Kolkata/Jhargram: Calling PM Narendra Modi‘s “jhalmuri break” all part of a “drama”, Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday pointed out that the shop already had a camera fitted inside, all too ready for the PM’s arrival. This comes a day after Modi stopped at Vikram Sahoo’s jhalmuri shop in Jhargram.“A microphone fitted, the SPG around…
Thane: A major civic initiative to revive old wells and convert them into potable water sources is set to ease chronic shortages in the city’s Majiwada-Manpada belt, state transport minister Pratap Sarnaik said on Monday.Sarnaik, who inaugurated three such rejuvenated wells in the Lokmanya Nagar area of the city on Monday, indicated that, if successful,…
Delhi High Court dismissed Arvind Kejriwal’s plea to recuse Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma from the excise policy case, deeming it based on conjecture. NEW DELHI: A political flashpoint erupted on Tuesday after Arvind Kejriwal’s plea seeking the recusal of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma in the Delhi excise policy case was dismissed by the Delhi High…
CHENNAI: The number of women contesting in assembly elections in Tamil Nadu has risen over the years, with 443 female candidates in the fray for the April 23 poll. There are 3,579 men in the fray.In 1967, just 11 women were among 778 candidates. By 1984, there were 46 women. In the 2006 election, there…
In a shocking turn of events, a government school teacher from Buxar has been handed a life sentence for his involvement in a murder case. Dwarika Pandey was convicted of taking Mahesh Kumar’s life over a financial disagreement. The judge not only imposed a significant financial penalty but also mandated compensation to be paid to…
The access to maternal care in India has certainly expanded over the past decade, even as a mother’s experience around pregnancy and childbirth continues to be uneven once she is out of the delivery room. What shapes the outcome for a mother in the weeks and months after delivery is breastfeeding-related struggles, weak postnatal follow-ups,…
KOLKATA: “I have the list,” CM Mamata Banerjee said on Monday, referring to a list of Trinamool Congress workers to be “arrested ahead of the assembly elections”, and vowed to “fight every such case in court”.Speaking at a poll rally at Murarai in Birbhum, Banerjee said the “list” was circulating in the market, highlighting how…
Mumbai: The Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognisance of a TOI report published Monday, which highlighted the plight of a 70-year-old man with suspected bleeding in the brain. The report flagged how the patient was tossed from BMC-run MW Desai Hospital to Jogeshwari Trauma Hospital without an ambulance or medical support.The…
NEW DELHI: Delhi Police arrested two operatives linked to Pakistan-based ISI proxy Shahzad Bhatti, who were involved in a criminal conspiracy to execute target killings and firing incidents in the Delhi-NCR region, according to news agency ANI. According to a statement by the police, the two accused, identified as Rajveer and Vivek Vanjara. The Special…
At Palani Chettipatti, a panchayat town in Theni district, the early morning quiet is broken by drumbeats and the blare of DMK propaganda songs. Scores of men and women gather on the main road, holding up posters of chief minister M K Stalin and his new party associate O Panneerselvam.For Panneerselvam, a three-time chief minister,…
