Patna: Patna high court has sentenced an octogenarian to seven years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) and imposed a fine of Rs25,000 after holding him guilty of attempting to murder one Shams Tabrez by firing on him.The high court also awarded five years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs15,000 to co-accused Chand Mian alias…
Independent Rajya Sabha MP and senior advocate Kapil Sibal, along with, CJP chief spokesperson Saurav Das and national spokesperson Ashutosh Ranka, addresses a press conference NEW DELHI: With reports of protesters across the country being detained and arrested, Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) Monday accused the Centre of “breaching” its assurances on protecting them from police…
Kolkata: The state health department on Monday nominated three doctors to the West Bengal Medical Council, in the BJP govt’s first move to alter the council’s composition. Sources said Pranat Tudu, MLA from Binpur, Kalyan Ashis Mukherjee of BJP’s state doctors’ cell, and Mrinmoy Adhikary, assistant professor at Murshidabad Medical College, will replace Trinamool-nominated doctors…
The state legislature recently passed the necessary amendment to the 2016 Act to bring orchestra licences under its ambit, to put control over dance bars Mumbai: To curb the operation of illegal dance bars under the guise of orchestra bar permits, the Maharashtra govt issued a GR stating that, henceforth, no new Live Music Performance…
New Delhi: Nearly two days after protesters vacated Jantar Mantar, the designated site of the students’ movement from June 20 to July 25, Delhi Police personnel Monday were seen scraping newspaper sheets pasted across the glass walls of Jantar Mantar Metro station, trying to erase the traces of the month-long agitation.But while the protest site…
Chennai: The proposed 52.94km metro rail extension from Poonamallee to Parandur has not been shelved despite uncertainty over the proposed greenfield airport. Chennai Metro Rail Ltd (CMRL) is moving ahead with approvals for the first phase from Poonamallee to Sunguvarchatram, covering 27.9km.The move comes even as the Parandur airport project remains in limbo. While the…
Patna: Top NDA leaders, including CM Samrat Choudhary, BJP national president Nitin Nabin and party state chief Sanjay Saraogi, ministers Vijay Kumar Sinha and Shrawan Kumar, HAM(S) national president and minister Santosh Kumar Suman, LJP(RV) state president and MLA Raju Tiwari, former minister Mangal Pandey and local MP Ravi Shankar Prasad among others conducted a…
Times News NetworkHazaribag: Sadar MLA Pradip Prasad on Monday intervened on behalf of traders supplying purified drinking water in jars to households after they complained of being burdened by multiple taxes imposed by the Hazaribag Municipal Corporation (HMC).During a public grievance hearing at his office, representatives of the water suppliers’ association alleged that the demand…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday directed immediate transfers of Kullu deputy commissioner Anurag C Sharma and SP Madan Lal by agreeing with Himachal high court that had ordered their transfers along with that of SDM Nishant Kumar for failing to maintain public order by not preventing rave parties in Kasol from June 7-11.Sharma and…
Effect of heat stress on pregnancy Kolkata: Prolonged exposure to extreme heat during pregnancy significantly increases the risk of low birth weight, pre-term birth and stillbirth, with women in Bengal among the particularly vulnerable because of the state’s humid subtropical climate, researchers conducting the first nationwide study examining the impact of heat stress on pregnancy…
