NEW DELHI: The mass exodus of Aam Aadmi Party Rajya Sabha members on Friday marks the widening of a faultline that first emerged in 2024, when Swati Maliwal—one of the seven who resigned—alleged a physical assault at the residence of former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal.On May 13, 2024, Swati Maliwal accused a close aide…
File photo: Veteran BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi (picture credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: Veteran BJP leader and former Union minister Murli Manohar Joshi on Thursday extended support to students protesting over the alleged NEET paper leak, saying their concerns about the examination system are “genuine” and should be addressed with empathy rather than force.In a…
Ahmedabad: Whenever identical twins — city-based businessmen Sanjeev and Rajeev Chhajer– fly for business or pleasure, they first hit a roadblock at Digi Yatra. The app, which promises quicker airport entry and security clearance through facial authentication, struggles to distinguish between them forcing one of them out of the fast-track process and into manual verification…
Kolkata: Just 72 hours to go before the Supreme Court’s first deadline to add voters cleared by SIR tribunals, Election Commission has yet to publish the name of a single person whose voting right has been reinstated and who can participate in the first phase of the Bengal polls on April 23.More than 27 lakh…
Jaipur: The Rajasthan High Court Thursday directed the State Election Commission (SEC) to finalise the schedule for panchayat and urban local bodies elections by July 20, expressing strong displeasure over the continued delay despite earlier court orders.A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma and Justice Sanjeet Purohit, hearing a contempt petition filed…
Ahmedabad e-challan E-Challan Systems introduced in Chennai Traffic on Wednesday.This scene at Spencer’s signal on Anna Salai in Chennai. Photo.C Suresh Kumar Ahmedabad: Vehicle owners with unpaid traffic e-challans will lose access to several RTO services until they clear their dues, as authorities tighten enforcement through the integrated digital system. Even services related to a…
BJP supporters celebrate majority in the West Bengal Assembly elections in Kolkata on Monday. (ANI photo) West Bengal has turned saffron. Mamata Banerjee‘s 15-year rule has ended and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is all set to form its first government in the state.So, what contributed to this decisive political shift in the state’s electoral landscape?…
Justice Mohammed Shaffiq made the query, on a plea moved by P Vadivelu, a daily-wage labourer from Tondiarpet, seeking ₹50 lakh compensation for the death of his 14-year-old daughter Yuvasree in a stampede during a relief distribution program organised by AIADMK at R K Nagar, in Dec 2023 Chennai: Can the state govt be directed…
Mumbai: With monsoon approaching and fears of flooding in the chronically waterlogged Parel railway station area mounting, BMC has launched a crackdown on contractors working on the Sewri-Worli Elevated Road project, demolishing illegal site structures and slapping penalties of over a crore on agencies like MMRDA linked to the work.The action follows a high-level meeting…
People cleaning up homes after water from the Mithi Khadi in Limbayat finally receded Surat: As floodwaters slowly receded from parts of Surat, residents of Parvat Patia and nearby creek-side neighbourhoods emerged from waterlogged homes to count losses running into lakhs.For many families, two to three days of isolation, damaged possessions and mounting repair bills…
