Chennai: A history-sheeter, Ajith Kumar, 24, and a juvenile were arrested for stealing gold jewellery from a house in Vyasarpadi last month. Police recovered 78g of the stolen gold jewellery. Ajith Kumar alias ‘Speed’ Ajith, of Pulianthope, was arrested after Kanimozhi, 29, reported the burglary. Kanimozhi and her family had left for her native village…
Patna: CM Samrat Choudhary met his predecessor and JD(U) national president Nitish Kumar at the latter’s residence on Saturday morning before leaving for Delhi in the evening, fuelling speculation over a cabinet expansion. Sources said the exercise, delayed amid the West Bengal assembly polls, could take place after results on May 4.The meeting at 7,…
Jamshedpur: Two workers died after allegedly falling from a height at a private cast iron factory in Adityapur industrial area of Seraikela-Kharsawan district on Saturday, police said. The deceased were identified as Ram Murmu and Lakhinder Hansda, both in their 30s.“The workers were fixing a damaged asbestos sheet but lost control and fell,” said RIT…
Ranchi: Two days after seven-year-old Ishank Singh from the city scripted history by becoming the ‘youngest’ in the world to swim across the Palk Strait, his family members said he seemed to have an affinity towards water even before he could walk properly.“Even before he was two, he was drawn to the water at Chhath…
CHENNAI: After a nine-day wait and just 48 hours before counting, EC released the absolute voter turnout for the April 23 election in Tamil Nadu, confirming that 4,87,98,833 voters (4.88 crore) participated in the exercise to elect members for the state assembly.This accounts for 85.1% of the 5.73 crore registered voters across the state’s 234…
Kolkata: Within hours of the Supreme Court hearing, the EC on Saturday deployed 165 additional counting observers across Bengal, just 48 hours before the vote counting on Monday. All these officers, who will be stationed at strongrooms with multiple counting halls, are central govt officers. Also, in a first, the EC has deputed 77 police…
In Sept 1927, Khwaja Abdul Hamied (1898-1972), returning from Germany with a doctorate in chemistry, reached Bombay from Columbo. Completely broke, he went to the Khilafat House to see Maulana Shaukat Ali who gave him Rs 50 for the train journey to Aligarh. Hamied went on to found Cipla, the pharma company he and later…
New Delhi: Delhi govt is planning to use artificial intelligence to strengthen governance and improve service delivery across departments. It will engage technology companies, startups and research institutions to develop AI-based solutions for sectors such as healthcare, education, transport, urban planning and air quality monitoring.The initiative aims to identify proven, market-ready technologies that can first…
Chennai: A 31-year-old man died after getting trapped in slush while bathing with friends in Vallur dam on the Kosasthalaiyar River near Minjur in the city on Friday.Aravind Prakash, 31, of Pammal, worked at a private finance company. He went to the dam in the Seemavaram area with friends on his day off on Friday….
An American Fulbright scholar, Isabel Salovaara, has earned a doctorate for her research on the aspirations of women in Bihar. Her study, conducted at state coaching centres, highlights how a 2016 government policy reserving jobs for women has fostered a sense of community and state connection among them. Patna: While most scholars from abroad come…
