Spread the love Homeowners in a 160-unit Florida townhome complex have filed a lawsuit against their homeowners association and property management company. They claim a $2.1 million (£1.61 million) roofing contract was approved behind closed doors weeks before a public vote took place. The dispute involves The Vistas at Phillips Commons, a residential community in the Dr. Phillips area of...
Confidence in poll key for democracy, halt candidates’ list: SC to Andhra poll body
Spread the love SC said the right to participate in elections by filing nominations is a facet of the free poll process. NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Wednesday said instilling confidence in the election process was vital for democracy and the rule of law as it directed Andhra Pradesh State Election Commission (SEC) not to declare the final candidate list...
RSS-affiliated labour organisation opens first Kashmir office in Pulwama
Spread the love BMS has been actively working in Kashmir since 2020 after the abrogation of Article 370. PULWAMA: Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, an RSS affiliate, opened its first office in Kashmir Valley on Sunday in Barsu village at the foothills of the Zabarwan mountain range. The office is located around five kilometres from Lethpora highway, where the Feb 2019 Pulwama...
Connecticut tenant wins $1.6m after losing toe; lawyer says he got nothing
Spread the love A Connecticut tenant who won a $1.6 million (£1.23 million) court award after tripping over construction debris outside his unlit apartment building has still not received any money from his former landlord, according to his lawyer. Michael Criscuolo, 65, suffered a serious foot injury that eventually led to the amputation of one of his toes. The incident...
Drone-linked narco-terror module busted in Jammu; 804 gm heroin; 1.1 kg opium seized
Spread the love File photo JAMMU: J&K police have busted a drone-linked narco-terror network and seized 804 grams of heroin and 1.11 kg of opium from a village in Jammu district’s Arnia sector.“Preliminary investigation has indicated a cross-border nexus. Inquiry is underway to identify the source of the consignment, its intended recipients, and persons involved in the network,” police said.The...
Who are the terrorists? J&K and Ladakh high court questions ‘vague’ detention order
Spread the love Representative image SRINAGAR: J&K and Ladakh HC has summoned the Srinagar deputy commissioner for a personal appearance over a “vague” preventive detention order under Public Safety Act that accused a 28-year-old man of supporting “aforementioned terrorists” without identifying a single one, prompting the court to question whether the officer had independently assessed the case or merely reproduced...
Meta ordered to pay $25 billion in fine linked to 8-year-old data privacy scandal
Spread the love A New Mexico state court has ordered Facebook-parent company Meta to pay a $25 billion penalty following a long legal battle stemming from the Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal from nearly a decade ago. The judgment, revealed in a court filing on Wednesday (October 21), follows a September verdict by a jury in a Santa Fe courthouse....
Pennsylvania park grew from land once bought for as little as 18 cents an acre
Spread the love Promised Land State ParkPhoto credit: Google street view Promised Land State Park in Pennsylvania is now a forested retreat of lakes, trails and campgrounds, but little more than a century ago the land was almost bare. Between 1902 and 1904, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania bought the fire-damaged, heavily logged property for between 18 cents and $2 per...
Eva Marcille faces over $22,000 in HOA claims; she disputes allegations
Spread the love Reality television star Eva Marcille is facing a legal dispute with the homeowners association that oversees her Georgia home. The association is seeking more than $22,000 (£16,900) in unpaid fees and fines for alleged property maintenance violations. The lawsuit against the former star of The Real Housewives of Atlanta claims that she failed to meet landscaping rules...
Decades-old flaw discovered in PHP forces govt websites to go offline globally
Spread the love Representative image Government portals, municipal networks and public institutions across Europe and other regions went offline on Wednesday (October 21) after researchers disclosed critical vulnerabilities in PHP, a foundational programming language that powers a vast portion of the global web. The disclosures prompted emergency responses from IT teams worldwide, with operators taking critical servers offline as a...
