Karnataka recorded highest number of challans followed by Rajasthan, Andhra, Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand NEW DELHI: More than 5.7 lakh people were fined for smoking in public across India in 2025-26, with authorities collecting over Rs 5.1 crore in penalties under the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), according to data tabled in the…
Kolkata: Work is likely to resume at around 570 high-rise projects in and around Kolkata, where construction has been suspended since a building collapse in Taratala one-and-a-half months ago, around Independence Day, sources in the govt said after two interactions with major developers on Thursday.While 150 projects have already received a nod for resumption of…
File pic for representational purpose only Mumbai: Courses in engineering and MBA, introduced for working professionals and lateral entry, have failed to take off in the state, three years after their inception.For lateral entry MBA/MMS admissions, over 4,500 candidates showed interest in 2024-25, but eventually only 1,950 students secured admissions. The number dropped further to…
New Delhi: Widespread rain lashed the city Thursday, bringing temperatures down sharply and providing much-needed relief from humidity. With base station Safdarjung recording 56mm of rainfall between 8.30am and 5.30pm, the day saw a narrow gap of two degrees between the maximum and minimum temperatures.The maximum temperature settled at 27.6 degrees Celsius, seven notches below…
Chennai: Commuters and a govt railway policeman chased and caught a 29-year-old man moments after he snatched a gold chain from a woman at Palavanthangal railway station on Wednesday evening. He was then arrested by the St Thomas Mount Railway Police and remanded in judicial custody.Police said Abinaya, 21, a native of Chengalpet, was walking…
Patna: CPI(ML) general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya on Thursday accused the Centre and the Bihar govt of using repressive measures to suppress student protests instead of addressing their demands.Addressing a public meeting at Paliganj in Patna district, Bhattacharya alleged that the govts wanted to prevent the emergence of student leadership. “Earlier, student movements produced leaders. Today,…
Jamshedpur: A day after three wanted Maoists were arrested by security forces from the forest area in Chandil and Kandra police station limits in Seraikela-Kharsawan district, police on Thursday said that the extremists were attempting to regain a foothold in Chandil-Dalma region after shifting base from Saranda. The arrested trio were facing more than 100…
The spot where Sunil Birhor was hacked to death Hazaribag: A 25-year-old man was hacked to death under Ichak police station limits of the district in the intervening hours of Wednesday and Thursday, police said. The deceased was identified as Sunil Birhor. The accused, identified as Vijay Birhor, 27, was arrested hours after the incident.Both…
The case stems from the Bofors scandal involving the Rs 1,437 crore howitzer gun deal signed between India and Swedish arms manufacturer Bofors in 1986 NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea challenging the Delhi High Court’s 2005 decision that had quashed criminal proceedings against the Hinduja brothers in the Bofors payoff…
Retired Calcutta High Court judge Justice Ranjit Kumar Bagas has been appointed as the chairman Kolkata: Bengal govt has reconstituted the West Bengal Commission for Backward Classes, appointing retired Calcutta High Court judge Justice Ranjit Kumar Bagas its chairman.According to a notification issued by the Backward Classes Welfare department, retired IAS officers Naveen Prakash and…
