Thane: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Wednesday told a Thane court that the criminal case arising out of the 2008 agitation during the Railway Recruitment Board examination was “false” and claimed that he was not present at the scene of the alleged incident.The case pertains to violent protests that erupted during the…
Bengaluru: Calling state govt’s revision of salaries of employees of road transport corporations ‘unilateral’ and ‘unacceptable,’ the joint action committee of trade unions of Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation called for an indefinite bus strike from May 20 across the state.Office-bearers of the joint action committee said the govt order, revising salary by 12.5% with…
Chennai: DMK president M K Stalin on Wednesday accused the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam of indulging in “dirty politics” by allegedly engineering support from split AIADMK legislators to survive the trust vote.“Those who came to power promising ‘clean politics’ have now resorted to ‘dirty politics’,” Stalin said, after the confidence motion was won by chief…
Hyderabad: In a significant step towards establishing Telangana’s second airport in Warangal, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has initiated the tender process for appointing a consultant to secure environmental clearance for the proposed airport project.According to tender documents issued by AAI, the selected consultant will be responsible for preparing an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)…
Gurgaon: Four men were arrested after a violent clash involving firing broke out between two groups over a garbage collection dispute at Tulip Chowk in Sector 70 on May 8.Police said the clash took place around 11.30am on SPR Road between rival groups from Kadarpur and Rithoj villages. The groups allegedly attacked each other with…
Kolkata: The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has discovered two new spider species and carried out the first comprehensive taxonomic revision of Indian whip scorpions in over a century.The findings, published in the international journal Zootaxa, highlight northeast India’s importance asa hotspot for rareand lesser-known species. The ZSI team identified two previously unknown spiders from…
In 2025, the number of gunfights rose sharply to 173 from 110 in 2024, with 216 suspects injured, three killed and three constables wounded Ghaziabad: From Jan 2024 to May 13, 2026, a total of 309 gunfights took place between police and suspects wanted in various crime cases in Ghaziabad, leaving 367 suspects injured and…
Margao: A 26-year-old PhD scholar from Kerala, studying at BITS Pilani’s K K Birla Goa Campus, was found dead at a rented accommodation in Verna on Wednesday, marking the institution’s second student suicide this year.South Goa collector Egna Cleetus confirmed the preliminary finding as a case of suicide, with police investigation and a postmortem report…
Varanasi: Taking serious note of gross negligence in drain cleaning in Mahmoorganj area, municipal commissioner, Himanshu Nagpal on Monday imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on the concerned executing agency, Samarth Enterprises, and also issued an adverse entry to regional junior engineer, Pankaj Patel on charges of failing to monitor and exercising negligence.Nagpal, while inspecting…
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) has announced the second edition of the GCCI Gujarat Sustainability Summit 2026, to be held on May 15, in Ahmedabad. Organised by the GCCI ESG Task Force, the summit will adopt a national outlook this year.With the theme focused on Gujarat’s role in sustainable growth, the…
