A tender and bittersweet exploration of love, friendship and missed chances, Love Letters traces five decades of emotional connection through the exchange of deeply personal letters AR Gurney’s internationally celebrated theatrical hit Love Letters is exactly that — a heartfelt ode to the art of letter writing. This deeply moving two-character play traces the lives…
Chennai: The rebellion within AIADMK is gathering momentum, with a faction led by C Ve Shanmugam and S P Velumani exploring provisions in the party bylaws to challenge the leadership of general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami. The dissident group is considering invoking the AIADMK by-law under which the general secretary is bound to convene a…
Patna: In a major administrative reshuffle, the state govt on Friday transferred several IAS officers, reassigned departmental secretaries and handed additional responsibilities to a number of senior officials.IAS officer Mayank Warwade of the 2001-batch has been appointed divisional commissioner of Patna. He replaces Animesh Kumar Parashar, who will continue as managing director of the Bihar…
People refill petrol in jars in Ranchi on Friday Ranchi: Chaotic scenes unfolded across Ranchi as residents resorted to panic buying even as there was a steep hike in fuel prices. Petrol pumps in the city witnessed massive, winding queues since late Thursday and motorists waited anywhere between 90 minutes to two hours to get…
According to the notice, the commission had issued four public notices in Nov and Dec last year asking medical colleges to submit details of stipends paid to MBBS interns and resident doctors for the financial year 2023-24. This notice, more than three-and-a-half months after the last one, comes a week before the next hearing of…
SRINAGAR: BJP Friday staged a protest outside J&K CM Omar Abdullah’s residence, demanding prohibition of liquor in Kashmir Valley.The party said it would launch protests from Qazigund town in south Kashmir to Karnah area on Line of Control in north Kashmir in the second phase of protests in near future if the National Conference govt…
Kolkata: Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari on Friday formally resigned from the Nandigram assembly seat and chose to retain Bhowanipore, while delivering an emotional message to reassure his support base in his East Midnapore bastion.“My relationship with Nandigram is not tied to any elected post. This relationship runs much deeper, and it will remain until my…
Mumbai: The BMC has shut down its internal SAP-based birth and death registration system after an internal probe found massive “irregularities” in birth certificate enrolment. It has now shifted to the central government’s Civil Registration System (CRS) portal for new birth and death registrations and corrections in existing certificates.The SAP-based system, which was in use…
New Delhi: A special govt audit of Delhi Medical Council (DMC) has flagged major “financial and administrative irregularities” between Dec 1, 2019, and Feb 10, 2025.The report, prepared by Delhi govt’s directorate of audit and submitted to its health and family welfare department, has held Dr Girish Tyagi, former registrar of DMC, “responsible for a…
Chennai: The southern bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered the formation of a joint committee comprising Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) and state fisheries department to remove ‘garbage islands’ from the east coast beaches from Kasimedu till Ennore.“The main concern is thermocol and other waste, which are disposed of at various points along…
