Bengaluru: The state govt will hold a meeting with health officials this week to take stock of the H1N1 situation, with Karnataka’s tally crossing 4,000 cases this year, including more than 2,000 reported from Bengaluru alone.Health minister U T Khader said surveillance and preparedness will be among the key issues to be discussed at the…
Chennai: Periyar Self Respect Propaganda Institution has moved Madras high court seeking ₹1 crore in damages against the authors of a book on delimitation, alleging that they have wrongly attributed certain statements to Periyar in the publication.Admitting the plea on Friday, Justice Govindarajan Thilakavadi directed the authors of the book Gautam R Desiraju, Deekhit Bhattacharya,…
Two people died, and several others were injured when an unauthorised seven-storey under-construction building collapsed in Anjaiah Nagar, Hyderabad, on Saturday. Hyderabad: The seven-storey building under construction that collapsed in Anjiahnagar, Kondapur, on Saturday lacked permission from the Cyberabad Municipal Corporation (CMC), raising serious questions about how the structure was allowed to reach such an…
Kolkata: More than 24 hours after Jadavpur University vice-chancellor Chiranjib Bhattacharjee filed an FIR against “unknown outsiders/persons” for the violence and vandalism on campus, police on Saturday claimed they have identified some of those involved in the disturbance. They are, however, yet to make any arrest.Cops said they will speak to students, teachers and security…
Noida: Police will record the statement of a 14-year-old boy at his home in Sector 122 after he allegedly drove his family’s SUV and rear-ended a sedan carrying a family with a 13-month-old child on Vikas Marg earlier this week.A senior officer in civil clothes will conduct the questioning in the presence of the boy’s…
Panaji: The regulation of construction in the buffer zone of centrally-protected monuments in the state of Goa is in “jeopardy”, the Bombay high court observed, while giving the National Monuments Authority one last opportunity to respond to a PIL pertaining to unauthorised constructions in and around protected monuments. If no affidavit is filed, the high…
The visitors also got a glimpse of the city’s centuries-old spiritual, cultural and handicraft traditions. Varanasi: The centuries-old friendly ties between India and Japan are set to enter a new phase of industrial cooperation, with a high-profile Japanese delegation arriving in Kashi on Saturday for a two-day visit to explore investment opportunities in Uttar Pradesh…
Ahmedabad: Scholarships meant for 59 meritorious students from secondary schools in Ahmedabad city have remained pending due to incorrect bank details and delays by schools in submitting students’ account information. The scholarships are being disbursed under the Secondary Education Scholarship (SSE) scheme for the academic years 2024-25 and 2025-26.According to a communication issued by District…
Panchkula: A Kalka woman has alleged that prolonged harassment, abusive messages and threats by a man she met while working at a wedding function became so distressing for her family that her son attempted suicide.According to the complaint, the woman met the accused, Manpreet, while working at a wedding ceremony in Baddi. He allegedly took…
A civil rights group argued that demolition of a voter’s house should not become a ground for exclusion from the electoral rolls Pune: A civil rights group sent a letter to the chief electoral officer, Maharashtra, seeking relief under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls for voters temporarily displaced after their homes were…
