Day: September 16, 2020

Very improper to file plea and say make me HC judge: SC

8:40 pm September 16, 2020

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday said it is very improper that someone files a petition and says that he should be made a judge of the high court. A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde observed that nobody can become a high court by saying I want to be . The observations […]

5-foot rock python slithers into backseat of auto rickshaw

8:35 pm September 16, 2020

New Delhi : A five-foot-long Indian Rock python slithered into the backseat of an auto-rickshaw in Tughlakabad here area on Wednesday, triggering panic among people. The incident happened in the morning when the auto was parked on the roadside and there was no one inside it, said an official of Wildlife SOS, which caters to […]

Gujarat: Three cops held for taking bribe of Rs 100

8:33 pm September 16, 2020

Ahmedabad: Three personnel of Ahmedabad Police have been nabbed for allegedly accepting a brine of Rs 100 from a vegetable seller, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) said on Wednesday. The accused are identified as head constable Krishna Barot, and constables Dilip Barot and Prabhudas Damor, who all are attached with Gaekwad Haveli police station, the ACB said in a release. The trio […]

SC sets aside closure report, orders fresh probe into mysterious death of NLU student

8:26 pm September 16, 2020

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday set aside a closure report filed by Rajasthan Police and ordered fresh probe into the mysterious death of a third-year student of National Law University, Jodhpur, in August 2017, saying it was needed to sustain the “confidence of the society” in rule of law. The apex court said the probe be conducted by a fresh […]

Indian man pleads guilty in telemarketing scam in US

8:16 pm September 16, 2020

Washington: An Indian national has pleaded guilty to the charges of participating in an India-based telemarketing scheme to try to embezzle about USD 600,000 from seven elderly people in America. Chirag Sachdeva, 30, has been held since he was arrested by FBI agents on February 16 as he got off a plane in Boston after a flight from India. He admitted […]