NEW DELHI: Several schools across Delhi received bomb threat messages, prompting authorities to launch security checks on the premises, officials said on Monday.The Delhi Police said all safety protocols are being followed and a thorough inspection of the affected school campuses is underway.“So far, nothing suspicious has been found,” police officials told news agency ANI,…
Siddaramaiah calls Karnataka HC’s 56% quota ruling a “serious setback”; Parameshwara hints at SC appeal. NEW DELHI: Former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Monday termed the Karnataka high court’s decision to strike down the law enhancing reservation for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) a “serious setback” to historically marginalised communities.The law raised SC…
SC hears plea on Jantar Mantar as the protest venue site NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to examine a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking an alternative protest venue in Delhi, with the petitioner arguing that Jantar Mantar is no longer suitable for demonstrations because they inconvenience local residents and disrupt essential services.A…
Ahmedabad: In a ruling that highlights the tension between cooperative housing societies’ rules and an individual’s right to rent out property, the Board of Nominees under the Registrar of Cooperatives, Ahmedabad, has stayed a housing society’s resolution restricting members from renting flats to bachelors and unmarried persons.The dispute involves Deepika Dhadhal, a Vadodara resident, and…
JAMMU: J&K Police Wednesday claimed to have busted a major narco-terror nexus with links extending to Punjab and across the border, and arrested 20, including three alleged kingpins. The drug supply chain had been feeding narcotics into the Union Territory, SSP Jammu Joginder Singh said.Surajdeep Singh, Harpreet Singh alias Raju, and Jaspreet, who were arrested…
Bathinda: The Sanyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) has called for nationwide protests on Wednesday to oppose proposed free trade agreements with the US, UK, European Union, and New Zealand.In an open letter to President Droupadi Murmu, the umbrella body of farm unions urged the administration to halt negotiations and present all trade terms to Parliament.Farmer unions…
Lucknow: The probe into the death of 28-year-old restaurateur Shiva Sharma, who fell from the fourth floor of an apartment in Hazratganj on October 9, has now extended across the India-Nepal border. Police suspect prime accused Shraddha Dubey, a social media influencer, along with her sister Rashmi, associate Adil, and driver Tanveer Ali alias Danish,…
Pune: Two people, a techie and a shopkeeper, were collectively duped of Rs 1.2 crore by online fraudsters, who promised them handsome returns on investments in online share-trading.The Pune cyber police registered two separate cases on Friday.A 35-year-old techie from Sinhagad Road lodged a complaint stating that online fraudsters cheated him of Rs 52 lakh…
The state witnessed protets against alleged MPSC paper leaks Mumbai: Hours after NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar alleged that MPSC was trying to dispose of and destroy old documents through a tender for shredding and processing ‘waste documents’, MPSC put the tender process on hold. The documents to be shredded included answer sheets, answer booklets,…
Khaos KookPhoto: davidsongifted.org Meet Khaos Kook, an 18-year-old violinist from Shoreline, Washington, whose concussion and seizure in 2024 kept him from playing for more than six months and forced him to rethink what it means to be a musician. During his recovery, he turned his personal struggle into a structured, evidence-based return-to-instrument protocol for injured…
