Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala University Senate campus here on Tuesday witnessed dramatic scenes as activists of the Student's Federation of India (SFI), the students' wing of the ruling CPI(M), staged a protest against Governor Arif Mohammed Khan while he was attending a seminar. The ruling CPI(M) and the SFI have been at loggerheads with Governor Khan over various issues for some time. Despite the intense security laid by police, the SFI activists forcefully opened the closed gates of the ca...Read More
Nagpur: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday claimed the Centre's move to introduce a bill on simultaneous polls in the Lok Sabha was an attempt to divert attention from issues plaguing the country. Addressing reporters in Maharashtra's Nagpur city, Thackeray demanded a transparent election process before implementation of the 'One Nation One Election' proposal. Even the election commissioners should be elected through polls, the former state chief minister said but did not elabora...Read More
Mumbai: Twelve MLAs from Shiv Sena are set to take oath as ministers in Maharashtra cabinet expansion on Sunday. Shiv Sena MLA Bharatshet Gogawale said that the oath-taking ceremony will take place at 4 pm today. According to Gogawale, twelve MLAs from his party including himself will take oath as ministers of which seven are new faces. "Oath ceremony will take place at 4 pm today. So, we have all come to Nagpur. 7 people are new (who will take oath as ministers) and 5 are being repeated," Goga...Read More
Sambhal: After the district magistrate and the superintendent of police inspected 49 places in the area of Samajwadi Party (SP) MP Ziaur Rahman in Sambhal for alleged electricity theft, the electricity department has prepared a report with a fine of Rs 1.3 crore to be recovered from the accused. The electricity department carried out an anti-theft campaign on Saturday at dawn under the leadership of DM Rajendra Pensiya and SP Krishna Kumar Vishnoi in Deepa Sarai, Khaggu Sarai, Raisatti Road, an...Read More
Gwalior: At least four persons were killed and 15 others injured after a tractor-trolley overturned near the Antari-Tilavali trisection here. The victims, all of them from the Sahariya tribal community, were returning from a forest area when the incident took place. The deceased have been identified as Phoolvati (45), Ramdas (46), Arun (14), and Kasturi Bai (65). The injured, some of them critical, were admitted to the trauma centre of Jayarogya Hospital in Gwalior for treatment. According to ...Read More
New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, charging that defamation of Jawaharlal Nehru and minimum democratic governance was his model. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said Prime Minister Modi has an "obsession" with Nehru as he invokes him to distract the nation's attention from his own failures and current challenges on which he maintains a complete silence. The Congress attack on the prime minister came a day after he attacked the party during the ...Read More
New Delhi: In a veiled attack at the Congress, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said while the BJP considers the entire country as its family, there are "some people" who have put it at the feet of the leaders of "one family" for its benefit. He exhorted people to understand the difference between the BJP and the Congress. The Defence Minister was addressing an event organised by RSS affiliate Sewa Bharti here to felicitate people for their service to society. "You must have noted t...Read More
Hyderabad: Allu Arjun, one of the biggest stars in the Telugu film industry, was released on interim bail from Chanchalguda Central Jail on Saturday morning, after spending a night in judicial custody. His release followed the tragic incident at the Sandhya Theatre during the premiere of his latest film, Pushpa 2: The Rule. The chaos at the event, caused by the massive crowd gathered to see the actor, led to the death of a woman named Revathi, and left her son injured. Allu Arjun was arrested in...Read More
New Delhi: The opposition INDIA bloc formed to take on the BJP led NDA in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections is struggling with internal rift with Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah acknowledging the growing discontent among the alliance partners and asking Congress to justify its leadership role instead of taking it for granted. Suggesting the Congress to raise the issue of raise the issue of restoration of statehood in Jammu and Kashmir, Abdullah said the leadership "has to be earned" a...Read More
Guwahati: Two migrant workers from Bihar were shot dead in Meitei dominated Kakching district of Manipur on Saturday late evening, police said on Sunday. According to the police, the incident took place near the panchayat office in Keirak on Kakching-Wabagai Road in the evening hours on Saturday. The slain have been identified as Sunalal Kumar (18) and Dasharat Kumar (17)--both hailing from Rajwahi village in Bihar's Gopalganj district. They have been working in a construction site, police said...Read More
