Koppal: A first additional district and sessions court in Gangavathi Thursday sentenced six persons to death and fined them Rs 3 lakh each for the murder of BJP Yuva Morcha city unit president Venkatesh Kurubar alias JNN Venki last Oct. Six others were acquitted for lack of evidence. The court directed that the fine be…
Chennai: The city on Thursday recorded its highest daytime temperatures of the year so far — 38°C at Nungambakkam and 40.2°C at Meenambakkam .Weathermen said the city and its suburbs may continue to experience scorching conditions due to the arrival of hot and dry northerly winds from Rayalaseema, where near-heatwave conditions prevail. Today, maximum temperatures…
Hyderabad: Everyone knows India got Independence at midnight, but what many do not know is that the first census in Hyderabad state in 1881 was also conducted at night. It was a single-night Census, and people were enumerated at the places where they were sleeping rather than in houses or households.Since the Census was an…
Kolkata: Bengal BJP has launched back-to-back workshops to train party workers ahead of counting day on May 4, with Union home minister Amit Shah calling state netas to assess preparedness and Bengal BJP minder Sunil Bansal holding meetings with specialised functional units on Thursday.Bansal, widely credited with building the party’s present organisational network, told workers…
Panaji: In a significant departure from recent trends, the town and country planning (TCP) department has proposed to classify large contiguous land parcels as non-developable areas under Section 39A of the Town and Country Planning Act while retaining the land in settlement zones in the Regional Plan 2021.The notification, cleared by TCP minister Vishwajit Rane…
Ahmedabad: In an important order, the Gujarat high court on Thursday directed the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and other authorities to conduct an aeronautical survey of various buildings in response to demands made by six developers. These developers were issued demolition notices for removal of excess construction beyond the permissible height, posing a risk…
Chandigarh: Congress MP from Gurdaspur Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on Thursday claimed that AAP govt in Punjab would not survive and that President’s Rule would be imposed in the coming days. Addressing a press conference, the former deputy chief minister alleged, “The AAP fears losing power, which is why it has ‘dramatised’ a special assembly session…
Pune: Police have registered a case against a BJP youth wing office-bearer for allegedly referring to Kondhwa as “Karachi of Pakistan” in a video that went viral on social media earlier this week.The FIR was filed two days after the video surfaced, following protests by local residents and activists outside the Kondhwa police station demanding…
Guwahati: A fast-track court hearing the Zubeen Garg death case on Thursday rejected the bail petition of Shyamkanu Mahanta, one of seven accused, citing a “risk of fleeing”.After hearing both sides, fast-track court judge Sharmila Bhuyan denied bail to Mahanta, organiser of the fourth edition of the North East India Festival in Singapore.Zubeen died in…
Lucknow: To facilitate better diagnosis and treatment of patients, King George’s Medical University (KGMU) on Thursday announced the set up of an AI-enabled 3T MRI machine, robotic surgery systems, digital X-rays machines and a central sterilisation system in different departments.The AI-powered 3T MRI machine costing about Rs 24 crore has been installed at the orthopedic…
