Mumbai: The civic standing committee on Thursday approved the proposal for the disbursement of Rs 1,000 crore to the BEST undertaking, which was held back at its earlier meeting on June 12.Committee members had demanded that BEST depute a representative to provide information on its financial condition. Accordingly, a representative was deputed by BEST, following…
Bengaluru: A brazen mobile phone snatching in the heart of the city took a dramatic turn when one of the accused collapsed and died shortly after fleeing the scene, while his accomplice was taken into police custody.The incident occurred on 14th Cross in Cubbonpete, near Majestic, around 5.30pm on June 16. Advocate Basavaraju M, a…
A billboard and arch welcome visitors to the Thirumazhisai Satellite Township Chennai: A billboard and arch welcome visitors to the Thirumazhisai Satellite Township. Beyond it lies a vast expanse of vacant land dotted with grazing cattle, mounds of garbage and overgrown vegetation. More than two decades after Tamil Nadu Housing Board (TNHB) announced plans for…
Midnapore Medical College and Hospital Midnapore: The suspension of three doctors of Midnapore Medical College and Hospital was revoked on Friday. Hospital superintendent (MSVP) Jayanta Kumar Routh, RMO Soumen Das, and assistant professor Dr Himadri Nayek — who were suspended after the death of two women and a newborn in Jan 2025 — returned to…
Karapur villagers staged a protest against the mega project in their village, near Azad maidan in Panaji Panaji: Police on Thursday detained villagers of Karapur-Sarvan, most of them women, while they were marching to Azad Maidan to protest the House of Abhinandan Lodha (HoABL) luxury housing project in their village.At least 20 villagers had attempted…
Imphal: Hundreds of people from the Kuki-Zo community on Friday took out a rally under the banner of Kuki Inpi Manipur (KIM) in Kuki-Zo dominated districts and submitted a memorandum to PM Narendra Modi outlining a seven-point charter of demands.In Churachandpur district, the rally began in Koite village playground and concluded at the Peace Ground…
‘Oppn Is Trying To Malign Temple Setup’Lucknow: In Ayodhya to mark the birthday of the chairperson of the Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Sthal, Mahant Nritya Gopal Das, chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said that anyone found involved in alleged irregularities related to the collection of donation at the Ram temple will not be spared…
Pakistani spy Mushtaq Ali, accused of collaborating with the ISI, is currently being verified in Jaisalmer JAISALMER: Pakistani spy Mushtaq Ali, who was arrested from the Nachna region of Jaisalmer for allegedly spying for Pakistan’s intelligence agency, the ISI, was brought to Jaisalmer on Friday for area verification during his five-day police remand granted by…
NEW DELHI: The National Testing Agency (NTA) will conduct a nationwide mock drill on June 20, a day before the NEET-UG 2026 re-examination scheduled across the country, the agency said on Friday.The mock drill is being organised to ensure the smooth conduct of the re-examination, which will be held on June 21 after the original…
Sukhada Fadnavis with her parents and then Caltech President Jean-Lou Chameau at graduation in 2007. Sukhada Fadnavis, an Indian-origin mathematician, has decided to start a fellowship at her alma mater Caltech (California Institute of Technology), in the name of her parents — Shubhangi and Sharad Fadnavis Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship. The fellowship will support undergraduate…
