Firhad Hakim (File photo) NEW DELHI: In another major setback to the Trinamool Congress (TMC), its senior leader Firhad Hakim on Wednesday resigned as mayor of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), a post he had held since November 2018.The announcement was made by party spokesperson Kunal Ghosh.“Firhad Hakim requested our supremo Mamata Banerjee that he…
Hyderabad: In a major breakthrough against left-wing extremism, Telangana police on Monday secured the surrender of 24 Maoist cadres in the Karregutta forest, effectively ending the group’s hold over the region. Acting on intelligence about Maoist presence in the Karregutta hills of Mugulu district, police—backed by elite Greyhounds commandos—moved in and persuaded the Maoists to…
Guwahati: After the Supreme Court on Friday refused to extend the transit anticipatory bail protection for Congress leader Pawan Khera granted to him by the Telangana high court on an FIR filed by Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma’s wife, Sarma said it’s time for Khera to surrender in Guwahati.A bench of Justices JK Maheshwari and…
Chennai: Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay has directed corporations and municipalities to use local body funds to improve Amma Canteens in the city. An order issued by the municipal administration and water supply (MAWS) department said the CM had directed local bodies, including the GCC, to use their own funds to procure vessels, carry out…
Shiv Sena (UBT) has strongly criticized deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde, accusing him of using his wealth to split MPs and potentially jeopardizing chief minister Devendra Fadnavis’s position. MUMBAI: The Shiv Sena (UBT) on Tuesday slammed deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde for splitting six of its MPs and said that Shinde’s “arrogance of money” and…
HYDERABAD: Telangana is witnessing a worrying rise in suicides linked to mental illness, with the latest NCRB 2024 data showing that nearly two people die by suicide every day in the state due to mental healthrelated causes — roughly one death every nine hours.The state recorded 951 suicides linked to mental illness, including 573 men,…
NEET aspirants accompanied by their parents at a coaching centre in Sikar ahead of the re-test Jaipur/Kota: More than 59,000 candidates are slated to appear for the NEET-UG 2026 re-examination in Kota and Sikar Sunday, with authorities tightening security arrangements even as parents and guardians arrive in the two cities in large numbers to support…
Officials have declared all vector-borne diseases, including dengue, malaria, chikungunya and Japanese encephalitis, as notifiable under the epidemic diseases act till March 2027 Gurgaon: A 20-year-old woman from Chauma village has tested positive for dengue on Monday, taking the total number of confirmed cases in the city this year to five.Health officials said 94 blood…
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…
Prayers being offered to organ donor Virsing Maida Surat: Even as Rath Yatra celebrations were underway, a grieving family in Surat gave the gift of life to three patients through organ donation.The liver and two kidneys of 43-year-old Virsing Maida were harvested at New Civil Hospital (NCH) on Thursday after doctors declared him brain-dead.A native…
