IIT Bombay’s 2024-25 placements saw a 3.5% dip in offers, yet average and median salaries surged by 10%. MUMBAI: IIT Bombay’s latest annual report containing placement details for 2024–25 shows that of the 2,469 students registered and 2,040 participating, the institute saw 1,422 accepted offers, marking a dip of 3.5% from the previous year. Yet,…
New Delhi: Terming it a “highly misconceived” plea, Delhi High Court Wednesday dismissed a PIL seeking a direction to the Election Commission (EC) to deregister Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and disqualify its chief Arvind Kejriwal and others from contesting elections for boycotting HC proceedings in the liquor policy case.A bench of Chief Justice D K…
CM C Joseph Vijay expanded his cabinet to 33 ministers, with 23 new additions taking the oath. CHENNAI: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay expanded his cabinet with another 23 ministers taking oath as ministers at a function held at Lok Bhavan in Chennai. In total, there are 33 ministers and two more ministries such as…
Patna: International flight operations from Darbhanga airport are likely to commence in Nov this year, Rajya Sabha member and JD(U) national working president Sanjay Kumar Jha said on Wednesday after meeting Union civil aviation minister K Ram Mohan Naidu in New Delhi.Jha said he submitted a letter to the minister, urging him to expedite the…
NEW DELHI: The X account of the viral satirical outfit, the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), has been withheld in India. CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke confirmed the suspension, writing: “As expected Cockroach Janta Party’s account has been withheld in India.” Soon after, the group launched another account titled “Cockroach is Back”, posting: “You thought you can…
KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to constitute a Special Investigation Team (SIT) under its joint director (East) to probe allegations that aspects of the RG Kar Medical College rape and murder case were suppressed or “hushed up”.The court further instructed the SIT to submit a detailed…
MUMBAI: Nobel laureates, global business leaders and cultural Icons are gathering for the ‘Billionaires for Peace Conclave’ at Hotel Grand Hyatt in Santacruz Thursday. The event is organised by the ‘I am Peacekeeper Movement’.The Nobel winners include Kailash Satyarthi (India, 2014), Houcine Abassi (Tunisia, 2015, as part of the National Dialogue Quartet), Grigorii Pelman (Russia,…
2 minors stabbed to death in Rohini NEW DELHI: Two minors were stabbed to death on Wednesday evening by another minor after a clash between the trio and group of people they had attacked in north-west Delhi’s Rohini.The boys who died in the stabbing were between 16 and 17 years old. The boy who has…
Marie Wilson (right) is the managing director of Jeppiaar Institute and fought election from RK Nagar seat on a TVK ticket. CHENNAI: Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) leader N Marie Wilson, who pulled off a sweeping victory from Dr Radhakrishnan Nagar constituency in the Tamil Nadu assembly elections, has been entrusted with key finance, planning and…
Patna: The revenue and land reforms department has strengthened its public grievance redressal mechanism by setting up a new monitoring cell with immediate effect, following instructions from minister Dilip Kumar Jaiswal.As part of the initiative, nine revenue service officers have been assigned to ensure regular monitoring and timely disposal of public complaints. The move aims…
