‘Will join Uddhav’s Ram Raksha Andolan,’ says Fadnavis, but with a question Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday questioned Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray‘s proposed “Ram Raksha Andolan”, asking whether Thackeray knew the “Ram Raksha” stotra and understood its meaning.“He is organising a ‘Ram Raksha Andolan,’ but does he actually have any knowledge…
Motorists on the flooded Navsari highway Surat: South Gujarat reeled under an intense monsoon spell on Friday as parts of Navsari and Tapi districts received up to 247mm of rain in 14 hours. With roads submerged, traffic disrupted and more than 140 panchayat roads closed, authorities placed disaster management and NDRF teams on alert amid…
Here’s the interesting thing about your day, Aquarius. It shines, but it also wobbles. You can receive honour, respect, or public appreciation, and still feel unsure inside about your next move. That’s because the Sun lifts your visibility while the Moon adds a patch of confusion underneath it all.So yes, this is one of the…
This week moves like a monsoon sky, Scorpio. One hour bright, one hour brooding, and then suddenly full of relief. The opening is fairly balanced. Income and expenses can hold each other in check, and you may feel that life is manageable, if not exciting. Still, some plans won’t move as expected. A long journey…
HC seeks revenue SOP, flags flood of pleas over routine land issues Hyderabad: Observing that courts are increasingly burdened with petitions seeking directions to authorities to perform routine statutory duties, Telangana high court has called upon the state govt to explain the mechanism in place for addressing citizens’ grievances related to revenue services.Justice NV Shravan…
KOLKATA: Kalita Majhi, a 37-year-old domestic help turned politician, has scripted an extraordinary electoral journey by winning the Ausgram Assembly seat in West Bengal on a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket. She secured 1,07,692 votes, defeating her nearest rival from the Trinamool Congress, Shyama Prasanna Lohar, by a margin of 12,535 votes.Majhi, who once worked…
Trump, Vance say Iran agreed to IAEA inspections. Tehran denies. Photo Credit: AP The first full day of US-Iran talks in Switzerland ended with Washington and Tehran offering differing accounts of what had been agreed, particularly on the issue of international inspections of Iran’s nuclear programme.Speaking after the opening round of negotiations at the Burgenstock…
NEW DELHI: Petroleum minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Thursday said E25 (petrol with 25% ethanol) is “only being tested” and no decision has been taken on its rollout, dismissing speculation over the issue.“We have not even decided on it and E25 is only being tested now,” he said, adding that the timeline for testing the…
Scientists have achieved a remarkable feat by enabling mouse eyes to perform part of the photosynthetic process using specially designed eye drops derived from spinach leaves. The experimental treatment, developed by researchers at the National University of Singapore, was created to combat dry eye disease, a condition that affects millions of people worldwide. Rather than…
Kolkata: CID officers visited the residence of Chowringhee MLA Nayana Bandyopadhyay on Thursday regarding an FIR lodged by the Bengal assembly secretary, which alleges that her signature proposing Sovandeb Chattopadhyay as the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) was forged. Bandyopadhyay slammed the move, calling it the “harassment” of a five-time MLA and a bid to…
