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Kochadaiiyaan case explained: Why Rajinikanth film producer must pay rRs.r2.52 crore 12 years after release or go to jail

India, Feb. 10 -- The Madras High Court has directed producer J Murali Manohar and his production house, MediaOne Global Entertainment Limited, to pay Rs.2.52 crore within four weeks or face a six-mon... Read More


BJP's Nitin Patil elected Panvel mayor, Pramila Patil is dy mayor after Oppn withdraws

PANVEL, Feb. 10 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Mahayuti alliance on Tuesday formally took the reins of the Panvel Municipal Corporation (PMC), as Nitin Jairam Patil and Pramila Ravinath Patil were ... Read More


SC trims compensation for woman's 'bad' haircut

New Delhi, Feb. 10 -- From scissors to the Supreme Court, a seven-year-old dispute over a haircut at a five-star hotel ended with the apex court trimming a Rs.2-crore compensation award to Rs.25 lakh.... Read More


Finance dept terms HP govt's poll guarantee OPS unviable

Shimla, Feb. 10 -- The Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu-led Congress government's flagship poll promise, the Old Pension Scheme (OPS), has hit a fiscal wall. Following the discontinuation of the revenue deficit... Read More


Rise above party lines on issues vital to state: Speaker to MLAs

Shimla, Feb. 10 -- Amid sparring between Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over discontinuation of RDG, Himachal speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania said that all political parties and legislators ... Read More


NEW shimla sp assumes office

Shimla, Feb. 10 -- Tackling drug trafficking and easing traffic congestion in the state capital is my priority, said new Shimla superintendent of police (SP) Gaurav Singh. The 2013-batch IPS officer, ... Read More


From bottleneck to breakthrough state: Governor

LUCKNOW, Feb. 10 -- Governor Anandiben Patel on Monday said Uttar Pradesh has "transformed into a breakthrough state from a bottleneck state" as she summed up nine years of the Yogi Adityanath-led BJP... Read More


SP members raise slogans; slam govt over SIR

LUCKNOW, Feb. 10 -- Samajwadi Party MLAs on Monday protested inside the state Assembly on various issues, including the special intensive revision exercise and alleged insult to Malwa queen Ahilyabai ... Read More


Sharad Pawar's condition stable, say doctors

Pune, Feb. 10 -- Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) president Sharad Pawar's condition was stable and there was no cause for concern, said doctors at Ruby Hall Clinic on Monday, hours af... Read More


SC asks Gujarat PCB to decide on Piramal plea within a week

New Delhi, Feb. 10 -- The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) to decide within a week a representation filed by Piramal Pharma Ltd challenging the immediate clo... Read More