Chennai: State govt on Thursday issued postings to two senior IPS officers, who were placed on compulsory wait by ECI ahead of elections over allegations of proximity to the previous govt.DGP S Davidson Devasirvatham, a 1995 batch officer, has been posted as DGP and chief vigilance officer of Tamil Nadu Cooperative Milk Producers Federation (TMCMPF),…
Kolkata: The centralised admission portal (CAP) will open on Monday for admission to undergraduate courses at 460 colleges and 17 universities in Bengal and applications will be accepted till June 1. The entire admission process will be held online, like previous years. A candidate can apply for up to 25 programmes or courses in one…
Panchkula: In a deeply distressing case, an 18-year-old girl has accused her father of subjecting her to years of physical, mental and sexual abuse, a trauma she says began when she was just seven.Police have arrested the man following the survivor’s complaint. He has been produced in court and sent to judicial custody.According to police,…
Pune: The Sant Tukaramnagar police on Wednesday registered a case against a Dapodi resident, who duped six persons collectivley collectively worth Rs 16.18 lakh on the promise of securing jobs to for them in Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC). The accused, who claimed to be an administrative secretary in the administration department (PMC), tol told the…
Lucknow: The CBI suspects the involvement of an organised interstate gang, allegedly linked to South India, in a sophisticated bank fraud racket targeting banks in Uttar Pradesh after two accused were arrested for posing as officials of the Uttar Pradesh Forest Corporation and opening a bank account using forged documents.The arrests were made in connection…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday departed for the UAE as part of his five-nation tour from May 15 to May 20. After the UAE, the Prime Minister will also visit the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway and Italy.The visit is expected to reinforce India’s growing engagement with Europe and the Gulf region amid evolving geopolitical and…
Asian markets mostly declined on Friday as investor optimism around artificial intelligence stocks faded amid rising concerns over inflation, elevated oil prices and uncertainty surrounding the Iran war.Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell 1.2% to 61,880.04, while South Korea’s Kospi dropped 3.2% to 7,727.34 after briefly crossing the 8,000 mark for the first time.The sharp reversal came…
‘Karuppu’ finally reached theatres on May 15 after facing major release delays and cancelled morning shows a day earlier. The much-awaited action drama starring Suriya and Trisha Krishnan was originally scheduled to release on May 14 with special early morning screenings. However, money and distribution problems delayed the release, disappointing many fans who had bought…
Fighting a rare form of cancer for nearly three years did not stop Adrija Gan from performing brilliantly in academics. The teenager from Nimta in West Bengal emerged as one of the top performers in the Higher Secondary examination results announced on Thursday.A student of Ramakrishna Sarada Mission Sister Nivedita Girls’ School in Bagbazar, Adrija…
AIADMK faction leaders with chief minister C Joseph Vijay CHENNAI: Four days after C Joseph Vijay was sworn in as the Tamil Nadu chief minister and 10 TVK MLAs were sworn in as ministers, the govt is yet to allocate portfolios or put in place a full cabinet of ministers.Lobbying by Congress MLAs aspiring for…
