Ranchi: Increased direct and indirect exposure to tobacco smoke during pregnancy, coupled with a growing preference for caesarean deliveries, is contributing to a surge in asthma cases among children in the state, paediatricians said on Monday.Doctors said expectant women who smoke or receive second-hand exposure at home or workplaces put their children at heightened risk…
NEW DELHI: Rejecting an attempt by SpiceJet and its promoter Ajay Singh to cite the ongoing West Asia crisis as a ground to seek review of an earlier court order to deposit Rs 144 crore in connection with its legal dispute with media baron Kalanithi Maran and Kal Airways, Delhi high court Monday dismissed the…
Kolkata: Fifteen years after she stormed Writers’ Buildings, scripting history as Bengal’s first woman chief minister, Mamata Banerjee on Sunday missed another brush with history — to be the country’s longest-serving woman chief minister.Banerjee changed Bengal politics in 2011, ending the Left’s 34-year term. Her Singur’s 2006 anti-land acquisition movement—which later helped reshape India’s land…
Mumbai: The Bombay high court has directed the state government to refund Rs 3 lakh in stamp duty to a homebuyer who had mistakenly paid the amount under an incorrect stamp duty head. The petitioner represented by advocate Charanjeet Singh Chandrapal had purchased electronic stamps in March 2018 for registering a flat purchase agreement. However,…
New Delhi: National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Monday dismissed the two petitions filed by Vedanta Ltd challenging Adani Enterprises‘ selection for debt-ridden Jaiprakash Associates Ltd (JAL).A two-member bench comprising chairperson Ashok Bhushan and member (technical) Barun Mitra said, “No grounds have been made out by the appellant (Vedanta) to interfere with the decision…
More than 4.85 crore people cast their vote in the 2026 state assembly election. But there was a time in Tamil Nadu, nearly 1,000 years ago, when 30 ward representatives were choosen in an annual election.The Uthiramerur elections (920 CE), as documented in Chola-period inscriptions, show that a different form of democracy existed at the…
Bihar Sharif: The Rajgir Zoo Safari management has begun preparations to tackle crowd management challenges during the month-long Malmas Mela starting May 17.A high-level review meeting was held on Monday under the chairmanship of Rajgir Zoo Safari director Ram Sundar M, focusing and ensuring the safe and orderly conduct of the fair. Thousands of devotees…
Daltonganj: Unidentified miscreants stole underground copper cables worth Rs 4 lakh from an underconstruction hot chips plant at Rampur Sultani in Palamu. Police on Monday said that an FIR in this case was lodged by Pawan Singh, supervisor of the plant—Baba Stone Works—on Sunday. Officer in charge of the Harihurganj police station Deobrat Poddar said…
In a proactive move to bolster prison security and inmate welfare, Deputy Commissioner Ravi Anand and SP Animesh Naithani undertook an unscheduled visit to the divisional prison, home to over 350 inmates. Their focus was on maintaining a safe environment through enhanced CCTV surveillance, routine patrols, and stringent visitor screening. Chatra: Chatra deputy commissioner (DC)…
Elderly Driving Healthcare Demand Spike NEW DELHI: The risk of being hospitalised in India doubles after the age of 45 and rises sharply among the elderly, signalling a shift in the country’s healthcare burden, according to the latest National Sample Survey Office (NSO) data.The survey shows that hospitalisation rates climb from 23 per 1,000 people…
