Diamond Harbour/Kolkata: Fifteen booths in South 24 Parganas that went for a repoll on Saturday logged a turnout of 86.9%, substantially lower than the record-breaking 92.94% clocked over the two phases of polling in Bengal. Eleven of these booths were in Magrahat West and four in Diamond Harbour assembly seats.Saturday’s turnout was also lower than…
Mumbai: Observing that it is well-established that in cases of sexual assault involving minors, delay in FIR is often natural due to social stigma, fear, and attempts at mediation, refusing to give the benefit of the delay to the accused, a special Pocso court on Saturday convicted and sentenced a 33-year-old man to 20 years…
New Delhi: The Public Works Department (PWD) is planning a comprehensive beautification of the Shantivan–Rajghat crossroads, a key junction near Rajghat that connects central, north and east Delhi. The project aims to improve the visual appeal, safety and commuter experience at the intersection, which witnesses heavy daily traffic movement along with regular VIP and VVIP…
Chennai: Members of the Divisional Railway Users Consultative Committee (DRUCC) have raised concerns over a limitation in bulk train ticket bookings that restricts flexibility for passengers. Under Indian Railways rules, a person can book up to six tickets at once under a single PNR and select one boarding station. However, all passengers in that booking…
Congress leader PJ Kurien NEW DELHI: Veteran Congress leader PJ Kurien on Saturday made it clear that while the Congress has many leaders capable of becoming chief minister, only three names are currently in serious consideration if the UDF comes to power in Kerala. He, however, chose not to disclose who those contenders are.Speaking to…
Mumbai: Before the monsoon, the last stretch of the Santacruz–Chembur Link Road (SCLR) is set to open, with MMRDA completing the crucial BKC–Vakola arm and bringing the entire 10.88-km east–west corridor close to full operation.The final link was achieved with the launch of twin 54-metre composite girders at two levels over the Vakola nullah, stitching…
New Delhi: On World Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) Day, medical experts flagged the condition as widely underdiagnosed in India, warning that it is often mistaken for routine back pain despite primarily affecting young adults in their most productive years.Specialists said lakhs of patients face an average diagnostic delay of nearly seven years, during which the disease…
CHENNAI: Chief minister M K Stalin on Saturday launched a career guidance helpdesk for students who completed Class XII. The DMK students’ wing has been entrusted with the task of helping students with career guidance. After Stalin launched the help desk, DMK students’ wing secretary Veeramani Jayakumar told reporters, “The help desk will help students…
Suvendu Adhikari; Mamata Banerjee Bengal breathes politics. Take a walk through the streets of Howrah, Kolkata or any town in the state and you will find tea stalls where kakus (uncles) argue over ideology, leaders and the future, as if each conversation carries the weight of history. This is not new. From the era of…
Palghar: A Gujarat resident, Pushpa Lad (52), was killed and her 16 family members injured after a trailer hit their mini-bus on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad NH in Dahanu on Friday. The trailer driver fled. The family was going to Mumbai airport. A tyre of the mini-bus burst, which made it slow down, and the trailer driver…
