The challenges for Swayams started even before the tournament. Getting the team to that stage was a project in itself, with busy, overlapping schedules making it difficult for the players to train together in person. NEW DELHI: Across the open and women’s sections at the Chess Olympiad, only one player won an individual gold medal…
General:The mood may dip a little today, Libra. Not a collapse, just a grey patch where things feel heavier than they should. The Moon presses on your emotional balance, and Saturn throws small delays in your path, so even simple work can feel like walking through wet sand.Obstacles in progress may irritate you. A file…
New Delhi: Three men were arrested in Rohini for allegedly storing and transporting prohibited firecrackers. Cops recovered 683 kg of the crackers, along with a car and a two-wheeler, police said Thursday.DCP Rohini Shashank Jaiswal said the district’s special staff acted on a tip-off about the illegal storage and transportation of banned firecrackers. A police…
File pic of police bandobast outside IIT-Bombay Mumbai: Six teachers from IIT-Bombay, in an email to the institute’s director last week, have raised concerns over the Faculty Forum’s handling of the incident involving BTech student Sahil Wakode (20), who died by suicide on Sept 18 in his hostel room, and a professor. The email argued…
Bengaluru: The Karnataka high court has held that admission of guilt by some accused through plea bargaining under Section 265E of the CrPC does not prejudice the right of other accused persons to contest the case.In a judgment dated Sept 16, Justice V Srishananda observed that such apprehensions are hypothetical and untenable in law. The…
Chennai: Madras high court on Tuesday extended till Oct 28 the stay against notifying byelections for five assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu which were declared vacant in view of resignation of the elected MLAs.The first bench of Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul Murugan passed the order after adjourning the PIL for…
Hyderabad: Union minister G Kishan Reddy on Thursday hit out at Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy over his recent remarks comparing Lord Ram and Lord Shiva, alleging that the CM was trying to create divisions among Hindus for political gains.Kishan Reddy said Revanth’s remarks that Lord Shiva was associated with the poor and Lord…
Kolkata: The city’s retail leasing touched a quarterly record high in Q3, with volumes reaching 1 lakh sq ft. This marked more than a twofold rise on a quarterly basis and a 69% rise compared with the same period last year. The previous high was recorded before the pandemic, in 2020.A study released by real…
Panaji: The Bombay high court issued a notice to art and culture and tribal welfare minister Ramesh Tawadkar and state authorities on a PIL seeking demolition of his allegedly unauthorised bungalow at Poinguinim, Canacona. The matter has been posted for hearing on Oct 28.The PIL, filed by social activist Kashinath Shetye and five others, alleges…
Gandhinagar: State power generation utility, Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Ltd (GSECL), has signed an MoU with Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) for developing a nuclear power project of around 4,000MW at Dhuvaran in Anand district.The project is expected to entail a potential investment of around Rs 1 lakh crore and marks GSECL’s first…
