Supriya Sule backs Prashant Kishor, says Sunetra Pawar-led NCP’s choice is ‘internal matter’ NEW DELHI: NCP (SP) working president Supriya Sule on Saturday said whether the Sunetra Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party wanted to work with political strategist Prashant Kishor was an “internal matter” of the rival faction.Sule said Kishor had been her friend for several…
Kolkata: Police in Barrackpore said on Saturday that they have identified some youths, who were allegedly involved in the assault on the 40-year-old theatre activist, Subhankar Dassharma, near Shyamnagar railway station in North 24-Parganas.Dassharma, a member of theatre group ‘JanaGanaMana’, lodged an FIR at Jagaddal PS on Friday, alleging he was attacked around midnight on…
Around 90% of the 164 unauthorised schools have the word “English” in their names, reflecting the aspiration for English-medium education in slum pockets (AI Image) MUMBAI: In Baiganwadi, Govandi, the morning rush begins before the school bell. Traffic chokes the narrow roads as autorickshaws, two-wheelers and pedestrians jostle for space. Students in uniforms stream into…
The India Meteorological Department has issued an orange alert for Himachal Pradesh. NEW DELHI: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert for Himachal Pradesh on Monday as heavy to very heavy rain is expected in parts of the state.Heavy to very heavy rainfall in Uttarakhand, east Rajasthan and west Madhya Pradesh, while…
At Chennai International Airport, customs officials detained a Malaysian traveler arriving from Bangkok. CHENNAI: Customs officials arrested a Malaysian national after recovering 4.033 kg of suspected high-grade hydroponic ganja from his checked-in baggage at Chennai International Airport.Based on passenger profiling, officers of the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of Chennai Customs intercepted the passenger after he…
CM Samrat Choudhary with Supreme Court Justice A Amanullah during the Eastern Zonal Conference-cum-consultation on ‘Missing children and human trafficking’ at Gyan Bhawan in Patna on Saturday Patna: CM Samrat Choudhary on Saturday said Bihar had introduced a real-time monitoring system for timely action in cases involving missing children and persons, adding that more than…
Jharkhand exam stir: Govt to hold fresh talks; health of student leader on fast deteriorates (PTI image) NEW DELHI: The Jharkhand government will hold another round of talks with protesting recruitment exam aspirants on Sunday, as the 16-day agitation continued and the health of student leader Devendra Nath Mahto, who has been on an indefinite…
Kolkata: Hospitals have started counselling patients’ families to donate blood when the patient gets it from the hospital.They have also started planning blood donation camps on their own with help from voluntary organisations. Even as blood stocks have started depleting across hospitals in the wake of restrictions imposed on 11 blood banks across the state,…
Palghar: State govt has sanctioned Rs 39.86 crore in financial assistance for families, shopkeepers and stall owners affected by heavy rain and flooding in Palghar in July. The district administration has started distributing the relief, with Rs 22.77 crore already reaching 15,190 beneficiaries.Heavy rain in Palghar in July had caused extensive financial losses to residents,…
New Delhi: A police complaint has been filed against a security guard at AIIMS after a video purportedly showing him inappropriately touching a female patient went viral on social media. Following the incident, AIIMS terminated the guard’s services and imposed a penalty on the private security agency that had employed him.In the video, the guard,…
