Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Monday granted interim protection to TMC’s Falta candidate Jahangir Khan till May 26 and directed that no coercive action could be taken against him in five cases till the May 21 repoll.While allowing Khan to contest the repoll, Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya observed, “After all, this is a democratic country….
Hyderabad: After the rollout of free bus travel for women across the state, Telangana govt has now decided to extend a similar benefit to the city’s MMTS train services. If this plan goes through, Hyderabad will become the first city in the country to provide free travel on local train services. However, unlike the RTC…
NEW DELHI: The Arvind Kejriwal-led party on Friday suffered one of its biggest internal jolts, as Raghav Chadha, once its rising star and Kejriwal’s blue-eyed boy, led a massive Rajya Sabha exodus to the Bharatiya Janata Party.The murmurs of dissent from Raghav Chadha exploded into a full-blown rebellion. Chadha didn’t just walk away, he took…
NEW DELHI: An FIR has been registered against former West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chairperson Mamata Banerjee over a speech she allegedly delivered at a rally in Kolkata earlier this year.According to news agency ANI, police sources said the FIR was registered on June 7 at 3.45 pm and has been lodged…
Trust Deficit Over CBSE OSM System Impacts Class 11 Admissions in Bengaluru Schools BENGALURU: With Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) engulfed by evaluation errors in the on-screen marking (OSM) system, class 11 students in Bengaluru are shifting from CBSE schools to PU colleges. Some students are not even waiting for a fee refund while…
Jaipur: Former chief minister Ashok Gehlot Monday signalled a renewed sense of unity within the Congress, asserting that former deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot will remain in the party and has learnt from past political missteps linked to the Manesar episode.Responding to remarks by BJP in-charge Radha Mohan Das Agrawal, who described Pilot as a…
farmers in Sawai Madhopur continued their agitation, demanding release of water from the Panchana Dam into the canals of the command area. Representatives of Sawai Madhopur farmers’ group also attended the meeting and put forward their demands. Jaipur: Representatives of Karauli district’s Gudla Panchana Sangharsh Samiti on Friday said state government officials assured them that…
Hyderabad: City police on Friday said every police station has been provided a drug testing kit and officers have been directed to use them on persons moving suspiciously during the night. The announcement was made after Hyderabad police commissioner VC Sajjanar visited Gandhi hospital, where history-sheeters are undergoing de-addiction treatment. Police said that of the…
The visiting delegation includes representatives from Egypt, Maldives, Mauritius, Bhutan, Peru and Sri Lanka. CHENNAI: The Election Commission of India conducted the second phase of the International Election Visitors’ Programme for the assembly elections in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, with foreign delegates visiting Chennai to observe polling procedures and election management systems.The programme was…
Hyderabad: The healthcare sector is feeling the pain of the ongoing West Asia conflict, with prices of surgical disposables, pharmaceutical raw materials, and finished medicines rising sharply over the past few months.Hospital suppliers and pharma traders in Hyderabad said prices of essential medical consumables such as IV sets, IV cannulas, syringes, urine bags, suction catheters,…
