Chola-era Anaimangalam copper plates from the Netherlands were returned to India in May 2026 S Vijay Kumar For more than a decade, I have campaigned for the return of the two sets of Chola copper plates held by Leiden University Library in the Netherlands. Their handover is a moment of immense satisfaction, for Tamil Nadu,…
Hyderabad: US-based human capital management solutions provider Isolved has opened its new global capability centre (GCC) in Hyderabad in an expansion of its India operations as the company steps up its investment in engineering, artificial intelligence and platform development.The company said the Hyderabad centre will support its unified People Cloud platform and strengthen teams working…
Kolkata: Police have arrested several Trinamool functionaries in the past 24 hours on charges ranging from extortion and post-poll violence to running illicit rackets.Tension flared in Canning after TMC youth president Aritra Bose was arrested for allegedly shooting a BJP worker on counting day. Angry women armed with brooms and shoes surrounded the police station…
Panaji: The state cabinet on Tuesday approved relaxations to National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC) (India) Ltd for the proposed redevelopment of govt quarters at St Inez for commercial use beyond 50% of the covered area. Similarly, for the redevelopment of Junta House, it permitted a stilt height of 6.6m to provide mandatory parking through a…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat posted its highest-ever single-month spike in diabetes drug sales in April 2026, with the market expanding 30% year-on-year to Rs 118 crore, driven by the entry of affordable semaglutide-based alternatives after patent expiry in India and several global markets. Doctors say these drugs, initially prescribed mainly for diabetes care, are now increasingly being…
Chandigarh’s attempts to convert leasehold properties to freehold Chandigarh: In a move aimed at unlocking properties worth hundreds of crores, boosting revenue, and improving ease of doing business, the Chandigarh administration has approved conversion of leasehold industrial and commercial plots to freehold ownership.Punjab governor and UT administrator Gulab Chand Kataria has cleared a detailed proposal…
Pune: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), in its preliminary investigation, suspects that a few selected students benefited from a leaked question paper allegedly provided by Shivraj Motegaonkar, the arrested director of RCC, a private coaching institute.On Tuesday, CBI officials questioned several students in Pune in connection with the case.Investigators are closely examining how the…
Guwahati: Leaders of Manipur’s four Baptist church apex bodies have launched a peace mission to defuse tension between the Kuki and Naga communities, which escalated after three members of the Thadou Baptist Association India (TBAI) were killed in an ambush in Kangpokpi district on May 13.The church leaders appealed to the United Naga Council (UNC)…
SP functionaries met the injured advocate and presented him a copy of Ramcharitmanas Lucknow: SP chief Akhilesh Yadav criticised BJP govt on Tuesday over the alleged lathicharge on an advocate carrying a copy of the Ramcharitmanas and said it shows govt’s “anti-Sanatan thinking”.In a post on X, Akhilesh said the manner in which police assaulted…
The students covered 111 pedestrian crossings, where they found that only 36 crossings had proper markings, and 75 crossings were faded Jaipur: Kanoria PG College students surveyed busy roads like JLN Marg, Tonk Road, Bapu Nagar and identified blockages for pedestrian movement in Jaipur. The students identified areas with zebra crossings that were blocked either…
