Fort museum at Fort St. George in Chennai. Old light house in Chennai during(1796-1843).Photo:A.Prathap Chennai: Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) will soon restore the 230-year-old colonial-era exchange building, which currently houses the Fort Museum inside Fort St George. It also plans to upgrade the Fort Museum, which exhibits more than 3,500 artefacts from the colonial…
Hyderabad: A village-level political leader has been booked in Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district for allegedly sexually assaulting a physically challenged woman after promising to help her family secure an Indiramma scheme house and later threatening the family when the matter came to light.The incident was reported from a village in Atmakur mandal. According to police, the…
Kolkata: The state higher education department has begun restructuring college governing bodies across the state-aided colleges by appointing local BJP MPs and MLAs as the presidents.The initiative follows an official directive issued on Saturday and covers an initial phase of 247 state-aided colleges. State higher education minister Jagannath Chattopadhyay said: “Graduate MPs and MLAs have…
Mapusa: Following an order from the district and sessions court in North Goa, the Mapusa police have registered a case against 14 individuals, including six men and eight women and several unidentified associates for allegedly forming an unlawful assembly, wrongful restraint, and assaulting three residents on April 1, 2026.The FIR stems from a dispute over…
Police said the suspect took the money before firing multiple shots. (Image: Jackson Police Department) AHMEDABAD: A 56-year-old Gujarati man was shot dead during an armed robbery at a liquor store in Jackson, Tennessee, on Thursday night, with his 19-year-old daughter reportedly standing beside him when the gunman opened fire.The victim, identified by Jackson Police…
Chandigarh: The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) Saturday announced Ankit Bidhan as its candidate for the post of president in the Panjab University Campus Students’ Council (PUCSC) elections scheduled for Aug 31.A member of ABVP since 2021, Bidhan is a research scholar at the Centre for the Study of Social Inclusion, Panjab University. He completed…
Pune: The FSSAI action against popular Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL) products is beginning to be felt at retail counters in Pune, with supplies of some variants of a popular rum becoming uneven even as other variants and pack sizes continue to reach the market. Retailers said some consumers were turning to competing domestic rum brands…
AAP MP Sanjay Singh press conference on condition of UP Govt schools Lucknow: Aam Aadmi Party on Saturday launched a ‘Fix the School’ campaign and released a special helpline number, asking people to report the condition of their schools to them.AAP MP and UP in charge Sanjay Singh appealed to residents to make videos of…
8.7 crore Indian youth caught in a career limbo More than 8 crore Indian youth are caught in a difficult spot — with no job, no education and no training.According to a Niti Aayog report, an estimated 8.7 crore Indians aged 15 to 29 fall into this category. The figure, based on the 78th round…
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump (File photo) Israel has conveyed “serious security concerns” to the White House over the proposed disarmament deal with Hamas, an Israeli official said, in some of the first public comments from Israel since US President Donald Trump announced the agreement.According to Doror Spielman, a spokesperson for…
