Chief minister DK Shivakumar offers prayers during the inauguration of operations at Krishna, his official home office Bengaluru: When former chief minister Siddaramaiah led Congress’ campaign in 2023, he popularised the slogan, “Nanagu free, ninagu free, Mahadevappa gu free, Kaka Patil gu free” — free for everyone. The message was simple: Welfare without barriers.Three years…
‘No bar to grant leave for convicts while appeals are pending’ Chennai: “Leave and temporary release are facets of human dignity that cannot be suspended indefinitely merely due to the pendency of a judicial appeal,” a five-judge bench of the Madras high court said while asserting that there is no bar for granting ordinary/emergency leave…
Hyderabad: Justice K Sujana of Telangana high court on Wednesday quashed five criminal cases pending against chief minister A Revanth Reddy.The cases, registered in 2019, pertained to alleged violations of the model code of conduct (MCC) during the Huzurnagar bye‑elections, when Revanth was MP from Malkajgiri and campaigned for the Congress candidate. Several senior Congress…
Under-construction godown shed collapsed Tuesday afternoon, claiming at least five lives and injuring 20 KOLKATA: At least five workers died after an under-construction godown shed collapsed in Kolkata’s Taratala area on Tuesday afternoon.The incident left 20 others injured, two of whom were undergoing treatment in the ICU.Following the collapse, a massive search and rescue operation…
LFour unidentified gunmen fired at least 12 shots at a realtor’s house in Ludhiana’s Shimlapuri early Tuesday, also vandalising two vehicles parked outside.The homeowner, Ramesh Kumar, reported waking to gunfire and seeing four men shooting at his property and pelting his car with bricks. The attackers fled when Kumar raised the alarm.While Kumar claims he…
Guwahati: Assam govt on Wednesday effected a major bureaucratic reshuffle, transferring and posting 24 IAS and ACS officers across key departments, including home, finance, agriculture, CM’s secretariat and multiple district commissioners.This is the first major reshuffle in the newly formed BJP-led govt.Among the key changes, Megha Nidhi Dahal, currently district commissioner of Dhubri, has been…
Chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma at a meeting at his residence Wednesday Jaipur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Pachpadra in Rajasthan’s Balotra district on July 4 to inaugurate the much-awaited Pachpadra Refinery and lay the foundation stone for Jaipur Metro Phase 2. Besides these flagship projects, the PM will also inaugurate and lay foundation…
Bhupesh Baghel attacks centre accusing them of “looting in the name of Ram” NEW DELHI: Former Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel has launched a blistering attack on the Centre over the alleged Ram Mandir donation controversy, drawing a parallel between the government and Mahmud of Ghazni and accusing the RSS, VHP and Bajrang Dal of…
Foreign bank fined AED20 million in UAE. The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) has levied an AED20 million fine on a branch of a foreign bank following regulatory findings related to weaknesses in its compliance systems.In a statement, the regulator said the action followed examinations that found significant and repeated failures in the bank’s…
Accepting his first acting Oscar in 2024, Downey Jr. paid tribute to his wife with the heartfelt words: “She found me a snarling rescue pet, and loved me back to life.”image credit (Robert Downey Jr.) Robert Downey Jr. has always been a man better understood through his actions than his interviews. For years, his comeback…
