of Idris. So far, there is no information available about who Karthik and Idris are. Rajya Sabha MP Kirori Lal Meena had alleged that black money to the tune of Rs 500 crore in cash and 50 kg gold has been stored in lockers of Ganpati Plaza. Subsequently, teams of Enforcement Directorate and the Income Tax Department started investigation and reached Ganpati Plaza. Officials examined the details of all the people who had lockers at Ganpati Plaza. Locker…

Police said that on Tuesday at 1:18 p.m, a PCR call regarding an accident of a school traveller carrying students and injuries was received at Delhi Cantonment police station. Upon reaching the spot, which was in front of Radha Krishan Mandir, Sadar Bazar Road towards IOC redlight, Delhi Cantt, two accident-stricken vehicles were found. “Offending vehicle school traveller attached with St. Thomas School, Dwarka and one Eeco Van were found in an accidental condition,” said a senior police official. On enquiry it was found that around 6-7 students of K.V. No.1, Delhi Cantt., who were in Ecco van, mostly aged…

The ED counsel on Tuesday told the court that the school was named after the father of Trinamool Congress legislator and the former chairman of the West Bengal Board of Primary Education Manik Bhattacharya, who is currently in judicial custody because of his alleged involvement in the school job case.The ED counsel also told the court that the renaming of the school was done in 2018 after huge funds were transferred from the accounts of the school through cheques of consecutive denominations of an account held by Bhattacharya’s son Souvik Bhattacharya, who is also in judicial custody in the same…

A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Sanjeev Narula noted that Section 4(iii)(c)(I) of the 2021 Act, which sets age limits for intending parents, should not be applied retrospectively. This section stipulates that surrogacy procedures can only begin if the intending couple is married and within certain age limits. The court’s observations came while allowing a couple, both nearly 51 years old, to continue with gestational surrogacy treatment that they had initiated before the 2021 Act came into effect. The couple was aggrieved by the age bar introduced through the new act, which prevented them from…

Addressing a press conference at the party headquarters here, Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate said: “The BJP, which claims to be a custodian of Hinduism, did not hesitate to levy GST on ‘Gangajal’, which is used in Hindu worship and even other rituals, but later withdrew it.” She was referring to the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) clarification issued last week, making it clear that there was no GST applicable on Gangajal. Taking a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is an MP from Varanasi, Shrinate said: “The one who was supposedly called by the Mother Ganga…

Abha (Saudi Arabia), Oct 17 (IANS) After a six-week camp at Bhubaneswar, the Indian senior women’s football team has reached Saudi Arabia for the final leg of their preparations ahead of the AFC Women’s Olympic Qualifiers Round 2 in Uzbekistan later this month.Despite suffering two defeats in the Asian Games in their first appearance in nine years in the Asian Games in Hangzhou recently, the Thomas Dennerby-coached squad is undaunted by the setbacks and is confident of putting up a good show.India were left wanting in their two defeats to Chinese Taipei (1-2) and Thailand (0-1) at the continental games…

The Supreme Court gave decision with a 3:2 majority, holding that a civil union cannot be recognised under the Constitution. It also asked the Union government to set up a high-powered committee to be chaired by the Cabinet Secretary to take steps to decide the rights and social entitlements of same-sex couples. The judgment rendered by CJI DY Chandrachud said that the right to marry is not a fundamental right but a construct of the legislature. In his minority opinion, he held that reading into gender neutral words into Special Marriage Act would amount to judicial legislation and such area…

The court has also ordered confiscation of all seized money and jewellery which was recovered during the searches.The case was registered on June 30, 2005 on a complaint against Pandher.”The accused was allegedly found in possession of disproportionate assets to the tune of Rs 13,59,127 during the period January 1, 2000 to May 3, 2005,” said an official.After investigation, a chargesheet was filed on August 31, 2006.”The trial court found the accused guilty and convicted him,” an official said.Earlier, in another case registered on May 3, 2005, the CBI had caught Pandher while accepting a bribe of Rs 30,000.”During searches,…

Jena bagged a silver medal behind Olympic Games and World Champion Neeraj Chopra, bringing laurels to the state and nation and sealing his berth in the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympics Games, thus creating a historic moment. Jena achieved a personal best of 87.54m to secure the silver medal.CM Patnaik reiterated that Kishore Kumar Jena is a source of pride for the state of Odisha and went on to commend him for the landmark achievement. He further expressed his confidence that Jena would bring more laurels to the state and wished him the best of luck for the Paris Olympics.Jena thanked…