M. Kumar

Famous magician M Kumar created awareness among the rural people regarding family planning in the village of Chak Mehmood and Kazipur.

One more student has been arrested on charges of abetting suicide of a Presidency college student who jumped in front of a train and killed himself last week. The arrested student, Harish, is in BCom first year in Pachaiyappa’s college, and is the second accused to be arrested in the case.

A division bench comprising justices M M Kumar and Alok Singh also directed the counsel for Central government to file an affidavit, informing about the action taken.

Acting on an ongoing public interest litigation (PIL), seeking directions to UT administration to provide foolproof security at the high court, Punjab and Haryana high court on Thursday asked the bar association to give its views on issue to UT administration.

Two children were among three killed in three accidents on Monday in Trichy. An eleven-year-old girl who was riding pillion along with three other family members died at an accident near Manapparai in the evening.

Six newly-appointed judges of the Punjab and Haryana high court took oath to office on Friday in a ceremony held on HC premises. Acting Chief Justice M M Kumar administered the oath.

K Lakshmibai, 49, of Villapuram was on a call with her son in Ukraine on Friday afternoon, when she heard a loud explosion in the background and the call got disconnected suddenly. It was a heart-stopping moment for Lakshmibai as she could not reach her son for hours.

A district consumer’s grievance redressal forum has asked a tahsildar to pay 15,000 as penalty for not transferring patta to an applicant within 30 days as mandated by law.

A public interest litigation has been filed in the Madurai bench of the Madras high court seeking an interim injunction not to permit any constructions surrounding the Meenakshi Sundareshwarar temple.

A division bench comprising acting Chief Justice M M Kumar and Justice Alok Singh issued these directions while hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking extension of the scope of Garg Commission.

Maintaining his unbeaten run, Pradip Tiwari outsmarted Ashutosh Dalal in the 8th round to take sole lead with 7.5 points in the MSV Memorial lower rated chess tournament.

Four days after a student of Presidency College committed suicide by jumping in front of a train at Thiruninravur, the Tiruvallur railway police have arrested a student of Pachaiyappa’s College on charges of abetment to suicide and booked six others.

Attempts of the Punjab government to appoint a truck union leader as the state information commissioner (SIC) suffered a huge setback, as the Punjab and Haryana high court on Thursday restrained the state to make such appointments.

Punjab and Haryana high court on Wednesday asked home secretary Punjab to file an affidavit within a period of two weeks on retaining 43 convicted police officers in the state police.

The Haryana and Punjab High Court has instructed the New Palam Vihar colony RWA to inform the high power committee in Gurgaon about the options of alternative plots that affected residents would like to get in return for vacating their land for the proposed construction of the Northern Periphery Road.

Punjab and Haryana high court on Thursday asked the states of Punjab, Haryana and UT Chandigarh to review their whistle-blower protection policies.

Tenkasi: A post-Covid OP to help people recovered from Covid-19 to get help on symptoms and treatment for any complications, was inaugurated at the government hospital in Tenkasi. A grief management programme, in which immediate relatives of Covid victims are being called by the telecall centre of the district and followed up, was also inaugurated. The OP facility was inaugurated by Tenkasi district collector Dr G S Sameeran, on Wednesday, in the presence of Tenkasi MP Dhanush M Kumar. Speaking at the event, the collector said the OP would have a general physician, a psychiatrist and a social worker. If it was found that the patients needed more focussed expert treatment, teleconsultations with experts would be organised. Relatives of patients undergoing treatment can know their status by calling the helpdesk numbers 6374711850, 6374711851.

Punjab and Haryana high court on Monday directed to shift all liquor vends and taverns running from pre-fabricated structures at roadside one government land within 30 days.

HC further directed that these committees will comprise the secretary finance, secretary personnel and secretary food and supplies department and submit its report in three months.

Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday vacated the stay on declaration of results for ward no 19 for general elections of Chandigarh municipal corporation.

Minutes after sending a voice message to friends and family that he was ending his life unable to bear the humiliation by students of another college, a 21-year-old jumped to his death in front of a moving train at Thiruninravur station on Tuesday night.

Punjab and Haryana high court on Monday stayed all kind of constructions on season rivulet Patiala Ki Rao passing through village Nada, Nayagaon, Karoran.