Chennai: The relief for residents of North Chennai’s Old Washermenpet over Chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s order to close Tasmac outlets within 500metres of educational institutions has been short lived. An outlet in the neighbourhood located near three schools and a college still hasn’t been closed.This two-decade-old liquor shop and bar in Mint Suburayulu Naidu…
Jaipur: Students taking admission at Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University (MDSU), Ajmer, in the upcoming academic session will be able to earn financial assistance while studying under the university’s Learn, Earn Perform (LEaP) scheme.Under the initiative, undergraduate students would recieve financial assistance ranging from Rs 3,000 to Rs 5,000 per month, while postgraduate students would receive…
Mumbai: Law student Zen Sadavarte, who sent an application to the police for a complaint against a woman after she took on BJP workers for causing a traffic jam, is the daughter of lawyer and former Big Boss Contestant Gunaratna Sadavarte, a man known for getting involved in issues which are in the political spotlight…
Guwahati: CBSE Class 12 results brought cheers for the northeast, with five of the eight states in the Guwahati region — Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim and Mizoram — recording pass percentages above the national average of 85.20%. Mizoram topped the region with 94.94%.Although the national pass percentage dropped by about three percentage points from last…
NEW DELHI: French Open organisers have fined Paraguayan player Adolfo Daniel Vallejo 65,000 euros, about half of his tournament earnings, after he made sexist comments about the umpire following his second-round defeat to French teenager Moise Kouame.After losing a gruelling five-set match that lasted nearly five hours, Vallejo criticised Brazilian umpire Ana Carvalho, saying, “This…
Panaji: A 23-year-old Kerala-native, Gawri Narayan, who was a medical intern in the orthopaedics department at Goa Medical College (GMC), allegedly died by suicide after overdosing on a powerful sedative. Panaji police recovered a vial and tablets from Hawaii beach at Dona Paula, where her body was found.PI Vijaykumar Chodankar said a postmortem examination was…
After her jaw-dropping appearances on the red carpet, Bollywood star Alia Bhatt brought back old Hollywood glam in a glamorous red off-shoulder gown for an exclusive dinner celebration during the 79th edition of the Cannes Film Festival.The actress attended the Jane Fonda and Gong Li dinner celebration, last evening, joining a host of international talents…
Panic button misuse in Chandigarh CHANDIGARH: Panic buttons installed in public service vehicles for use in life-threatening emergencies have largely become a source of false alarms, with over 13,600 activations recorded in April alone — none of which involved genuine distress or emergencies.According to a senior UT official, around 80 of these cases involved passengers…
Officials said the highest number of violations after helmet offences involved illegal parking, with 3,460 challans issued against vehicles found obstructing roads and public spaces across the city. Traffic police said indiscriminate parking remains one of the major reasons behind congestion in busy market areas and key intersections.The drive saw 703 challans for HSRP violations…
Ahmedabad: After the declaration of the Class 12 Science results, students are now waiting for the NEET results for admission to medical and dental courses. However, uncertainty continues over admissions to nearly nine B-group paramedical courses that do not require NEET.Despite the formation of a new Allied and Healthcare Board this year, no clarity has…
