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Amaravathi (Andhra Pradesh) [India], July 19 (ANI): A Telugu Desam Parliamentary Party meeting was held at the Chief Minister's Camp Office under the leadership of Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, in which it was emphasised that the party will focus on issues concerning Andhra Pradesh in the upcoming Parliament session. Andhra Minister Nara Lokesh and several MPs attended the meeting. Also Read | Ganeshotsav Declared 'Rajya Mahotsav': Maharashtra Government Elevates Century-Old Festival to St ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar/Cuttack: Ravenshaw University withdrew a controversial order that prohibited all female faculty, staff, and students from staying on campus beyond 5:30pm within hours of issuing it after it drew sharp criticism from different quarters. The notification was issued by the registrar on Thursday. The move was described as a temporary measure until a formal standard operating procedure (SOP) could be framed to ensure safety and define work-hour guidelines. But it triggered a backlash for ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The Indian equity indices opened lower on Friday as heavyweights like Axis Bank and Bharti Airtel were among the top losers in the BSE benchmark. At 9.25 am, Sensex was down 171 points or 0.21 per cent at 82, 087 and Nifty was down 35 points or 0.14 per cent at 25, 075. In the Sensex pack, M&M, Tata Steel, Power Grid, L&T, UltraTech Cement, Infosys, Tata Motors, BEL, NTPC, TCS, Trent and Maruti Suzuki were top gainers. Axis Bank, Bharti Airtel, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Tech Mahindr ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: A state-wide bandh brought Odisha to a standstill Thursday following the tragic self-immolation and death of a young female student who had reportedly faced sexual harassment and received no action from authorities despite multiple complaints. The incident has triggered widespread anger, protests, and soul-searching across the state. Civil society leaders, students, and activists have united in grief and frustration, not only in mourning the loss but also condemning what many are c ...Read More >
Lieutenant governor VK Saxena on Tuesday opposed activist Medha Patkar's plea before the Delhi high court challenging her conviction and sentencing in a 2001 criminal defamation case, contending that she had played an active role in authorising the contents of a press release alleging that a cheque issued by his NGO to the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) had bounced. A bench of justice Shailender Kaur reserved its verdict on Patkar's challenge to the sessions court's April 2 order upholding her co ...Read More >
Vadodara, Jul 10 (PTI) The death toll in the Mahisagar river bridge collapse in Gujarat's Vadodara district reached 18, officials said on Thursday while adding that the search-and-rescue operation at the site has been halted for the night. It will resume on Friday morning as two persons are still missing, they informed. Several vehicles plunged into the Mahisagar river after a segment of the four-decade-old bridge, connecting Anand and Vadodara districts, collapsed near Gambhira village close ...Read More >
Vadodara, Jul 10 (PTI) The death toll in the Mahisagar river bridge collapse in Gujarat's Vadodara district reached 17 even as a search-and-rescue operation was underway for three persons missing in the incident, officials said on Thursday. Several vehicles plunged into the Mahisagar river after a segment of the four-decade-old bridge, connecting Anand and Vadodara districts, collapsed near Gambhira village close to Padra town on Wednesday morning. The incident had taken place at 7am. "Three p ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 7 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Monday said it will consider on July 10 the pleas challenging the validity of the Election Commission's decision to conduct a comprehensive revision of electoral rolls in Bihar. A part-time working bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Joymalya Bagchi allowed the plea of senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the petitioners, for an urgent hearing in the matter, and said the court will consider the matter on Thursday. Assembly elections are due ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 28 (ANI): In a continuing crackdown under Operation Chakra-V, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted coordinated search operations at multiple locations in Ahmedabad and Mumbai on June 25 in connection with a transnational cyber extortion case, the probe agency said on Friday. CBI said that the searches led to the recovery of incriminating evidence. The main suspect behind a transnational cyber extortion syndicate was arrested on June 26 in Mumbai. Also Rea ...Read More >
Ranchi: More than 8,000 primary schools across the state, which account for nearly one-third of the total govt run primary cradles statewide, are operating with a single teacher, a new study released on Friday has claimed.The report, titled Single Teacher Primary Schools (STePS), was released in Manika in Latehar district. The study was carried out by Pallavi Kumari and Sarang Gaikwad for NREGA Sahayta Kendra, Manika with the support of social activist and noted economist Jean Dreze, who is also ...Read More >
Dhanbad: The revised Jharia Master Plan approved by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs and chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday has generated new hopes among the affected population in the Dhanbad coal belt. Underground fires have been burning in Jharia belt for almost 100 years. Thousands of people are living above these underground fires. These fires have resulted in severe land degradation, subsidence, coal mine fires and other socio-environmental problems. The total ...Read More >
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): All India Institute Medical Sciences, Bhopal, Director Dr Ajai Singh spoke to Free Press on problems and facilities at AIIMS. People feel that AIIMS doors remain closed for them in case of emergency. Earlier, there was infrastructure and manpower for 960 beds. Increased number of beds to 1400 with same infrastructure and manpower. So, there is acute shortage of manpower and facilities specially to accommodate more patients in case of emergency. We have sent the proposa ...Read More >
Faridabad, June 7 (PTI) An MBBS-qualified doctor allegedly posed as a cardiologist and performed more than 50 heart surgeries in over eight months at a government hospital here using the registration number of a practising cardiologist, police said on Saturday. The matter came to light when a patient approached the real doctor, prompting an inquiry. Despite having an MBBS degree, Dr. Pankaj Mohan Sharma was not authorised to carry out critical cardiac procedures, police said, adding that severa ...Read More >
