The vacancies have created major difficulties for investigating agencies Mumbai: Eight of the nine metropolitan magistrates of Esplanade court in Fort have been transferred and elevated as ad hoc district judges without immediate replacements, leaving only one to handle the busy court alone since June 19.Officers seeking remand are being compelled to produce those arrested…
Pride Month may have ended, but for Bengaluru’s queer community, the conversations, challenges and fight for visibility continue every day. Bengaluru-based drag performer Alex Mathew, popularly known as Maya the Drag Queen, reflects on why the momentum often fades after June, how the city’s queer culture has evolved beyond Pride marches, and why drag performers…
In a generation where hustle culture and the ‘grind’ are often celebrated as productivity, slowing down has become a luxury. However, mental health experts and therapists in the city say that taking time to pause, reflect, and engage without pressure is equally important. From card games that help participants identify personality traits to theatre-based activities…
Hyderabad: Chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Tuesday released Rs 2,482 crore towards Rythu Bharosa to nearly 42 lakh farmers and announced that the state govt will deposit, in all, Rs 9,000 crore in farmers’ bank accounts in nine days.Addressing a public meeting after releasing Rythu Bharosa funds at Shilpakala Vedika at Hi-Tec City, the…
Gurgaon: The Haryana education department is set to expand the scope of its Super 100 scheme.In its next phase, the scheme — a flagship initiative that has helped meritorious students from govt schools crack national-level competitive examinations such as JEE and NEET — will no longer remain limited to entrance exam preparation and results but…
Kolkata: Neither faction of Trinamool Congress will be allowed to hold its Martyrs’ Day rally near Victoria House at Esplanade this July 21. Citing prohibitory orders, Kolkata Police on Tuesday denied permission to both camps to use the site, where, barring a couple of years, the rally to commemorate the deaths of 13 Youth Congress…
Noida: Five people died by suicide in the past 12 hours in the city, police said on Tuesday. Two of the deaths happened in two high-rise societies. Initial enquiries suggest that stress, mental-health issues and personal or family-related issues may have been the cause behind their deaths.A 46-year-old woman allegedly jumped to her death from…
Times news networkPanaji/Colva: Dailon Carvalho from Ambaulim, Quepem, died life after collapsing on the field of play during an inter-village football match at Dando ground, Benaulim, on Tuesday.The 26-year-old was representing his village club, United Boys of Ambaulim, as they took on Guardian Angel SC in the quarterfinals of Cana Benaulim Soccer.“Dailon collapsed towards the…
Varanasi: A clinical microbiology laboratory and the Nucleus (study room) at the trauma centre of Institute of Medical Sciences (IMS),BHU were inaugurated by BHU VC Prof Ajit Kumar Chaturvedi on Monday. The VC said that the clinical microbiology laboratory will promote accurate and rapid diagnosis of diseases, while the study room named Nucleus will prove…
Education minister Pradyuman Vaja said that IITE is being developed into a multidisciplinary university with emphasis on education, research, innovation, and skill-based learning Gandhinagar: Chief minister Bhupendra Patel on Tuesday laid the foundation stone of the new building and hostel of Indian Institute of Teacher Education (IITE) in Gandhinagar at a cost of Rs 127…
