Jaipur: The Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) has announced a phased agitation beginning Wednesday, accusing power corporations of failing to implement state govt orders to recruit establishment officers despite budgetary provisions.BMS said directives issued on Oct 14 last year to strengthen employee welfare and the ministerial cadre remain unimplemented. It demanded immediate creation of establishment officer…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court‘s rebuke of West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee for her interference in ED raids on I-PAC, which worked for her govt and Trinamool Congress, handed BJP a useful weapon on the eve of the state polls’ first phase as the party intensified its last-minute push in its bid to end her 15-year…
Gabriella Carrington appeared in a London court accused of attempting to murder influencer Klaudia Zakrzewska by running her over with a car outside a nightclub. Prosecutors said she was nearly twice the alcohol limit and injured others. Klaudia remains in life-threatening condition. Carrington was remanded in custody until May 19, while authorities urged the public…
Pradeep Ranganathan and Krithi Shetty starrer ‘LIK: Love Insurance Kompany’ continues its modest run at the box office. The film registered a 7.5 percent growth on Day 13 with fresh earnings.According to Sacnilk, it collected Rs 72 lakhs on this day from 1,374 shows. This marks an increase from the previous day’s Rs 67 lakhs….
Your body speaks louder than your mind today. Health may not remain good, and that alone can make the day feel heavier. Saturn, your ruler, asks for caution and privacy, so don’t share your plans with everyone at work or in the building.Hidden enemies or quiet jealousy can exist around you. Not everyone who smiles…
NEW DELHI: The 22-year-old daughter of a senior bureaucrat was sexually assaulted and murdered at her south Delhi home on Wednesday. Her head was smashed with a heavy object and she was strangled with a mobile phone charging cable, the police said.Police arrested a 23-year-old man from a hotel in Dwarka within 12 hours of…
Thane: The ambitious Thane Integral Ring Metro project has been brought under the direct watch of the Prime Minister’s Office, placing it among a select group of nationally monitored infrastructure initiatives, officials associated with the project informed.The project was recently inducted into the Centre’s Pragati (Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation) platform, triggering a high-level review…
Kolar: Cracking the whip on slow progress of census work, Kolar deputy commissioner M R Ravi Wednesday issued show-cause notice to eight officials, including six tahsildars, for lapses in house-listing and poor monitoring of enumerators.Ravi had reviewed the progress of census work on Tuesday and expressed concern over its slow pace. He noted that a…
Chennai: For the second time this summer, Tamil Nadu’s peak power demand breached the 21,000-MW mark, touching a new high on Tuesday. Unlike earlier peaks recorded during the day, the latest surge of 21,060MW came at 10.30pm, pointing to a sharp rise in air-conditioner use as nights turn increasingly hot. The previous high of 21,010MW…
Hyderabad: Telangana High Court on Wednesday upheld the state govt’s decision to constitute the Justice PC Ghose Commission to probe alleged irregularities in the Kaleshwaram project, ruling that the inquiry was neither illegal nor arbitrary. However, the court held that the commission’s findings against the petitioners were inoperative, and no action could be taken on…
