Hyderabad: Former Khairatabad MLA Danam Nagender has approached the Supreme Court challenging the Telangana high court’s order disqualifying him as an MLA, after publicly stating that he would not move the apex court and would instead face the electorate whenever a by-election was held.Sources familiar with the development said the petition has not yet been…
Clearance for the remaining applicants awaited Kolkata: Three months since the first tranche of Annapurna Yojana aid was released, 4.5 lakh women in Kolkata have enrolled for the financial assistance programme of Rs 3,000 a month.A govt official said so far, 5.7 lakh women had submitted applications in Kolkata, among whom 4.5 lakh had been…
Panama were placed in a challenging World Cup group Panaji: At 44, Panama is the lowest-ranked team that India will face during the FIFA international match window, but Khalid Jamil’s team has a fierce battle on its hand as Los Canaleros will arrive here with 14 players who were part of the squad for the…
Ahmedabad: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday announced its first list of 23 candidates for the Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation elections, set for Oct 11.The Arvind Kejriwal-led party had won one seat and secured 21% of the votes in the last civic election, its Gujarat unit general secretary Manoj Sorathiya said.The upcoming elections will see a…
Patiala: Hundreds of contractual and outsourced employees of Punjab Roadways, PUNBUS and Pepsu Road Transport Corporation (PRTC) on Saturday announced an indefinite statewide strike from Sept 22, accusing the Punjab govt of failing to regularise their services and end the contractor system.Resham Singh Gill, state president of the Punjab Roadways, PUNBUS/PRTC Contract Workers’ Union (25/11),…
Surat: Police have identified a former textile shop employee as the prime suspect for the Sept 9 arson at Shyam Sangini Textile Market that damaged at least 10 shops and burned for nearly 20 hours. Teams are hunting for the suspect, who is believed to have fled the city with his family.Investigators identified the suspect…
Guwahati: “Diya ghurai diya prithibi amar amak…” (“Give our world back to us, the world that belongs to us…”) is from “Sishu”, an album Zubeen Garg released in 2002 in memory of his younger sister, Jongki Borthakur, a singer and actor who died in a car accident that year while travelling to a stage show.Written…
Fire broke out in a building in Sector D of Aliganj on the afternoon of June 22, killing 15 people (Photo credit: Manoj Chhabra) LUCKNOW: Aliganj police filed a nearly 500-page chargesheet against four accused in connection with the June 22 Aliganj fire that claimed 15 lives, completing the investigation 87 days after the deadly…
Palanpur: A special Pocso court in Idar sentenced a 20-year-old man from Aravali district to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for kidnapping a minor girl and repeatedly raping her at several places in the state. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 and awarded Rs 3.5 lakh in compensation to the victim.The convict,…
FHTR delegates awarding the winning Team Jaipur at the FHTR Night Polo exhibition match Jaipur: As part of Rajasthan Domestic Travel Mart (RDTM) 2026 and under the aegis of Annual Sept Jaipur Polo Season 2026, the FHTR (Federation of Hospitality and Tourism of Rajasthan) Polo Cup exhibition match was organised at the Rajasthan Polo Club…
