Dhubri: Koch Rajbongshi National Students’ Union’s (KRANSU) hunger strike at Borpara Public Playground in Bongaigaon crossed 100 hours on Friday.KRANSU began the agitation on Aug 25 as a 72-hour hunger strike. It was extended indefinitely after the deadline ended on Aug 28 without a written govt response.The organisation is demanding scheduled tribe status for the…
Pushkar Singh Dhami responds to Rahul Gandhi NEW DELHI: Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Saturday hit back at Rahul Gandhi after the Congress leader held a press conference over the “purification” row involving party president Mallikarjun Kharge.Dhami said those who performed the “purification” ritual at Haldwani’s Ramlila Ground after Kharge’s rally were not…
Indian-origin tech leader Apoorva Govind speaks out on H-1B issue. Amid a renewed controversy over whether American jobs should be reserved for Americans and not skilled foreigners, Indian-origin tech leader Apoorva Govind presented a detailed analysis of the tech situation, breaking down which tech companies need what type of skills. Govind said she had been…
Sylvester Stallone announces Sophia Rose Stallone’s engagement. Hollywood actor Sylvester Stallone has announced the engagement of his eldest daughter, Sophia Rose Stallone. She is set to marry Michael Sheehan. Sylvester Stallone shared the news with his followers on Instagram on Saturday.The actor posted several photographs from the engagement. The first image featured Sylvester Stallone with…
NEW DELHI: Former India captain Sunil Chhetri has admitted he feels “a little jealous” watching the current generation get an opportunity to face footballing giants Brazil and Uruguay, revealing that he never got such a chance during his long international career.India are scheduled to host five-time world champions Brazil on October 3 and Uruguay three…
The week opens with pressure on your shoulders, Aquarius, and you won’t be able to escape it by pretending everything is light. Early in the week, work asks more from you than usual. You may feel tense, slightly restless, even a bit impatient with slow people and slower systems. Still, there is grit in you…
Ramakrishna Hegde centenary celebrations in Bengaluru Bengaluru: Chief minister DK Shivakumar Saturday announced that a medical college, a major road and an award for the best panchayat will be named after former CM, late Ramakrishna Hegde.Speaking at Hegde’s birth centenary celebrations at Vidhana Soudha, Shivakumar said the state will name a medical college in Uttara…
AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami DHARMAPURI: AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Saturday criticized the TVK govt in Tamil Nadu for the mounting fiscal deficit and recurring power outages, asserting that AIADMK remains the only party genuinely addressing people’s grievances.EPS was speaking at a mass induction event in Dharmapuri, where cadres from various…
Hyderabad: Even as Telangana is eyeing space tech sector as the next pillar of growth, spacetech companies have urged the state govt to develop a dedicated ‘Space City’ to cluster the ecosystem and provide specialised infrastructure for testing, manufacturing and scaling deeptech products.The suggestion, which comes even as Andhra Pradesh is wooing space tech companies…
Gurgaon is grappling with a severe sanitation emergency as piles of garbage overwhelm public areas GURGAON: More than a year after a Punjab and Haryana high court-appointed panel flagged Gurgaon’s sanitation crisis and said MCG was in denial about the situation, the city continues to struggle with the same problem: garbage piling up in public…
