New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said the Bihar govt will have to explain how panchayati raj minister Deepak Prakash has continued in office for more than six months without becoming a member of either House of the state legislature.Mentioning the matter before Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, the petitioner’s counsel submitted…
Jamshedpur: A worker died from burn injuries while five others sustained injuries in an explosion at Gloria Engineering located in Adityapur industrial area of Seraikela-Kharsawan district on Thursday, police said.A loud explosion rocked the factory premises, with the blast being heard from a considerable distance. Six workers, including a woman, who were present on the…
Hazaribag: Four farmers, including a woman, belonging to Barhi and Chauparan blocks were admitted in the Sheikh Bhikhari Medical College and Hospital (SBMCH) for snakebites on Thursday.The victims were identified as Naresh Singh (70) of Katiyaun village in Barhi block, besides Kunti Devi (40) of Devchanda, Rameshwar Yadav (60) of Ralo, and Hari Das (19)…
NEW DELHI: In a move likely to intensify the debate over the status of traditional medicine practitioners, the National Commission for Indian System of Medicine (NCISM) has warned that calling duly registered AYUSH doctors “quacks” or “bogus doctors” has no legal basis and could violate their legal and constitutional rights.The commission said it had come…
KOLKATA: Panic gripped commuters at Dakshineswar railway station in Kolkata after an overhead electric wire snapped with a loud bang, disrupting train services.Videos from the scene show passengers jumping out of a local train and running to safety moments after the overhead traction wire snapped.Some commuters on the platform can also be seen running away…
MUMBAI: Maharashtra’s fishermen’s unions expressed disappointment on Thursday after learning that the government’s monsoon ban on deep-sea fishing will end on August 1, instead of August 15 as announced earlier. Koli fishermen said the sudden reversal would mainly benefit large commercial operators whose trawlers are better equipped to venture into deep waters than traditional fishing…
New Delhi: For Manish Kumar’s ageing parents, this Nov was meant to bring joy to their lives. Their only son was to tie the knot. However, things fell apart in a matter of seconds when the 27-year-old man, a farmer in southwest Delhi’s Issapur Village, was fatally shot after a security guard’s gun went off…
Tansi Nagar residents seek desilting of macro canal on Velachery road Chennai: Residents of Velachery’s Tansi Nagar have called for desilting the 3.5-km long macro canal along the Velachery-Taramani link road to prevent flooding during this monsoon.The canal, built nearly a decade ago, extends from Vijayanagar bus stand to SRP Tools on the OMR and…
Aurangabad: A district court in Aurangabad on Thursday sentenced six men to life imprisonment for the murder of a man following a dispute over the alleged theft of drain-cover slabs in 2023.District Judge-V Umesh Prasad convicted Chhotelal Kumar, Ajit Kumar, Rohit Kumar, Manoj Kumar, Guddu Kumar and Surendra Singh, all residents of Kishunpura village under…
Ranchi: Around 125 police personnel would be deployed daily at 45 locations in and around Pahari Mandir , with another 200 personnel to be deputed on Sundays and Mondays to manage the surge in devotees.The district administration has put in place elaborate security and crowd-management arrangements at the temple and along the Subernarekha river, where…
