Ahmedabad: The health department of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has issued a ‘Yellow Alert’ for the city from April 19 to 25. Residents are advised to take precautions against heat during this period. “According to the forecast by the India Meteorological Department, the maximum temperature in the city is expected to hover around 42°C,…
Former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot Jaipur: Former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot Wednesday accused the Centre of rushing the proposed 131st Constitutional Amendment Bill under the guise of women’s reservation, questioning its timing and intent and warning of wider political repercussions. Raising concerns over the reported use of 2011 Census data for delimitation, Gehlot…
A controversy has erupted online, involving cricketer Yuzvendra Chahal and actress Taniya Chatterjee, which has now escalated to legal proceedings. Chatterjee’s revelation of receiving a private message from Chahal on Instagram triggered a massive wave of reactions, leading to intense scrutiny and trolling. Read on to know more in detail. A social media storm involving…
Last month, when Kamal Haasan drove into Anna Arivalayam, the DMK headquarters in Chennai, to accept the Rajya Sabha nomination from CM M K Stalin, it marked the end of the road for the Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) founder’s promise to provide an alternative to the two Dravidian parties in Tamil Nadu.Haasan launched MNM in…
The Central Board of Secondary Education has come out with a Two Board Examination Scheme for Class X students. This scheme, which was notified on June 25, 2025, is now ready to be rolled out in the 2026 examination cycle. Under the new scheme, Class 10 students appearing in the 2026 main board exams shall…
Kolkata: West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (WBNUJS), Kolkata, on Thursday decided that some students who, following the death of a first-year law student on Monday, were too distraught to take the end-semester exams from Friday could take their exams at a later date. An official said, “Some of the students, who were close…
Mumbai: The Bombay high court has permitted the medical termination of a 27-week pregnancy of a 17-year-old rape survivor, upholding her right to reproductive autonomy.Justices Bharati Dangre and Manjusha Deshpande on Wednesday said even though JJ Hospital medical board has given its opinion that there is no substantial foetal anomaly, “the petitioner does not wish…
TRIGGER WARNING: The article contains references to rape and abuse.After years of #MeToo infamy, legal peril and prison, Harvey Weinstein is again going on trial on a rape charge in New York City.Jury selection started Tuesday in the onetime movie mogul’s latest retrial, where jurors will weigh – for the third time – whether he…
Hyderabad: At least 35 to 40 undergraduate students of Gandhi Medical College (GMC) fell sick at the boys’ hostel, allegedly due to contaminated drinking water.The students experienced symptoms such as diarrhoea, nausea and vomiting for over a week, but the issue came to light only on Wednesday. Most of the affected students were treated at…
Hyderabad: With the release of the SEEEPC survey, the state govt now faces a far more complex task than conducting the exercise itself — translating hard data into equitable policy and political action. The findings are expected to reshape both governance and electoral dynamics in the coming years.The survey points to disparities across castes, clearly…
