Guwahati: Assam govt on Monday moved a resolution in the House to seek one-third reservation for women in the Parliament and all assemblies with immediate effect, following completing delimitation. The resolution will be discussed in the House on Tuesday and is set to be passed.State women and child welfare minister Ajanta Neog, while moving the…
LUCKNOW: With the tenure of gram panchayats across Uttar Pradesh (UP) ending on Tuesday, the state government has issued an order allowing outgoing 57,694 gram pradhans to continue in administrative roles until fresh panchayat bodies are constituted.The Panchayati Raj Department clarified that the five-year term of gram panchayats elected after the 2021 elections will formally…
MUMBAI: India’s aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has issued detailed Ebola preparedness protocols for airlines operating flights linked to Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, mandating health screening measures, onboard isolation procedures and compulsory self-declaration forms for passengers arriving in India.The order, issued following a World Health Organization alert on the…
Indian equity markets climbed to their highest level in two weeks on Monday after indications of progress in peace discussions between the United States and Iran pushed crude oil prices lower and improved investor sentiment towards riskier assets. US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Washington and Tehran had “largely negotiated” a memorandum of…
Alia Bhatt’s upcoming action film Alpha is already generating buzz ahead of its release, with new details suggesting that the actress will not be playing a spy, but rather, an assassin.Directed by Shiv Rawail, ‘Alpha’ has long been reported to be the next chapter in the YRF Spy Universe. The film was set to mark…
Rabindra Dhant, 27, will walk into the Galaxy Arena in Macau on May 28 and do something no Nepali fighter has ever done: compete in a Road to UFC tournament, two wins away from a UFC contract.After trying for a few years, Dhant has got his big opportunity with Road to UFC – a win-and-advance…
New Delhi: A Delhi High Court judge on Monday disapproved of the Delhi High Court Bar Association’s (DHCBA) decision to abstain from work, observing that such actions ultimately harm litigants.Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav, while addressing a proxy counsel appearing before him, questioned how lawyers “could abstain from work” and orally remarked that advocates “have to…
Two men were arrested by Bandra Police on Monday in connection with the theft of 66 hard discs worth Rs 13 lakh from the office of Bollywood filmmakers Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti Mumbai: Two men were arrested on Monday over the alleged theft of 66 hard disks worth Rs 13 lakh from the Bandra…
Chennai: A major fire broke out at a warehouse storing oil lubricants at Rajiv Gandhi Nagar in Vichoor near Manali New Town on Monday morning, triggering repeated explosions inside the facility. Fire and rescue services personnel battled the blaze for several hours, with thick smoke engulfing the locality till evening. Two firefighters collapsed during the…
Kolkata: A 25-year satellite study has revealed that southern Bengal and Bihar have become the epicentres of particulate matter (PM) pollution across the Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP). The research warns that elevated carbon pollution has expanded to the entire state, threatening ecologically fragile zones like the Sundarbans and the Eastern Himalayas.The study, published in the prestigious…
