Bengaluru: A Ramanagara court Monday granted anticipatory bail to 11 farmers, against whom criminal cases were booked during a protest against the proposed Bidadi Township on July 13.The booked farmers, including a few women, were allegedly part of the mob that attacked some Joint Measurement Committee officials with a broom at Mandalahalli when the latter…
Chennai: A long period of imprisonment alone cannot justify bail in a money-laundering case, Madras high court has said, dismissing the bail plea of a man arrested in connection with the ₹43-crore investment fraud in Puducherry.Justice C Kumarappan said the stringent bail conditions under Section 45 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) would…
Actor Brahmanandam being felicitated during Anvayaa’s 10th anniversary celebrations Hyderabad: The insurance sector, despite criticism for not being senior citizen-friendly, has in the past five to six years introduced geriatric disease-specific coverage, including for dementia and Parkinson’s, said Dr Adesh Kumar Jampulkar, vice-president, Liberty General Insurance.Speaking at a panel discussion during Anvayaa Elder Care’s 10th…
Kolkata: “In the changed circumstances… let people remain in peace,” Calcutta High Court observed on Monday saying it was not inclined to proceed with Suvendu Adhikari’s contempt plea against former speaker Biman Banerjee over security provided to MLAs on the assembly premises.Adhikari had filed the case before Justice Amrita Sinha when he was leader of…
Youth Akali Dal, SOI activists held sit-in at BFUHS demanding resignationof education, health ministerPics: Youth Akali activists into protest at FaridkotNeel Kamal/TNNBathinda: Taking a cue from the protests by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) against paper leaks, members of the Youth Akali Dal (YAD) and Students Organisation of India (SOI) held a sit-in protest at…
Shillong: IIM Shillong on Monday paid tributes to Bharat Ratna APJ Abdul Kalam on his 11th death anniversary, marking the day the former President delivered his final lecture at the institute on ‘How to Make Our Planet More Liveable’.As a tribute to Kalam’s association with the institute, an 8-foot-tall life-size bronze statue was unveiled by…
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh jal shakti minister Swatantra Dev Singh has directed officials to expedite drinking water projects in all remaining Japanese Encephalitis (JE) and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES)-affected villages, instructing departments to work 24 hours a day in three shifts to ensure safe and clean tap water reaches residents at the earliest.The directions were issued…
The 6th National Tennis Ball Cricket Championship, under the aegis of the Rajasthan Tennis Ball Cricket Association, will be held at Chaugan Stadium in Jaipur from July 28 to 30, 2026 Jaipur: The 6th National Tennis Ball Cricket Championship, under the aegis of the Rajasthan Tennis Ball Cricket Association, will be held at the historic…
Representative AI-generated image NEW DELHI: India has nearly 47 GW of battery energy storage system (BESS) capacity at various stages of development as the country ramps up storage infrastructure to support rapid expansion of renewable energy and meet rising electricity demand, power ministry informed Parliament Monday.As of June 30, nearly 16 GW of BESS capacity…
Along Namibia’s remote Atlantic coastline, where endless desert meets one of the world’s most dangerous seas, a forgotten piece of history lay buried beneath the sand for nearly 500 years. What began as a routine diamond mining operation near Oranjemund turned into one of Africa’s most remarkable archaeological discoveries when workers uncovered the remains of…
