Kolkata: Metro Railway hopes to extend Orange Line services up to IT Centre station at Sector V by Dec. Currently, trains in this New Garia-Airport corridor run from New Garia up to Beleghata station at Metropolitan on E M Bypass. Work to fill a crucial 366m gap in viaduct, on which tracks are laid, at…
Sunetra Pawar at a Janta Darbar in Baramati on March 13 Mumbai: Two weeks after he was overlooked for the MLC polls, with the NCP giving the ticket to Zeeshan Siddique, party spokesperson and former MP Anand Paranjape resigned from the NCP. The Thane-based leader joined the Shiv Sena the same day, donning a saffron…
For a growing number of young readers, the ideal weekend now means a tote bag, an iced latte, and an afternoon spent moving from one bookstore to the next (AI Image) In a city where leisure often defaults to malls and cafes, bookstore hopping offers a quieter form of exploration. Tucked inside bustling markets, with…
Chennai: A 28-year-old man died of electrocution at the shooting spot of upcoming Rajinikanth-starrer ‘Jailer 2′ near Panaiyur on East Coast Road (ECR) on Thursday. Police identified the deceased as T Karthikeyan, a member of the film crew. Sources said a few scenes for the movie were being shot near Kanathur. According to police, Karthikeyan…
Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee’s chief spokesperson Rajesh Rathore Patna: Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee’s chief spokesperson Rajesh Rathore on Thursday slammed the state govt for the slow progress of the Patna Metro Rail project, saying that at the current pace, its completion would take an unreasonably long time.He alleged that the NDA govt in Bihar hastily…
Ranchi: Semi automatic pathology machines across Jharkhand’s hospitals will soon be replaced with fully automatic ones, officials of the state health department said.Ajoy Kumar Singh, additional chief secretary of the department, has directed pathology testing equipment makers Meril to install fully automatic machines in all hospitals, including community health centres (CHCs) and primary health centres…
Ranchi: The special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in Jharkhand will formally begin on June 30 and publication of the final rolls will take place on Oct 7. The Election Commission of India on Thursday announced dates for the third phase of SIR covering 16 states and three UTs. From June 30 till…
Judging excellence in maternal healthcare is not like judging most things. The numbers, whether around delivery volumes, success rates, bed counts, etc., are the starting point, far from the verdict. When the jury members for the Times Future of Maternity Awards 2026 convened for final evaluation of nominees across 13 categories, the tougher questions were…
Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari has asked four Tollywood actors-turned-BJP MLAs — Rudranil Ghosh, Rupa Ganguly, Hiraan Chatterjee and Papia Adhikary — to sort out issues in the industry. At a meeting held with the CM on Wednesday, matters regarding the friction in Tollywood were discussed in the presence of Ghosh, Ganguly and Chatterjee on…
Thane: A court in Maharashtra’s Thane has acquitted three persons, including a 31-year-old woman, in a 2016 case of alleged kidnapping, trafficking, and rape of a minor girl, observing that the prosecution failed to prove “foundational facts”.Special Judge G T Pawar on Wednesday dropped all charges against Kajal Thakur (31), Mosin Nasim Khan (31), and…
