Chennai: The exodus from AIADMK continued on Friday with former school education minister Vaigaichelvan resigning from the party. Unfazed, AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami intensified his district-wise review meetings “to rebuild the organisation after its assembly election setback”.In a two-page resignation letter, Vaigaichelvan blamed Palaniswami’s leadership and his alleged attempt to form a govt…
Visceral samples have been sent to a laboratory in Hisar for detailed analysis and to ascertain the cause of death. YAMUNANAGAR: Wildlife and forest authorities in Haryana’s Yamunanagar district have been put on alert after an eight-month-old leopard died in Kalesar National Park, with post-mortem findings indicating infection with the highly contagious Canine Distemper Virus…
Rejinagar: Skipping Shaktipur police’s summons for questioning over his provocative public speeches, Nowda MLA and AJUP chairman Humayun Kabir attended jumma namaz at the proposed ‘Babri Masjid’ near Maradighi on Friday.Kabir followed it up with a threat to gherao Shaktipur PS and called its OC a “goon” in police uniform.On June 30, a day after…
Ahmedabad: Only about one in 10 SIP accounts in India has remained active for more than five years, even as the country’s overall SIP base continues to grow, industry data has shown. The number of SIP accounts that have continued over five years declined 11.2% year-on-year to 1.06 crore in March 2026 from 1.19 crore…
Guwahati: The NSCN(IM) suffered its biggest organisational rupture since its 1988 split with the Khaplang faction after it expelled two top commanders of its Myanmar-based Eastern Flank, accusing them of forming a “breakaway parallel organization.”This expulsion order by NSCN (IM) Yaruiwo (president) Q Tuccu on Tuesday comes weeks after the Eastern Flank publicly accused the…
Pic for representation only Ajmer: Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University vice-chancellor Prof Suresh Kumar Agrawal has submitted a proposal to the Rajasthan govt to introduce the Rajasthan Common Admission Services (RCAS), a unified digital admission platform for all state universities and affiliated colleges from the 2027-28 academic session.The proposal, sent through the additional chief secretary, higher…
Ritabrata faction takes control of party HQ as rebellion intensifies The battle for control of the Trinamool Congress intensified on Friday after the rebel faction led by expelled MLA Ritabrata Banerjee took control of the party’s organisational headquarters in Kolkata. The move came a day after the faction approached the Election Commission, staking its claim…
Quote of the day by MacKenzie Scott (AI-generated image) Handing a four-year-old a real kitchen knife sounds like the setup to a parenting disaster, not a philosophy. Yet that is exactly what MacKenzie Scott and her then-husband Jeff Bezos did with their own children, and by the time those kids were seven or eight, power…
Representative image (Picture credit: AP) India is set to challenge the proposed US tariffs on exports before the US Trade Representative (USTR) next week, arguing that findings related to alleged forced labour are legally flawed and could negatively impact American businesses and consumers.Representatives from the commerce ministry along with industry bodies including APEDA, FICCI, CII…
Shraddha Kapoor’s ‘Eetha’ has resolved its title row after director Laxman Utekar clarified that Vitthabai Narayangaonkar was locally known as “Eetha.” Her grandson Mohit confirmed satisfaction and revealed Shraddha and the team will visit Narayangaon before the August 28 release, possibly hosting the premiere there. NCP leader Babasaheb Patil confirmed the visit. Shraddha Kapoor‘s upcoming…
