Kolkata: Monthly financial assistance provided by the state govt to imams, muezzins and Hindu priests was discontinued from June, with beneficiaries receiving their last payments in May, following a decision by the newly elected BJP govt to end religion-based assistance schemes.Last month, the state cabinet approved a proposal to discontinue assistance schemes based on religion…
Guwahati: A youth accused of attacking a 17-year-old girl and killing her brother with a machete in Assam’s Nalbari district was killed in police firing on Monday morning, police said.Police said the accused, in his early 20s, snatched a self-loading rifle from a policeman and opened fire on the police team while being taken to…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday raised concerns over the activities of armed groups operating near the India-Myanmar border and the impact of Myanmar’s internal conflict on Indian border communities during talks with Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing in New Delhi.Speaking at a special briefing after the high-level bilateral meeting, foreign secretary Vikram…
The rupee snapped its previous session’s rally and fell 34 paise to close at 95.19 against the US dollar on Monday, weighed down by renewed geopolitical tensions involving the US and Iran, a sharp rise in crude oil prices and a stronger greenback, PTI reported.The domestic currency opened at 94.93 in the interbank foreign exchange…
Actor-politician Kangana Ranaut has revealed that her parents were far from impressed after watching her breakthrough film Gangster, admitting that their reaction left her deeply hurt. The actress, who is currently promoting her upcoming film Bharat Bhhagya Viddhaata, shared that it was only after she received a National Award that her family began to appreciate…
The Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions (TNEA) 2026 process has received a major update with authorities extending the application deadline to June 5, giving engineering aspirants additional time to register. While document submission and verification activities will continue as scheduled, candidates are still awaiting the announcement of the counselling timetable, which will be released after approval…
Ranchi: The state forest, environment and climate change department would begin the World Environment Day celebrations with a cleanliness drive at the Biodiversity Park in Ranchi on Tuesday.“The department would join hands with public, students and environmental experts to organise activities to generate awareness about environmental protection,” Sanjeev Kumar, the principal chief conservator of forests…
Navi Mumbai: Raigad district collector recently struck down the order passed by a former Panvel sub divisional officer (SDO) allowing diversion of about 30 acres (12 hectares) of private forest land in Morbe village, Panvel, for non-forest purposes.The collector’s reversal order was passed in March 2026, after deputy conservator of forest-Alibaug division, Rahul Patil, filed…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Volunteers, a social welfare organisation, in collaboration with the Tamil Nadu Adi Dravidar Housing and Development Corporation (TAHDCO), has invited students from Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Caste Arunthathiyar communities to enrol for Bachelor of Science programmes offered by IIT-Madras.TAHDCO and IIT-Madras will bear their education expenses, while Tamil Nadu Volunteers…
Hyderabad: Residents of Vengal Rao Nagar Colony have opposed the mortuary facility at the upcoming Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (TIMS) Hospital in Sanathnagar and are asking authorities to shift it to another location within the hospital campus. They say the planned site, which is on the main road and close to residential…
