NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday followed through on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “save fuel” appeal to the citizens amid the Middle East crisis. It ordered that all matters listed on miscellaneous days, including Mondays and Fridays, as well as on partial working days, will be heard exclusively through video conferencing until further orders….
Kolkata: Kalita Maji, the BJP’s newly-elected MLA from Aushgram who continued to work as a domestic help even after being named a candidate, announced on Thursday that she would no longer work in households as she now had “a bigger responsibility” towards the people of her constituency.Hours after taking oath as an MLA in the…
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government has reduced Value Added Tax (VAT) on Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) to 7 per cent from 18 per cent for a period of six months with effect from May 15, in a move aimed at providing relief to airlines grappling with high fuel costs. The civil aviation ministry said the move…
New Delhi: Two men allegedly robbed a woman of gold and silver jewellery and cash worth about Rs 8 lakh after entering her house in east Delhi‘s Trilokpuri on Thursday morning, police said.According to police, the incident occurred around 11 am when the main gate of the house was left open and the woman was…
Chennai: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay has set a three-month deadline to eradicate corruption in all state departments, said minister and Villivakkam MLA Aadhav Arjuna. There should be no recommendations, commissions or participation by TVK functionaries in tenders, he said.Aadhav Arjuna was speaking to reporters after his first review meeting in Shenoy Nagar on Thursday….
The four-day All India Sainik Schools Group-Level Hockey Tournament (2026–27) concluded with a felicitation ceremony at Sainik School Nalanda on Thursday. Chief guest Colonel Bhupender Kumar, principal of the institution, attended the closing ceremony. Director of sports Vijit Kumar welcomed the gathering and announced the tournament result, the school’s media in-charge Brajesh Kumar said.The tournament,…
NEW DELHI: Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday suggested that India could play a larger long-term diplomatic role in mediating the ongoing tensions involving the US and Iran, while indicating that Pakistan was currently helping facilitate immediate dialogue between the two sides.Addressing a media briefing after the BRICS Foreign Ministers’ meeting in New Delhi,…
KOLKATA: Noted tabla exponent Ustad Sabir Khan passed away at a city nursing home on Thursday. The ‘khalifa’ of the Farukhabad gharana succumbed to a cardiac arrest. He was 66 and is survived by his wife and three sons.Born on Dec 3, 1959, in Uttar Pradesh’s Rampur, Khan did more than inherit a tradition; he…
Image Used For Representational Purpose Only MUMBAI: A 23-year-old man was arrested by the Aarey Colony Police from Bihar for kidnapping a minor girl from the western suburbs and sexually assaulting her.The investigation was complex as the girl had performed a factory reset on her mother’s phone, erasing all traces of her conversation with the…
New Delhi: A court on Wednesday night granted bail to social media influencer ‘The Skin Doctor’, alias Dr Neelam Singh, in a case registered by Delhi Police over a tweet against Priya Kapur, wife of late industrialist Sunjay Kapur.Judicial magistrate first Class Snehil Sharma of Patiala House Courts passed the order around 10pm at his…
