Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Friday scrapped EC’s 48-hour bike ban order for the April 29 phase-2 poll and said pillion riding will not be allowed on two-wheelers for 12 hours on poll day, unless it is for dropping or picking children from school, medical emergencies or family functions. The HC did not interfere…
Mumbai: A wedding function in Bhandup West ended in a tragedy for one of the attendees who died after accidentally falling into a 30-foot septic tank pit in an under-construction SRA building in the vicinity, while chasing some men who allegedly made gestures at a woman at 11.30pm on Thursday. Ten others were injured in…
NEW DELHI: A man was injured after an alleged knife attack by his friends following an argument in east Delhi’s Krishna Nagar area, police said on Friday.The incident took place on Thursday evening around 9 pm. The injured man identified as Nazeem, had already been taken to Hedgewar Aarogya Sansthan Hospital, while the accused had…
In a heart-wrenching incident in Rohtas district, six innocent animals met a tragic end after being left to starve in a sealed home by suspects fleeing a violent land dispute. The horrific events of April 2 saw a fatal shooting, and in the chaos, two cows, two buffaloes, and two goats were abandoned to succumb…
Hazaribag’s MP, Manish Jaiswal, did not hold back as he called out the power department and DVC officials for their failure to provide consistent electricity during this intense heatwave. With palpable frustration, he slammed DVC for diverting resources and pressed for urgent measures to restore power, requesting a boost of 10 MW. Hazaribag: Local MP…
NEW DELHI: Just days before delivering his biggest political move yet, Raghav Chadha struck a cinematic note, invoking a Bollywood line from Dhurandhar: “ghayal hoon, isliye ghatak hoon” (I am wounded, therefore I am dangerous).In hindsight, the dialogue and its metaphor now read very differently. The “wounded” leader Raghav Chadha has not just walked away…
Kolkata: No one is predicting whether the second phase of polling in Bengal next Wednesday will beat Thursday’s unprecedented turnout of 92.9% (revised on Friday). But everyone, including politicians and voters themselves, is sure of one thing: the second phase, too, is on course to see a heavy turnout of voters. And the factor that…
Mumbai: In response to a surge in redevelopment-driven construction across the city, BMC has issued a standard operating procedure (SOP) to regulate construction and demolition (C&D) waste management. The circular mandates that all developers, contractors, infrastructure agencies and govt bodies segregate waste at source into two categories: excavation material and construction debris. Non-compliance with the…
SGTB Khalsa team emerged as winner of the quiz Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College, University of Delhi, (SGTB Khalsa College) in association with the World Bank Group (WBG) and the South Asian Students’ Economics Meet (SAESM) organised a quiz on the 22 April in the Master Tara Singh Auditorium of the college. The event…
CHENNAI: Polling in seven of Chennai’s 16 assembly constituencies crossed the 70% mark by 3 pm on Thursday, with several segments in the city recording voter turnout comparable to high-polling districts in the rest of Tamil Nadu.At least 19 lakh people out of the 28.3 lakh voters have cast their votes in the city. Polling…