Hyderabad: After a disappointing performance in the second Test, played with Pink ball, at Adelaide Oval, the Rohit Sharma-led Indian cricket team would be aiming to make a comeback in the Test series as the place in the World Test Championship (WTC) 2025 final is at stake. A defeat here will reduce India's chances to qualify for the WTC25 final significantly, with three more teams in the likes of Australia, Sri Lanka and South Africa still in the hunt. However, it added another concern as Indi...Read More
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said accelerated the trial against former West Bengal education minister Partha Chatterjee facing money laundering probe in the teacher recruitment scam, while directing his release on bail on or before February 1, 2025. The apex court's judgment came on the bail plea of Chatterjee in the money laundering case arising out of the West Bengal cash-for-jobs scam. A bench led by Justice Surya Kant and comprising Justice Ujjal Bhuyan said a suspect can be held ...Read More
Chennai: Rain continued to batter several districts across Tamil Nadu on Friday and the Thamirabarani river was in spate due to continuous downpours in the southern districts. The Thoothukudi district administration has issued a flood warning in the Srivaikuntam and Eral areas owing to the heavy inflows into the Thamirabarani River. People in low-lying areas have been advised to shift to safe places. In Chennai, the Public Works Department (PWD) has issued the first flood warning for the areas ...Read More
Hyderabad: The Indian film fraternity has congratulated D Gukesh, the 18-year-old chess sensation, on his historic victory at the World Chess Championship. Gukesh defeated Ding Liren of China in the 14-game match, becoming the youngest-ever World Champion in chess. A string of celebrities, including Amitabh Bachchan, S.S. Rajamouli, Chiranjeevi, Kangana Ranaut, Jr. NTR, Ayushmann Khurrana and Jackie Shroff, took to social media to praise Gukesh's achievement. Amitabh Bachchan tweeted, "T 5222 -...Read More
Ranchi: People belonging to the Birhor tribe, a particularly vulnerable tribal group in Jharkhand, have joined a movement against child marriage in Giridih for the first time, according to an organisation working in the field of protection of children's rights. Birhor people are forest-dependent, belong to a semi-nomadic tribal community and are economically and socially much behind others. Children's rights protection body Just Rights for Children Alliance (JRC) said, "Something different happ...Read More
Jorhat: In a region often fraught with human-elephant conflicts, an extraordinary act of compassion unfolded in Assam's Jorhat district. Villagers from the Chamguri Khmzangia area in the Titabar sub-division united to rescue a mother elephant and her four calves trapped in a deep, muddy pond. The incident occurred on Wednesday evening when the elephants, part of a 60-member herd from the Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary, ventured into the area in search of food. While foraging, the mother and calves b...Read More
Hyderabad: The Telangana Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested an Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE) in the Irrigation Department here, for allegedly amassing over Rs 100 crore as proceeds of corruption in ten years of service. The officer is accused of misusing his position to facilitate illegal constructions in water bodies and buffer zones. ACB, according to officials, recently raided Nikesh Kumar and his associates' properties, uncovering assets including 1.5 kilograms of gold ornaments...Read More
Kottayam: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said Kerala and Tamil Nadu have always supported each other, establishing a model of cooperative federalism. He said that when rights of states are being encroached upon, such cooperation should be extended among others. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin and Vijayan inaugurated the Thanthai Periyar Memorial and Library in Vaikom in Kerala on Thursday, marking a significant occasion in the commemoration of the legacy of social reformer Periyar E.V. Ram...Read More
New Delhi: Delhi government cabinet on Thursday gave its nod to the cash assistance scheme for women, Mukhyamantri Mahila Samman Yojana, ahead of the Delhi Assembly Elections scheduled for next year. The announcement was made by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief, Arvind Kejriwal, in the presence of Chief Minister Atishi and other women legislators. The scheme was part of the Delhi government budget for the 2024-25 fiscal year. It had a proposed allocation of Rs 2,000 crore and was proposed by Kej...Read More
New Delhi: AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday announced the launch of the Mukhya Mantri Mahila Samman Yojna to give monthly assistance of Rs 1,000 to women in Delhi, and promised the amount would be raised to Rs 2,100 after the elections. However, he clarified the elections are likely to be announced soon and therefore the money could be credited to beneficiaries' accounts only after the polls. The announcement comes as Delhi gears up for assembly elections in February 2025, with AAP eyein...Read More
