Navi Mumbai: Shiv Sena workers held a protest on Monday against forest minister Ganesh Naik at the inauguration of certain healthcare projects, after they claimed their leader and deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde’s name was left out of the invitation card.Shinde is also the guardian minister of Thane district. The name of Shinde’s son, Kalyan…
Udupi: Sri Vadiraja Research Foundation has initiated efforts to transliterate ayurveda manuscripts written in Tigalari and Modi Kannada scripts found in coastal Karnataka.Ayurveda-related manuscripts from the coastal region will be selected for transliteration as part of the project. Under the framework of India’s Gyan Bharatam Mission, about one crore manuscripts across the country have already…
CHENNAI: A three-year-old girl was raped and murdered, and seven other minor girls and four women were sexually assaulted in and around Chennai in 24 hours since Sunday. Police said the three-year-old, daughter of guest workers from Bihar, was raped by 19-year-old Bibin Manjhi, also from Bihar and a frequent visitor to their house at…
Hyderabad: PULSUS Group on Monday said it plans to accelerate expansion of its Ameenpur AI Healthcare and Digital Innovation Hub after the Supreme Court upheld the project’s IT/ITeS park and SEZ status, clearing regulatory uncertainty around the 35-acre campus near Miyapur.The company said the ₹500 crore project will target 6,000 direct jobs and support about…
Abhishek Banerjee at ED CGO COmplex office Abhishek Banarjee at CGO complex Saltlake, photo Mayukh Sengupta Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate on Monday interrogated Trinamool neta Abhishek Banerjee in connection with the cash-for-jobs case the agency is already probing. Banerjee came out of the CGO Complex office after 11 hours of interrogation.Banerjee, who was earlier questioned…
Guwahati: Over five lakh goldsmiths, who are members of the Nikhil Assam Swarna Silpi Samiti, have urged Assam govt to introduce special welfare measures for the community, claiming that the artisans are facing economic hardship due to a sharp decline in the production and sale of handcrafted gold ornaments.In a statement issued by the organisation,…
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav (Photo credit: X/@Akhilesh Yadav) LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav alleged on Monday that the BJP represents a threat to democracy.Speaking to party workers and leaders from different districts of Uttar Pradesh at the SP’s state headquarters, Yadav stated that protecting democracy is the responsibility of the SP through…
Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar and Kalyan Banerjee NEW DELHI: Rebel Trinamool Congress MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar has written to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla seeking the expulsion of fellow MP Kalyan Banerjee, accusing him of repeated verbal abuse, misogynistic remarks and misconduct within Parliament.The complaint comes a day after Ghosh Dastidar and 19 other MPs announced…
EB-5 Green Card category becomes unavailable for Indians in FY2026. After EB-2, India’s per-country limit has been reached in the EB-5 unreserved category for 2026. The annual limits will reset with the start of the new fiscal year (FY 2027) on October 1, 2026. This means the EB-5 unreserved immigrant visa category for India will…
In order to curb mis-selling and hold regulated entities accountable across all distribution channels, including social media influencers and digital marketing intermediaries, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday tightened norms governing the advertising, marketing and sale of financial products and services. The revised directions, which will come into force from January 1, 2027,…
