BJP’s defeat at the hands of poll strategist and Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor has tossed many questions PATNA: After the unexpected defeat in Bankipur, the ruling BJP’s state leadership said it will take a series of measures to first analyse the reasons behind the electorate debacle and take steps, underscoring that a byelection result…
A WhatsApp spokesperson acknowledged that errors can occur while enforcing the platform’s safety measures. NEW DELHI: Multiple WhatsApp users including several in India reported that their accounts had been placed “under review” for 24 hours, temporarily blocking access to the messaging platform’s features without prior warning.The disruption surfaced around 8pm IST on Monday, with affected…
Varsha Ashok Aglawe became the first woman director general of the Geological Survey of India KOLKATA: Varsha Ashok Aglawe on Monday assumed charge as the 54th director general of the Geological Survey of India (GSI), becoming the first woman to lead India’s premier geoscientific organisation in its 176-year history.She succeeds Asit Saha, who served as…
Bhiwandi: Police probing the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) paper leak said that the accused stole defective copies from a disposal box and concealed them inside their shoes before passing them on to the alleged kingpin of the racket.Investigators said question papers with minor printing defects or ink marks were discarded in a disposal box inside…
The house that collapsed in northeast Delhi’s Usmanpur Sunday night New Delhi: A 32-year-old man and his wife, who had been married for barely two-and-a-half months, were killed when the roof of their rented house collapsed in northeast Delhi’s Usmanpur Sunday night, while the woman’s 10-year-old son narrowly escaped as he was watching television in…
Calling the DMK’s conduct “absolutely disgusting”, TVK MLA Rhevanth Charan, in a post on X, said such acts expose the mindset and declining standards of the Arivalayam clan. THANJAVUR: Leader of the Opposition in the Tamil Nadu Assembly, Udhayanidhi Stalin, courted controversy after making an offensive remark that was widely interpreted as an allusion to…
Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor Patna: After winning the Bankipur assembly bypoll, Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor on Monday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union home minister Amit Shah and the BJP’s central leadership to go for a regime change in Bihar.He pitched for replacing the present chief minister Samrat Choudhary with someone who has…
All new cars, passenger and goods vehicles would need to have Vehicle-to-Vehicle communication system. (PTI) NEW DELHI: From Oct 2028, all new two- and three-wheelers, cars, passenger and goods vehicles (including buses and trucks) would need to have Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) communication system, as per a draft notification of the road transport ministry. The V2V technology…
Kolkata: City-based IT-enabled services provider Fusion CX recorded a 128% jump in net profit to Rs 169 crore in 2025-26, with revenue from operations rising to Rs 1,818 crore from Rs 1,329 crore the previous year.The company has filed an addendum with Sebi updating these financials ahead of its planned IPO of Rs 1,000 crore,…
A sessions court rejected former India junior goalkeeper Sukhadev Patil’s bail plea MUMBAI: Former India junior goalkeeper Sukhadev Patil was denied a last-minute save as a sessions court rejected his anticipatory bail plea in an alleged cheating and forgery case.The court held that the custodial interrogation of the 27-year-old footballer, who has represented clubs in…
