Patna: A 59-year-old man was allegedly killed after his son-in-law slit his throat while he was asleep outside his house in Samastipur district on Sunday night. The incident took place in Banghara Tola, Ward No. 7 of Rupouli panchayat under Musarigharari police station area over a dispute over the daughter’s vidaai. The victim, Biju Das,…
BJP MP’s Gen Z-style praise for PM during anti-paper leak Bill debate NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party Lok Sabha member Bansuri Swaraj on Tuesday used a Gen Z term to praise the steps taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi against the paper leak. She said that the PM had “clocked it” with the anti-paper…
Pradip Chopra, chairman and managing director of the PS Group KOLKATA: In a city where old buildings, markets and memories are constantly being remade, a quiet group of Kolkata changemakers is proving that waste need not be the end of a material’s journey.They are architects, educators, entrepreneurs and recyclers who see discarded glass, plastic, electronics,…
Unlike conventional solar parks, the project will use the surface of the Veer reservoir, reducing the need for land acquisition while also helping minimise water evaporation. MUMBAI: Maharashtra has initiated the process to develop its first floating solar power project with battery storage by inviting expressions of interest (EOIs) for an integrated 11-MW Floating Solar…
Waterlogging reported in several parts of Delhi-NCR NEW DELHI: Delhi-NCR woke up to heavy rain on Tuesday, bringing some relief from the humid weather but also triggering waterlogging and traffic snarls at several locations.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a ‘red’ alert for Delhi, forecasting moderate rain at many places and heavy rain at…
Anti-defection proceedings Chennai: AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami was yet to decide whether to appear before speaker J C D Prabhakar on July 30 in connection with the anti-defection proceedings against four rebel MLAs, senior party leader Agri S S Krishnamurthy said on Monday.After meeting the speaker, Krishnamurthy said the AIADMK chief would take…
An SIT traced the threats to a single WhatsApp number used to target three BJP functionaries within four days. Patna: In a major breakthrough, Muzaffarpur police arrested three members of a gang that allegedly posed as associates of Lawrence Bishnoi and demanded Rs 2 crore in extortion from BJP functionaries in the district. An SIT…
Govt says Meta’s response on briefly deleted video of PM was not enough The Centre is not satisfied with Meta’s explanation that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Facebook post was removed “in error”, with government sources telling PTI that the issue is “far from settled” and warrants deeper discussions.According to the sources, Meta’s response is “not…
Kolkata: The Sabooj Sathi scheme has been renamed ‘Sarathi’. A notice was issued with the standard operating procedure (SOP), saying that the fresh process will roll out soon.The notice outlined an SOP for students of Class 9 studying in govt, govt-aided schools and madrasas. The notice reads: “In Sarathi Phase XII, students’ profiles of eligible…
MUMBAI: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), Worli unit, has registered a case against two private individuals for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe to facilitate the release of a car towed by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).The accused have been identified as Santosh Sonu Patade (51) and Devendra Chandrakant Bandwadkar (52). A case has been registered…
