HYDERABAD: The British not only crushed the First War of Independence in Hyderabad in July 1857 but also insisted on collecting income tax from one of its principal leaders decades later.Recently digitised archival records reveal that Moulvi Syed Alauddin, who led the armed attack on the British Residency in Hyderabad on July 17, 1857, and…
Kolkata: The govt would procure eggs for midday meals at state schools but the logistics would be decided later, school education minister Dipak Barman indicated on Thursday at Bikash Bhavan.Barman declined to elaborate on the logistics as chief minister Suvendu Adhikari had already declared that an egg would be served to schoolchildren, along with the…
(L) Smriti Singh, Ruchika Singh (R) NOIDA: The woman who filed the complaint against a Noida resident accused of using abusive language against Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the Jantar Mantar protest took to Instagram to explain why she approached the police.In the video, Smriti Singh said, “We live in India, we have been raised…
Ahmedabad: Navrangpura police on Thursday booked a woman after a businesswoman alleged that she was assaulted and threatened inside her office on CG Road by the estranged wife of her business partner amid an ongoing matrimonial dispute.According to the FIR, the complainant runs a construction, real estate and outdoor advertising business with a partner whose…
Rewari: Six people suffered burn injuries, two of them critically, after an LPG cylinder allegedly exploded during a refilling operation inside a rented premises in Dharuhera town of Haryana’s Rewari district on Wednesday. The powerful blast ripped through a room, shattered a wall and hurled the cylinder into an adjoining grocery shop, triggering panic in…
Around 70% of cremations in the city take place at Vaikunth Pune: The civic body has decided to conduct a structural audit of all crematoriums under its jurisdiction and prepare the report in a month.The decision came after videos went viral on social media highlighting the poor condition of the facilities.The administration was likely to…
Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh trade and commerce minister Nyato Dukam on Thursday formally inaugurated resumption of operations at the historic Pangsau Pass border haat in Nampong, Changlang district.The market, which officially reopened on July 20 after a six-year hiatus, will operate on the 10th, 20th and 30th of every month.Dukam stressed on the role of trade…
If Awadh Nawab Wajid Ali Shah in exile built a mini-Lucknow in Matia Burj in Calcutta, so did his Risaldar Nawazish Ali Khan. After the fall of Lucknow in 1858, the Risaldar retreated to Motickpur and constructed a Lucknow-like building in qasba Motickpur in Barabanki district. In 1858, he remodelled an underconstruction imambara of a…
Chief Justice of India Justice Surya Kant will inaugurate the three-day Commonwealth Peace Mediation and Rule of Law Conference in Jaipur, Friday. Jaipur: Chief Justice of India Justice Surya Kant will inaugurate the three-day Commonwealth Peace Mediation and Rule of Law Conference in Jaipur, Friday.The conference, organised by the Rajasthan State Legal Services Authority (RSLSA),…
File photo: Supreme Court of India NEW DELHI: Underscoring the need for an independent and impartial process for selection of the chief election commissioner and election commissioners, Supreme Court on Thursday said Election Commission must not only act independently but must also be seen to act independently. The court questioned why Parliament, while framing the…
