T. Ramasami, Former Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, handing over a medal and certificate to a medallist during the 14th Annual Convocation of VIT Chennai on Sunday. 140 PhD, and 4,440 undergraduates and postgraduates received their degrees on the occasion. G Viswanathan, Founder and Chancellor, VIT; Mohit Jain, Chief Operating Officer…
Patna: Calling Bihar the “capital of paper leaks”, RJD working president and leader of opposition in the state assembly, Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, on Sunday said the march he would lead to Lok Bhavan on Wednesday would be an “open one”. He appealed to students, youths, job aspirants, teachers from coaching institutes, women and others to…
Kiren Rijiju said PM was not referring to the opposition after P Chidambaram’s ‘dimagi Naxal’ post. NEW DELHI: PM Modi’s ‘dimagi Naxal’ remark on August 15 became the subject of a political slugfest Sunday, with Congress‘s P Chidambaram saying he was “proud to be a dimagi Naxal” to which BJP replied that the ex-home minister’s…
80th Independence Day Observation on Red Road. The newly elected Chief Minister of West Bengal Suvendu Adhikari unfurled the Tricolour and accepted the ceremonial salute from the marching contingents and witnessed many colourful performance by the school students on Red Road… Sukhomoy Sen 80th Independence Day Observation on Red Road. The newly elected Chief Minister…
Mumbai auto drivers learning Marathi prioritize refusal phrases over basic communication. MUMBAI: While people learning new languages start with bare necessities, some city auto drivers seem clear on their priority. After nearly a week of learning basic Marathi at RTO-run classes, they are rustling up a string of excuses in Marathi to refuse rides.One such…
New Delhi: Two months after a woman was found murdered in northwest Delhi’s Bhalswa Dairy, police have arrested her absconding husband in connection with the case.The victim, Ujma, was allegedly killed by her husband, Sharvar Ali (40). The couple is survived by three children. Police said Ali had been evading arrest since the incident, and…
Chennai: The West Asia conflict may have disrupted global trade, but it has not dampened the appetite of Indian companies to strengthen their presence in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region. While the UAE serves as a key economic gateway to the GCC and African markets, Indian companies are also looking to cater to the…
Chief minister Samrat Choudhary holds a review meeting at the ‘Sankalp’ auditorium at Lok Sevak Awas in Patna on Sunday Patna: Chief minister Samrat Choudhary on Sunday directed officials to expedite work on the development of air facilities at Sabeya in Gopalganj, Forbesganj in Araria, Kishanganj, Saran and Ulav in Begusarai, as Bihar seeks to…
Students in Jharkhand intensified their protest over recruitment exam irregularities on Sunday. RANCHI: The agitation by students over alleged irregularities in Jharkhand’s recruitment examinations intensified on Sunday, as protesters burnt effigies of Chief Minister Hemant Soren, Rahul Gandhi and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav here, accusing the JMM-Congress alliance of “failing to take concrete action” on…
An SC bench said the evidence for an accidental drowning was more plausible than homicide. NEW DELHI: Observing that the human mind can sometimes act foolishly, especially in the face of unpredictable adversity, Supreme Court has said that such behaviour cannot be the sole basis of conviction and acquitted two men who had been held…
