The special TADA court had directed the CBI, the investigating agency, to file a reply on Abu Salem’s plea Mumbai: The CBI has told the special TADA court that the extradited gangster Abu Salem must deposit the fine imposed on him in earlier convictions with the court registry before the expiry of the 25-year term…
NEW DELHI: A 25-year-old protester, Sheikh Irshad Mansoori, was discharged from Lady Hardinge Hospital on Friday, four days after undergoing surgery to remove pellets from his face and neck following injuries sustained during the July 20 protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar.Mansoori still had a bloodshot left eye and healing wounds on his forehead, cheeks and…
Chennai: Visitors to Greater Chennai Corporation park in Padmagiri Nagar in Madhavaram have raised safety concerns as iron rods are placed carelessly near slides and construction debris is strewn all around. Also, the park has insufficient lighting. Residents have criticised GCC for carrying out development work without proper safety measures or without restricting public access.“It…
Patna: The state govt found itself on the defensive in the Assembly on Friday when BJP MLA Vishal Prashant demanded that the Bhumihar community be included in the Scheduled Tribes (ST) category, following the govt’s clarification that it had no plans to recognise the caste as “Bhumihar Brahmin” in official records.The issue surfaced during a…
Hazaribag: Two alleged active members of the Rahul Dubey gang were arrested after encounter with police near Bukru village under Keredari police station limits in the early hours of Friday. One of them sustained a bullet injury in his right leg during the exchange of fire. A country-made pistol, a motorcycle and three mobile phones…
PM Modi gains 1 million Instagram followers overnight after selfie video NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi gained around 1 million Instagram followers overnight after he released his selfie video on Thursday night addressing concerns of the NEET paper leak.Currently PM Modi has 102 million followers on Instagram. His video captioned: “More strict actions against…
KOLKATA: Environmental activist Subhas Datta wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking urgent intervention over the prolonged absence of a regular Eastern Zone Bench of the National Green Tribunal in Kolkata, warning that the vacuum is delaying adjudication of critical ecological disputes across eastern India, the Northeast and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.In his letter,…
Mumbai: CM Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday alleged that the student-led protests in the country seeking accountability over paper leaks have been infiltrated by those with vested interests.“It is seen that there are people in the protests who have come not for students’ demands. The agitators must pay attention to this,” he told reporters. He said…
From dismissing movement to talks, assurances and proposed reforms: How Centre changed tack on CJP-led protest NEW DELHI: A series of announcements by the Centre over the last two days has marked a significant shift in the government’s handling of the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP)-led agitation over the NEET paper leak.These range from proposed fast-track…
Four arrested for petrol bomb attack on history-sheeter’s house in Vanagaram Chennai: Four suspects were arrested on Friday in connection with a petrol-bomb attack on a history-sheeter’s house in Vanagaram on Wednesday. A six-member bike-borne gang hurled two petrol bombs at the house of Rajkumar of Thundalam, against whom multiple criminal cases are pending. No…
