Coimbatore: CPI has announced that the party was walking out of the DMK-led alliance on Thursday.After a meeting with party functionaries in Coimbatore, CPI state secretary M Veerapandian told reporters that given the current political situation in Tamil Nadu, there was no scope for CPI to be part of alliance. “It is impossible for us…
Gurgaon: With an investment plan of over Rs 1,300 crore, Haryana govt has approved the allotment of industrial land to seven companies. The allotment — across Sohna, Bawal, Barhi and Dharuhera — marks one of the first major steps towards implementing investment commitments made under the Make in Haryana initiative launched earlier this month in…
Kolkata: The state govt has issued fresh guidelines to facilitate the transition of all state govt offices to prepaid smart electricity meters, allowing departments, autonomous bodies and govt-controlled entities to clear outstanding power dues either in a lump sum or over a period of 300 days.The move comes in the wake of a directive from…
Ahmedabad: For Rafiq Mohammad, a 45-year-old taxi driver from union territory Diu, the clock stopped on June 12 last year when he lost his 25-year-old son Faizan in the devastating plane crash. But the months that followed brought not just the pain of bereavement, but a revelation that shattered the family’s understanding of the son…
Chandigarh: The Congress high command has appointed a three-member team of All India Congress Committee (AICC) observers to assess the political situation in Punjab and submit a report on the state unit, which has long been grappling with factionalism.According to an order issued by AICC general secretary K C Venugopal on Thursday, the observers are…
Man arrested for murdering moneylender Pune: Three days after a 43-year-old farmer from Varude village near Shikrapur, about 35km from Pune, was found dead, the Pune Rural police on Wednesday detained a minor youth on the charge of murder.Police said the accused murdered the farmer, Balasaheb Tambe, by slitting his throat following an old dispute.Inspector…
Lucknow: With obesity and diabetes on the rise, fatty liver disease is emerging as a major public health challenge in India, experts said at a programme organised by SGPGI’s department of hepatology to mark Global MASH Day on Thursday.To note, MASH, or Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatohepatitis, is the new name of Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH), which is…
Ajmer man duped of over Rs 21 lakh in cyber scam Ajmer: A retired officer from a private company lodged a complaint at the cyber police station in Ajmer Thursday that he was allegedly duped of more than Rs 21 lakh in a cyber fraud after scammers lured him with promises of high returns through…
NEW DELHI: Amid concerns over shortages of two critical cancer medicines, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has approved a 50% hike in the ceiling prices of Carboplatin and Cisplatin injections, citing escalating raw material costs and supply concerns. The regulator has also revised prices of anti-tetanus immunoglobulin and three key childhood vaccines to ensure…
A Seoul court on Friday sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to 30 years in prison on charges of ordering drone infiltrations into North Korea in an attempt to heighten cross-border tensions and create a basis for his martial law declaration in December 2024.The Seoul Central District Court’s Criminal Division 36 stated that the Pyongyang…