Leh, Ladakh: The dates for the Khelo India Winter Games 2025 have been announced on December 11 and UT Ladakh is set to host ice sports, including Ice Hockey and Ice Skating, from January 23 to 27, 2025. The Khelo India Winter Games 2025 will take place in Ladakh and Jammu & Kashmir in two different spells. Ladakh will host the ice events (ice hockey and ice skiing) from January 23 to 27 while Jammu & Kashmir will host the snow events (alpine skiing, Nordic skiing, ski mountaineering and snowbo...Read More
Poonch: The Indian Army has apprehended an 18-year-old Pakistani national near the Line of Control (LoC) in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir late Wednesday night. The individual, identified as Sadiq, was captured by the Army during routine surveillance operations along the highly sensitive border area. He is being interrogated, and further details are awaited. According to defence sources, Sadiq was attempting to cross into Indian territory when he was spotted by alert troops and detain...Read More
New Delhi: The Rouse Avenue Court on Thursday awarded a four-year jail term to Manoj Kumar Jaiswal, managing director of Abhijeet Infrastructure, and a three-year jail term to Ramesh Kumar Jaiswal, former director, along with a Rs 30 lakh fine on the company in the 2005 Jharkhand coal block allocation scam case. The order was given by Special Judge Arun Bhardwaj who convicted them on December 9. According to the CBI, Abhijeet Infrastructure obtained the allocation of coal blocks in Brinda, Sis...Read More
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the much-debated 'one nation, one election' proposal, paving the way for a comprehensive bill on the matter, sources said. The government is expected to introduce the legislation during the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament, next week. To address concerns, the government plans to send the bill to a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) for a broader consensus. This approach aims to ensure thorough scrutiny and dialogue before finalising the fra...Read More
Bijapur: One girl died of suspected food poisoning and eight others are in critical condition after consuming paneer at their residential school, Mata Rukmani Balika Ashram, in Dhanora of Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Sunday. The hostel superintendent has been suspended in this connection. Bijapur collector Sambit Mishra said that nearly 39 girls of the ashram fell ill after complaining of vomiting and diarrhoea. It is suspected that their condition deteriorated due to food poisoning, Mish...Read More
New Delhi: Mere harassment is not sufficient to hold someone guilty of the offence of abetting suicide, and there must be clear evidence of direct or indirect incitement, the Supreme Court has said. The observations came from a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and P B Varale while delivering a verdict on an appeal challenging a Gujarat High Court order refusing to discharge a woman's husband and her in-laws for allegedly harassing her and driving her to suicide. The observations in the judgement ...Read More
Chennai: In a landmark feat, IT-Madras has released the world's first high-resolution detailed 3D images of the human foetal brain, pushing the frontiers of brain mapping technology and placing India in the global league in this segment of science. This data set, termed 'DHARANI', is open source, meaning it is freely available for all researchers world-wide. For the first time globally, 5,132 brain sections have been captured digitally using cutting-edge brain mapping technology developed by Su...Read More
Hyderabad: Bollywood actor Mushtaq Khan, known for his roles in Welcome and Stree 2, has shared a chilling account of his kidnapping experience. Khan was allegedly lured to an award function in Meerut on November 20, only to find himself held hostage for nearly 12 hours. According to Khan's business partner, Shivam Yadav, the actor was invited to the event and received flight tickets and an advance payment. However, upon arrival in Delhi, Khan was driven to a secluded area near Bijnor, where he...Read More
Jalna: A 30-year-old truck driver was injured after three persons allegedly opened fire at him in Maharashtra's Jalna district, police said on Wednesday. Some relatives of the driver are suspected to be involved in the firing, which took place at around 10 pm on Tuesday following a financial dispute, they said. The driver, Mohammed Rizwan, a resident of Mumbai, had stopped his scrap-laden truck at a roadside eatery near Nagewadi toll plaza when a car arrived there, a police official said. Three...Read More
New Delhi: Ahead of the Delhi Assembly elections, former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had lunch with the family members of an auto driver and announced five guarantees for them. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo promised Rs 10 lakh insurance for the auto drivers of Delhi and Rs 1 lakh assistance for their daughter's marriage. The auto drivers will also be given Rs 2500 twice a year for purchasing uniforms. This apart, the Delhi government will also bear the cost of coaching classes of their c...Read More