Chennai: After an extensive campaign for his party and alliance partners, VCK leader Thol Thirumavalavan concluded his election trail with a series of video messages seeking votes for party candidates. He released individual videos for each of the eight candidates fielded by the VCK as part of the DMK-led alliance. In these messages, he issued…
Patna: The Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC), to provide relief to people from the scorching summer, has installed drinking water kiosks and mobile ‘Nigam Neer’ (water-on-wheels) units at major intersections, public squares, and high-traffic zones.The Nigam Neer mobile service vehicles are equipped with 200-litre tanks and taps to allow people to refill their water bottles. These…
Gumla: A 30-year-old woman in Gumla died by suicide just eight days before her wedding.Her body was found hanging from a tree in the courtyard of her house on Tuesday, police said.The woman has been identified as Punam Kumari of Serka- Siyartoli village. The family members said she was due to get married to one…
Ranchi: Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren on Tuesday handed over appointment letters to 62 child development project officers (CDPOs) and 237 women supervisors to be posted in different wings of the state women, child and social welfare department at a formal ceremony at Project Building. Hemant said that the move will go a long way…
NEW DELHI: Justice B V Nagarathna, part of the CJI Surya Kant-led nine-judge Supreme Court bench hearing the core issue of ‘fundamental rights vs faith and belief’, on Tuesday observed that a person who doesn’t believe in a religion and its religious practices had no right to file petitions challenging their validity.As senior advocate V…
Kolkata: A division bench of Calcutta High Court on Tuesday recused itself from hearing the National Investigation Agency‘s (NIA) plea challenging the bail granted to 15 accused in the April 2025 Beldanga clash.The bench of Justice Arijit Banerjee and Justice Apurba Sinha Ray sent the case to the bench of Chief Justice Sujoy Paul, who…
Mumbai: The state Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) has set April 30 as the deadline for restaurants, hotels, caterers and fast food vendors to clearly disclose on menu cards and electronic display boards if dishes are prepared using cheese analogue.The directive, issued by food safety commissioner Shridhar Dubey-Patil, said the enforcement would begin on May…
Noida International Airport NEW DELHI: Less than a month after being inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Noida International Airport (NIA) may have to replace its foreign CEO with an Indian one before it can start flight operations.The Union home ministry is learnt to have rejected Bureau of Civil Aviation Security’s (BCAS) proposal for amending…
Chennai: As dusk settles over Okkarapatti village in Andipatti constituency of Theni district, Ramayee, 60, hurries behind her six goats toward her home; V Palanichamy, 59, a vegetable vendor, weighs out the last of his onions from his three-wheeler cart. They are eager to wrap up their day’s work and catch the political campaigners making…
Patna: More than a month after he joined the JD(U), Nishant Kumar, the son of former CM Nitish Kumar, on Tuesday announced that he is likely to go on a statewide tour of the state from May 3. The move is aimed at boosting the morale of the party rank and file feeling “dejected” after…
