Source: hindustantimes.com A 45-year-old man died after an unidentified vehicle hit him when he was crossing a road in Manesar on Sunday evening. The police said that the man, identified as Mohammed Fahim Ansari, was from Bihar and lived in Manesar, where he used to work with a private company. The incident took place around

Source: morungexpress.com The Uttarakhand government is planning to ban single-use plastics in all government offices in the state. “We are in the process of banning single-use plastics in all government offices including the Secretariat,” said a top government official. Through this initiative, the use of plastic glasses, folders, bottles, cups and other plastic items will

Source: scroll.in The Delhi High Court on Friday rejected a public interest litigation, asking for a special investigation team to be constituted to look into the attack on a temple in the Capital’s Chawri Bazar area on June 30, Bar and Benchreported. The court dismissed the plea, saying it was a premature request as three first information reports

Source: hindustantimes.com Former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA from Gandhi Nagar Anil Bajpai, who defected to the BJP just before the Lok Sabha elections, moved the Delhi High Court on Saturday, accusing Delhi assembly speaker Ram Niwas Goel of favouring the ruling party. Bajpai demanded Goel’s ‘recusal’ from hearing the anti-defection petition moved against him

Sourcce: thewire.in Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government on Friday ordered a judicial probe into the alleged custodial torture and death of a remand prisoner in a jail in Idukki district, days after the issue rocked the state. The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan here. Announcing the decision, Vijayan said

Source: barandbench.com The Supreme Court yesterday held that when an accused in a case did not enter appearance before High Court, the High Court should not have decided the case on merits. Instead, it should have issued second notice to the accused or directed the High Court Legal Services Committee to appoint an advocate or

Source: deccanchronicle.com Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court has directed the Telangana State Level Police Recruitment Board to consider polytechnic diploma courses as equivalent to Intermediate for the purpose of recruitment. Justice Abhinand Kumar Shavili gave the order while dealing with a petition by seven polytechnic students, who passed the recruitment tests for the post of constable.

Source: thehindu.com The Supreme Court has ordered the Kerala government to pay ₹5 lakh compensation to four minors affected by the toxic pesticide Endosulfan in the State within two months. If the victims are not paid the money within the period, they are at liberty to revive the contempt action against the Kerala government, the court said. Thousands affected The order

Source: indianexpress.com Calling the petitions before it “a claim for urban-centric elitism”, the Bombay High Court said that students seeking admissions in top colleges have no fundamental right to prestige. Advertising A division bench of Justice S C Dharmadhikari and Justice Gautam Patel on Friday dismissed two petitions filed by 15 engineering colleges challenging the

Source: business-standard.com With the arrest of two persons, the Punjab Police Saturday claimed to have unearthed an illegal operation of selling and purchasing second-hand vehicles which was being run in collusion with some officials of the state Transport Department. Around 93 vehicles, running illegally in the state and valued at Rs 4 crore, have been