Kolkata: Amid a growing unease ahead of the festival of Bakrid, also known as Eid al-Adha, set to be observed in the last week of May, Muslim intellectuals and religious figures across Kolkata have urged the community to follow all legal guidelines on animal sacrifice after the newly elected BJP govt in Bengal reiterated existing…
Ludhiana: The atmosphere in govt schools of Ludhiana is tense. Teachers’ nerves are frayed and exhaustion is writ large on their faces. They do not seem to be in the mood to entertain students’ doubts. Census duties have started in Ludhiana. The timing is bad.After a slew of “stern action” threats by the administration, teachers…
Chandigarh: Expressing apprehension that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) might “inadvertently silence the voice of lakhs of genuine Non-Resident Indians from Punjab”, the Aam Aadmi Party MP from Anandpur Sahib, Malvinder Singh Kang, has written to the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), proposing “NRI-friendly mechanisms” to prevent “wrongful deletion” of names.In the letter to the CEC…
Two society staffers have been booked under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, for brutally beating a community stray dog to death Pune: The Vishrantwadi police have registered a case of cruelty to animals against a housekeeping staffer and watchman of a private housing society in the area after they brutally beat a…
Shillong: CM Conrad K Sangma on Friday stressed on the need for coordinated inter-agency action and stronger financial investigations to fight against drug abuse, urging departments to improve public communication on enforcement action.While the CM reviewed the state’s anti-drug campaign, under the Drug Reduction, Elimination and Action Mission (DREAM) initiative, officials pointed out delays in…
Lucknow: Doctors at Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences on Sunday organized a support group programme for parents whose children suffer from lifelong diseases like Type 1 diabetes.The programme was organised by the departments of endocrinology and paediatric endocrinology for adolescents living with Type 1 diabetes.It focussed on the emotional and mental health challenges…
State Consumer Affairs officials inspecting a petrol pump. Jaipur: In a major consumer protection crackdown, officials of the state consumer affairs dept Sunday carried out surprise inspections at petrol pumps across seven districts and seized or sealed 43 defective fuel nozzles at 25 outlets for short delivery of fuel.Officials said several pumps were dispensing 30ml…
Swedish Crown Princess Victoria conferred the nation’s highest honour, Royal Order of Polar Star, on PM Modi Sunday India and Sweden upgraded their relationship to a strategic partnership, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his counterpart Ulf Kristersson endorsing an upgraded joint action plan (2026-2030) that cuts across green transition, emerging technology, trade, security and…
The Baha’i community in India has been deeply distressed by the war in Iran, which has seen an uptick in persecution of Iranian Baha’is. Many Indian Baha’is originally came from Iran and continue to have relatives in that country.With the Islamic Republic regime tightening its grip and brutally crushing any internal opposition during the conflict,…
Jateen Trivedi, VP Research Analyst – Commodity and Currency at LKP Securities, said gold maintained a firm upward bias last week, climbing almost 4 per cent on MCX and finishing near Rs 1,58,000. He noted that the rally was mainly driven by the recent 6 per cent increase in import duty, which pushed domestic prices…
