Hyderabad: Born in a hostel room at Hyderabad’s BITS Pilani campus, Apollyon Dynamics — a startup that stunned India’s defence circles by building and supplying cutting-edge UAVs to the Indian Army within two months of its launch in 2025 — has added another feather to its hat.Now, the 20-member team has secured Rs 4 crore…
Kolkata: A Trinamool stronghold for the last 15 years, the anti-incumbency wave swept out the Trinamool from Bidhannagar and Rajarhat Gopalpur this time, creating a massive upset across the townships of Salt Lake and areas off VIP Road.Sharadwat Mukherjee of BJP, a clinical oncologist, emerged as the giant killer in Bidhannagar constituency, defeating four-time Trinamool…
Panaji: M/s Delta Pleasures Cruise Company Pvt Ltd on Monday told the Bombay high court that its new 2,000-capacity casino vessel will not be able to enter the Mandovi before the monsoons.Senior counsel Darius Khambata, representing the casino company, said in view of certain developments where some permissions have been withdrawn, it has to do…
Ahmedabad: With 3,99,526 students clearing the GSHSEB Class 12 general stream, the focus now shifts to the Gujarat Common Admission Services (GCAS), which is set to open registration from May 7 to May 28. The first round of admissions is likely to take place between June 2 and 6.While more than 44,000 students passed in…
Ludhiana: Members of a farmers’ union on Monday staged a protest at the Ladhowal toll plaza and made it toll-free for nearly three hours, demanding compensation for losses incurred during last year’s floods in the state. The protest was led by senior leader of Azad Kisan Morcha Taranjit Singh Nimana.After receiving the information, the police…
Chandigarh: Even as the Chandigarh administration pursues an ambitious reform agenda, a few long-pending demands — allowing conversion of industrial plots into retail commercial plots and permitting change of land use (CLU) in villages — are not part of the proposed reforms.“A consensus has developed within the administration that change of land use and conversion…
Pune: The Koregaon Park police have registered a case of attempt to murder against the personal assistant (PA) to a state cabinet minister based on a complaint by the PA’s wife (30) accusing him of attempting to strangle her in their residence at Queens Garden in Koregaon Park around 8.30pm on April 30. The complainant…
Guwahati: The assembly election revealed sharp regional contrasts that explain how the BJP secured its first solo majority.In the nine districts of lower Assam (excluding the Bodoland Territorial Council) having 33 seats, BJP won 16, while Congress managed 11, AGP five, and the TMC made a symbolic entry with one seat in Mandia, reflecting the…
Kota: A man posing as a government official to cheat villagers was forced to publicly apologise and made to lick a shoe sole after being caught in a village in Bundi district, police said. The incident came to light Sunday after a video of the incident went viral on social media.According to locals, the man…
PUDUCHERRY: : A fragmented opposition, All India NR Congress (AINRC) founder and chief minister N Rangasamy’s charisma and his govt’s freebies ensured NDA retained office inPuducherry. Opposition parties failed to present a unified front against the AINRC-BJPAIADMK-LJK combine. Congress fielded candidates in five constituencies allotted to DMK, causing confusion among functionaries, cadres and voters. NDA…
