Hyderabad: The Telangana Commission for Backward Classes has expressed its happiness over the state cabinet approving the recommendations made by the BC Commission on two issues — changing the names of several castes that are considered derogatory and approving the list of eligible nomadic communities for schemes such as SEED being implemented by the central…
Gurgaon: Investigators probing the Sector 45 firing incident have found that members of the accused gang conducted a recce of the target house and its occupant, Saurabh Yadav, a former associate of singer Rahul Yadav alias Fazilpuria, days before the attack.Investigators said that Deepak Nandal, a wanted gangster who was accused of firing at Fazilpuria…
Kolkata/Howrah: BJP made significant gains in the Barrackpore and Howrah industrial belts, with results shaped largely by economic grievances linked to industrial decline and factory closures.In Barrackpore, Bhatpara, Noapara, Jagaddal, Naihati and Bijpur, BJP’s performance marked one of the sharpest reversals for Trinamool in a region it had dominated since 2011. Voters in these densely…
Noida: A 35-year-old man and a 20-year-old woman jumped from the terrace of a three-storey house in the early hours of Monday in Noida’s Sector 22 area. The man died on the spot, while the woman was critically injured. The incident happened in Choura Raghunathpur village around 3:45am.The man, identified as Puneet Chauhan, was a…
Panaji: Governor Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju, who is chancellor of Goa University, has sought a detailed report from vice-chancellor Harilal B Menon on the integrated five-year master’s degree programmes that were announced for the academic year 2026-27 without taking prior govt approval.The governor requested the details based on a letter from the forum of principals…
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat high court has issued notices to the Bar Council of Gujarat and the elected and non-elected candidates in the recently concluded elections, in response to a petition filed by a woman candidate. She had alleged that the outcome failed to ensure adequate representation of women advocates in line with Supreme Court directions.Advocate…
Ludhiana: Storms have caused more than ₹2 crore in damage to Punjab’s power grid, toppling high-voltage towers and leaving thousands of residents without electricity through the weekend.Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) officials reported extensive damage to critical infrastructure, including 71 transformers and 200 electricity poles. The Lalton power grid, a primary hub for the…
Chandigarh: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday said he would meet President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday and explain to her his party’s view on the recent defection of seven Rajya Sabha MPs — six from Punjab — to the BJP.Mann had earlier sought the appointment with the President to formally demand the “recall” of…
Pune: The three-year-old girl from Nasrapur died of asphyxia, the Pune Rural police said.Pune superintendent of police Sandeep Singh Gill on Monday told TOI, “We have received the post-mortem report. The arrested accused, Bhimrao Kamble, had gagged her by putting a cloth in her mouth.“He said, “The deceased girl also had injuries on her head….
Guwahati: Congress will walk into Assam’s new assembly with 19 lawmakers, 18 of them Muslims and just one Hindu, in what appears to be a new trend of Muslim voters opting for the grand old party instead of a regional group this year.In the house of 126 members, the opposition bench will have 24 members,…
