MK Stalin (L), TVK Vijay (R) After five weeks of intense campaigning by four contending sides in Tamil Nadu, one question remains: will the disruptor help the incumbent, the opposition or himself ? Conventional analyses still give the M K Stalin-led Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA) an edge over Edappadi K Palaniswami’s National Democratic Alliance (NDA),…
Hyderabad: After resigning from the Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP), city-based paediatrician Dr Sivaranjani Santosh has launched an online petition raising concerns over the marketing of sugar-based drinks that resemble oral rehydration salts (ORS), a medically recommended electrolyte solution used to treat dehydration.Titled ‘Clear Communication for Electrolyte Drinks: Protect Consumers in Pharmacies’, the petition hosted…
Kolkata: Trinamool MLA Khagendra Nath Mahata from Gopiballavpur in Jhargram joined the BJP on Wednesday evening, hours before the constituency goes to polls. Mahata, a doctor, was denied a ticket by Trinamool for the 2026 elections.“The party has broken the trust of the people in Jangalmahal. No decent neta can survive in it. I had…
Panaji: The Bombay high court on Wednesday sought govt’s response over the proposed entry of a new offshore casino into the Mandovi river. While the PIL challenging the allowance of a large casino vessel will be taken up on Monday, govt has been given time till Friday to file its reply.Earlier, AG Devidas Pangam told…
Ahmedabad: In a significant compliance change aimed at tightening scrutiny over possible tax evasion, small businesses and professionals opting for the presumptive tax scheme will now have to disclose their investment details in the income tax return this year, reports Parag Dave. The new disclosure requirement has been introduced in ITR-4 (Sugam), recently released by…
Ludhiana: Two bike-borne men snatched a purse containing gold jewellery, cash, and documents from a Samrala-based woman near the Baba Than Singh Chowk. The incident occurred while the woman was commuting in an e-rickshaw after a shopping trip to the city’s busy Chaura Bazaar.The victim, Jaspreet Kaur, told the police that she and her sister…
Mohali: The residents of Mohali are grappling with prolonged power outages lasting 4-8 hours from the last four days, even as the meteorological department has issued a yellow alert warning of intense heat wave across Punjab.According to the schedule released by the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), power supply disruptions are planned as follows:…
Pune: The civic body is set to receive around 12 breathalysers from the Pune traffic police next week to check water tanker drivers and prevent drunk driving, senior civic officials told TOI.The move comes amid growing concerns over road safety involving tanker drivers and follows recent fatal accidents that triggered public outrage.Nandkishor Jagtap, head of…
Itanagar: In an exemplary display of community cooperation, women of Nikja village in Arunachal’s Kurung Kumey district helped police on Wednesday in rearresting a murder convict, who had escaped from Koloriang sub-jail on Tuesday.Convicted in 2014, Birju Bhumij escaped from the jail at around 7pm on Tuesday evening, after the guard allowed him to get…
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