Faridabad, June 7 (PTI) An MBBS-qualified doctor allegedly posed as a cardiologist and performed more than 50 heart surgeries in over eight months at a government hospital here using the registration number of a practising cardiologist, police said on Saturday. The matter came to light when a patient approached the real doctor, prompting an inquiry. Despite having an MBBS degree, Dr. Pankaj Mohan Sharma was not authorised to carry out critical cardiac procedures, police said, adding that severa ...Read More >
Bengaluru: More heads rolled in the Bengaluru stampede case as Karnataka govt Friday removed MLC K Govindaraju as political secretary to chief minister Siddaramaiah and transferred ADGP (Intelligence) Hemant Nimbalkar.Official sources claimed Govindaraju's reported push to hold RCB celebrations at Vidhana Soudha may have contributed to his removal.During a press conference Thursday, CM Siddaramaiah had acknowledged lapses in intelligence over the stampede: "No decision has been made yet about wh ...Read More >
Bengaluru, June 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Karnataka High Court on Friday provided relief from coercive action to the office-bearers of the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA), who were facing the prospect of arrest in connection with the stampede near Chinnaswamy Stadium during a felicitation programme for the RCB, in which 11 persons were killed. Meanwhile, taking up the petition filed by Malavika Naik, questioning the arrest of her husband Nikhil Sosale, the Marketing Head of Royal Challe ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Friday provided relief from coercive action to the office-bearers of the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA), who were facing the prospect of arrest in connection with the stampede near Chinnaswamy Stadium during a felicitation programme for the RCB, in which 11 persons were killed. Meanwhile, taking up the petition filed by Malavika Naik, questioning the arrest of her husband Nikhil Sosale, the Marketing Head of Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), t ...Read More >
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 6 (ANI): Social activist Snehamayi Krishna on Friday has filed a complaint with Cubbon Park police station against Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Deputy CM Shivakumar and Karnataka Cricket Association office bearers in connection with the stampede at Bengaluru's Chinnaswamy stadium, in which 11 people died, claiming that the incident took due to government's irresponsibility. "This is a tragedy caused by the government's irresponsibility. RCB is not a ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government on Thursday took strong action against the police officers allegedly responsible for the Bengaluru stampede, suspending several high-ranking officials, including the city's police commissioner. Addressing a press conference, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah also announced a one-man commission to probe the lapses that triggered the deadly stampede. "Cubbon Park Police Station police inspector, station house master, station house officer, ACP, Central Division DCP, ...Read More >
Vijayawada: Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday said that concerted efforts would be made to increase green cover in the state from current 30.05 per cent to 50 per cent by 2047 when India would celebrate its centenary year of Independence. Addressing the Vana Mahotsavam event on the World Environment Day at Ananthavaram village in Thullur mandal near here, the Chief Minister said: "Currently, Andhra Pradesh has 37,421 sq km of forest area, accounting for 23 per cent of the total are ...Read More >
Bengaluru: A social activist and petitioner against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Snehamayi Krishna on Wednesday complained to the Superintendent of Police Lokayukta Mysuru alleging that he was offered huge money through his son Vivek by persons claiming to be close to B.M. Parvathi, wife of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, to retreat from his complaint against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his family members over plot distribution irregularities by Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) in Mysu ...Read More >
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], December 5 (ANI): Karnataka High Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's plea challenging the court's order to uphold Governor's decision against him in the alleged MUDA scam to January 20 CM Siddaramaiah had challenged the single-bench order of HC that had dismissed his petition on September 23, challenging the approval given by Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot for conducting investigation against him in the alleged illegalities in My ...Read More >
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], December 5 (ANI): Karnataka High Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's plea challenging the court's order to uphold Governor's decision against him in the alleged MUDA scam to January 20 CM Siddaramaiah had challenged the single-bench order of HC that had dismissed his petition on September 23, challenging the approval given by Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot for conducting investigation against him in the alleged illegalities in My ...Read More >
BHOPAL: A documentary on the Bhopal gas tragedy of 1984 titled 'Sheeshon Ka Masiha' (the Lord of glass), made by the celebrated filmmaker Muzaffar Ali, is gathering dust in the archive of the Madhya Pradesh government since last 39 years after being barred from public screening. The documentary was sponsored by the Madhya Pradesh Madhyam, a wing of the state public relations department, and the maker of Bollywood classic 'Umrao Jaan' Mr Ali was hired to document the horrific incident a year aft ...Read More >
To commemorate the 75th Constitution Day, University Law College, Vinoba Bhave University, organized a Blood Donation Camp in collaboration with HDFC Bank as a proud sponsor partner. The event was a resounding success, reflecting the spirit of social responsibility and constitutional values.The camp began with a warm welcome by Dr. Rashmi Pradhan, Principal-in-Charge of University Law College, who highlighted the significance of Constitution Day as a reminder of our fundamental duties and the sp ...Read More >
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], November 26 (ANI): Karnataka High Court adjourned the plea filed seeking a direction to transfer the investigation into the alleged MUDA scam that is presently being conducted by the Lokayukta police to the Central Bureau of Investigation. The court has adjourned the case till December 10. Also Read | NTPC Green Energy IPO Listing Date: Allotment, Subscription Status, GMP Price - Know Everything Here. Sr. Adv. Dushyant Dave, who was representing the original lan ...Read More >
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