The controversy was triggered by Sonia Gandhi’s gestures at Congress’ I-Day event. BJP has said that singing of all six stanzas of Vande Mataram was an integral feature of the freedom struggle until Congress gave in to pressure from those aligned with Muslim League and curtailed it to just two stanzas NEW DELHI: Congress and…
A Chinese factory worker got two new legs implanted after he lost both his legs in an accident. A Chinese hospital has claimed that its doctors performed the world’s first double thigh replantation, which made it possible for a factory worker who lost both his legs to start walking again. According to Chinese media reports,…
How Salman Khan’s shirt-tearing scene in ‘Dabangg’ inspired Commonwealth medalist Jhandu Kumar: ‘Felt different kind of enthusiasm’ Salman Khan’s on-screen physique has inspired countless fans to take fitness more seriously, but Commonwealth medalist Jhandu Kumar has revealed just how deeply one particular scene from ‘Dabangg’ influenced his life. Kumar recently spoke about his journey on…
Team India (Pic credit: Hockey India) NEW DELHI: The Indian women’s hockey team produced a dominant attacking display to crush South Africa 6-1 in their second Pool D match of the FIH Hockey World Cup on Tuesday, moving to the top of the group and taking a major step towards the second round.Sunelita Toppo, Navneet…
Finnegan McGill. Image Credit: Chris Ayers/Society for Science Finnegan McGill has spent more than four years turning a concern about declining bird populations into a working piece of technology. This 18-year-old student from Tucson, Arizona, developed a device known as ‘A-BiRD’ (Automated Bird Recognition Device) which could help in identifying birds by their calls and…
New Delhi: AAP Tuesday alleged former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain was arrested by ACB “at the behest of BJP” in another “fake case”. BJP dismissed the charges, saying Delhi govt’s Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) had established the money trail of the alleged embezzlement before arresting Jain and others.Jain, who is currently the co-in-charge of AAP in…
The opposition alleged that private entities were running clubs and restaurants on BMC properties Mumbai: Former mayor Kishori Pednekar from Shiv Sena (UBT) on Tuesday accused the BMC administration of “privatising” civic properties under the guise of public-private partnerships (PPP), alleging that open plots, schools, gardens, playgrounds and municipal markets were being handed over to…
Karnataka’s high ASDDO figures have raised concerns that genuine voters may have been excluded from the electoral rolls. Bengaluru accounts for a disproportionately large share, with high migration, a large rental population and frequent changes of residence increasing the risk of eligible voters being left out. Manu Aiyappa Kanthanda analyses the factors that could have…
Tufted capuchin at Perundurai farmhouse Chennai: At least 11 exotic animals kept at an Erode farmhouse without any mandatory licence could not be seized by forest officials and taken to Chennai as scheduled on Tuesday, as the local magistrate court did not accord permission.Forest officials visited the farmhouse, owned by S K Kesavanathan, who is…
Hyderabad: A routine update to a govt bank account mandate in Suryapet has snowballed into a criminal case, with a private bank manager accused of forging the signature of district collector Tejas Nandlal Pawar on official documents linked to the District Mineral Foundation Trust (DMFT).The alleged forgery surfaced during scrutiny of account records, prompting the…
