Vivek Varma

The official trailer of the horror comedy titled ‘Swayamvadha’, written and directed by debutant Vivek Varma is finally out.

The Lucknow bench of Allahabad high court has declared a 56-yearold accused as a juvenile after 40 years of the incident, sentencing him to the punishment already undergone in a case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder. The HC decided the plea of juvenility of the convict on the direction of the apex court.

The situation in Sri Lanka is very serious and in many ways unprecedented, external affairs minister S Jaishankar told an all-party meeting on the economic crisis in the island nation and that India is worried about the possible spillover and consequences.

The high court has taken cognisance of a liquor shop in a residential area in Balaganj on Hardoi Road.

Allahabad high court directed the state government on Thursday to submit before it documents on the basis of which two of members of Uttar Pradesh Higher Education Service Commission (UPHESC) were appointed.

Twenty-eight additional judges of Allahabad High Court have been appointed as permanent judges of the court by the President of India.

A 28-year-old conman, who would pretend to offer help to vulnerable citizens at ATMs and swindle their debit cards instead, has been arrested by Borivali GRP. Thirty seven debit cards have been recovered from the accused, Vivek Varma, police said.

Authorities may have relaxed lockdown norms, but many gated communities are gearing up for a stricter enforcement of rules as they fear community transmission. The communities are wary of the increased number of coronavirus cases in GHMC limits.

A CRPF jawan of the specialised COBRA unit was killed and a deputy commandant injured in a fierce encounter with Maoists at Chiklam village in Jharkhand's Naxal-hit Ghatsila sub-division on Wednesday.

The government on Tuesday said India has done more than any other entity to help Sri Lanka in the crisis, underlining that China was not even in the "comparison zone". At an all-party meeting, foreign minister S Jaishankar said the island neighbour will have to settle terms of bailout with the IMF, and undertake serious austerity measures and reforms to lay the ground for a possible recovery.

Directing to list the PIL for further hearing on February 17, the court directed the Commission to complete the process of inquiry expeditiously as far as possible within a period of one month.

The Allahabad high court on Thursday deferred till May 1 the hearing of a PIL seeking stopping of construction within 200 meters on the both the banks of the Ganga in Varanasi.

The municipal administration and urban development (MA&UD) department has instructed residential welfare associations (RWAs), gated communities, apartments owners and residents to refrain from allowing maids and domestic helps till May 15. However, drivers are allowed to stay in common areas. The decision was taken as there were cases of people contracting the virus from their domestic help.

Two persons, including an arms dealer, of an inter-state gang were today arrested by the UP Special Task Force and a cache of weapons and ammunition seized from them, police said.

Allowing a transfer application filed by a woman seeking transfer of proceedings of a divorce case, the Allahabad high court has observed that the “applicant-wife, having no one in her family to escort her to the court, is a good ground for the transfer of a case”.

The Lucknow bench of Allahabad high court has declared a 56-year-old accused as a juvenile after 40 years of the incident, sentencing him to the punishment already undergone in a case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder. The HC decided the plea of juvenility of the convict on the direction of the apex court.

In February this year, the Allahabad HC collegium had recommended 33 advocates for their elevation as judges. However, when the Centre carried out background checks, it found faults ranging from competence to credibility in at least 50 per cent of the cases. The SC collegium too, finally found only 17 of the 33 names fit for judgeship.

DCAC’s choreo soc that put up a great show when we went hunting for kewl freshers to the college.

In a case of a 23-year-old missing Army jawan, who was last seen on July 28, 2018 and an FIR has been lodged at Cantt police station, the father of the missing jawan Updesh Singh approached the Allahabad high court after there was no progress in the matter.