Mohammed WajihuddinMumbai: They recited poetry in running buses, at public toilets and taxi stands. Once one of their leaders, the mercurial Namdev Dhasal, even dressed as a taxi driver and held a poetry reading session with the cabbies.Dalit Panthers opposed the entrenched political and literary establishment of Maharashtra. Inspired by the Black Panthers of America,…
Karnataka chief minister DK Shivakumar and his predecessor Siddaramaiah Bengaluru: Former chief minister Siddaramaiah on Monday asserted that the Congress govt’s five guarantee schemes would not be discontinued and expressed confidence that they would continue even after the party returns to power following the next Assembly election.Siddaramaiah described the BJP as an “anti-poor party” that…
Burglary in Saidapet house Chennai: Police launched a search for the unidentified burglars who broke into a locked house in Saidapet and stole 25 sovereigns of gold jewellery and ₹2 lakh in cash. The theft came to light after the resident returned from church and found that the house had been burgled.The victim, Ranganathan, 52,…
Hyderabad: As Telangana begins its Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, questions remain over whether booth-level officers (BLOs) will physically reach every voter. Similar challenges in states like West Bengal and Gujarat — where locked houses, apartment complexes, migrant settlements and urban localities made contact difficult — had led to electors being marked absent…
The central agency said its investigation stems from multiple FIRs registered by the EOW Gurgaon: Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached immovable properties worth approximately Rs 503.4 crore in connection with its ongoing money laundering investigation against Raheja Developers Ltd (RDL), promoter-director Navin M Raheja and associated entities, taking the total value of attached assets…
Kolkata: The Bengal govt has invited applications from developers to establish two major supercritical thermal power projects under the tariff-based competitive bidding (TBCB) route. The proposed expansion includes a 2×800 MW plant at the Santaldih Thermal Power Station (STPS) and a 1×660 MW unit at the Bakreswar Thermal Power Station (BTPS).The state power department, acting…
Hira Rashid, an MBBS student at AMU, takes flight from Noida to Lucknow Lekhraj Sharma, 90, a resident of Ranhera village, takes his first flight Karnesh Singh, a resident of Kishorpur village, takes his first flight Hira Rashid, an MBBS student at AMU, takes flight from Noida to Lucknow Lekhraj Sharma, 90, a resident of…
Panaji: Calling for India’s renewable energy ecosystem to be strengthened and accelerated, Union minister for new and renewable energy Pralhad Joshi called upon the industry to submit a detailed assessment on the potential for repowering ageing wind projects.He said that India aims to achieve an installed capacity of 100GW of wind energy by 2030 from…
Varanasi: Apna Dal (Kamerawadi) MLA from Sirathu, Pallavi Patel, and her supporters were arrested on Monday near the Banaras Hindu University gate while attempting to stage a protest over the alleged NEET paper leak. Police detained Patel and the group and took them to Bada Gaon police station.The MLA and her supporters were released late…
Ahmedabad: A 35-year-old woman from the Thakkarbapanagar area of Ahmedabad was booked after immigration authorities alleged that she travelled abroad multiple times using forged passports issued in the names of other women. She allegedly replaced the original passport holders’ photographs with her own to impersonate them, said police. The probe has been shifted from the…
