Chennai: MNM president and Rajya Sabha MP Kamal Haasan requested engineer-turned-education reformer Sonam Wangchuk to end his fast demanding the resignation of Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan following the NEET paper leak.Wangchuk began an indefinite fast from June 28 at Jantar Mantar to extend support to the protest launched by Cockroach Janata Party demanding Pradhan’s…
Patna: Bihar’s Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) grew at 13.09% in the 2024-25 fiscal, according to the CAG report, tabled on the floor of the state legislature on Thursday. During the same period, revenue expenditure increased by 14.96%, while revenue receipts went up by 13.09%, the report stated.The CAG report revealed that the fiscal deficit…
Sonia Gandhi alleged that even students heading home were not spared as police used batons indiscriminately. NEW DELHI: Congress leader Sonia Gandhi on Friday launched a sharp attack on the Narendra Modi government, accusing it of responding to students’ demands for accountability and education reforms with “cowardice and wanton cruelty” instead of meaningful action.She described…
The Martyrs’ Day rally by the Kalighat TMC on Cathedral Road Kolkata: Taking suo motu cognisance, the Hastings Police Station has registered a case against the conveners, organisers and supporters of Kalighat Trinamool Congress for allegedly violating specific conditions set by the Calcutta High Court during their July 21 Martyrs’ Day rally on Cathedral Road…
Mumbai University had taken action against several such colleges last year as well Mumbai: The University of Mumbai has withdrawn its decision to bar admissions at 68 law and BEd colleges that failed to appoint university-approved principals and teachers.The colleges will now be allowed to admit students to 50% of their sanctioned intake during the…
NEW DELHI: For nearly 12 hours, Jyoti Lochab ran from one hospital to another, pleading for someone to admit her 19-year-old son, who suffered what doctors said were “pellet-like injuries” to his right eye during the July 20 Sansad Chalo march.“He was lying there in pain while we kept being sent from one hospital to…
IMA flags pressure on doctors in Karaikudi case Chennai: The state wing of the Indian Medical Association said a senior member of TVK from Karaikudi convened a kangaroo-court-style settlement, forcing two doctors accused of medical negligence to pay ₹50 lakh to the patient’s family. At the same time, the case remains pending before the court.A…
Patna: The Police Headquarters on Thursday placed all districts on alert and directed district police chiefs to maintain strict vigil to prevent any further disturbance following Wednesday’s clashes, vandalism and traffic disruption in the state capital.Late on Wednesday night, senior officials at the Police Headquarters reviewed the law and order situation with SPs across Bihar…
NEW DELHI: BJP Thursday sought to turn the heat on Congress and its allies over the issue of paper leaks as its MPs raised slogans and carried placards in the Parliament complex, targeting Rahul Gandhi and opposition netas for not allowing a discussion on the issue despite govt’s willingness to do so.BJP president Nitin Nabin…
Extortion charge against BJP members Kolkata: BJP has suspended a local party worker in Behala and started a probe against a Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha functionary in Sinthee after FIRs were registered against them for allegedly trying to extort lakhs of rupees from property owners and traders to “allow them constructions”. A promoter, Kashinath Mondal,…
