NEW DELHI: “Our party is not about MPs and MLAs. They come and go, but our party belongs to its cadres. Let our time come and we will show how parties are broken up,” said Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Tuesday in remarks that came across as much an acknowledgement of the split…
Guwahati: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday defended the proposed Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the assembly, asserting that the legislation is aimed at ensuring greater protection and justice for women belonging to minority communities.Taking part in the discussion on the “Motion of Thanks to the Governor’s Address” in the assembly, the chief minister said…
Aronyak Ghosh (Image credit: X) NEW DELHI: Aronyak Ghosh was only four when his mother’s customary room-cleaning session led him to discover a box of old, dusty chess pieces. It belonged to his father. However, to the toddler, it didn’t matter much. The pieces in black and white colours merely looked like soldiers in the…
40-year-old woman from Dahisar has filed a police complaint against a man for stalking, sexual harassment, and defamation (Representative image) MUMBAI: A 40-year-old woman from Dahisar has lodged a police complaint against a man for stalking her and demanding sexual favours. When she refused, he threatened to “leak” defamatory news reports against her in local…
Bhilwara: A 51-year-old man died by suicide in Bhilwara Wednesday, with his family alleging that he had been under pressure from moneylenders, police said.Police said the deceased, Surya Prakash Dadhich, was working as a lower division clerk at a nursing college in Jodhpur and lived in the Subhash Nagar area. He was found unconscious at…
Chennai: Madras high court directed the Election Commission and political parties, including DMK, AIADMK and TVK, to respond to a public interest writ petition seeking an independent probe into allegations of cash distribution to voters and the use of minors during the assembly election campaign.A vacation bench of Justice GR Swaminathan and Justice V Lakshminarayanan…
NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin on Tuesday conducted a door-to-door campaign in Vellore ahead of the upcoming assembly elections in the state.During his campaign, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader stopped at a local tea shop, where he drank tea and interacted with residents in Vellore, often referred to as the Fort…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission has ordered repolling in 15 polling stations across two constituencies in West Bengal following the second phase of Assembly elections held on April 29. Fresh polling will take place on May 2 between 7 am and 6 pm in South 24 Parganas district, covering 11 booths in Magrahat Paschim and…
MUMBAI: Rajasthan Royals captain Riyan Parag on Thursday underwent a successful shoulder surgery in a hospital here. The surgery was performed by famous orthopedic surgeon Dr Dinshaw Pardiwalla at the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital in Mumbai, who has operated on many top cricketers and sportspersons in general. Pardiwalla is the consultant orthopaedic surgeon for the…
NEW DELHI: Govt has stepped in to unclog piling up of containers at India’s busiest container port, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA) (Mumbai), and has set up a panel of top officials to remove bottlenecks at all the 12 major ports. It will meet every week or fortnight to address concerns faced by businesses.The issue…
