The apex court has issued notice to the Centre for its response NEW DELHI: Observing that there are “enormous issues” with the working of 10th Schedule, Supreme Court Monday agreed to hear senior advocate Kapil Sibal’s plea for interpretation of anti-defection law in order to curb illegal defections through the route of political party merger.Though…
The area in Behala where the incident happened Kolkata: A protest against late-night loud music turned violent in the Sanjib Pally area near Behala Chowrasta in the early hours of Sunday. A group of four men assaulted a local resident and attacked his 48-year-old mother after the latter objected to the loud music being played…
Water discharged from the Middle Vaitarna dam flows into Modak Sagar, one of the seven lakes that supply drinking water to Mumbai Mumbai: The BMC opened two gates of the Middle Vaitarna dam in the early hours of Monday after the reservoir’s water level touched 282 metres, reflecting the strong inflows from the ongoing southwest…
New Delhi: A 28-year-old man was killed in a hit-and-run after his Royal Enfield Bullet motorcycle was allegedly struck by a pickup truck that police suspect was being driven on the wrong side of the road in southwest Delhi’s Dwarka early Sunday. The truck driver is yet to be traced.Rohit, a resident of Najafgarh, worked…
Chennai: The bodies of two teenage girls were mistakenly exchanged and handed over to the wrong families after post-mortem examinations at Government Stanley Medical College Hospital, causing distress and confusion, the police said.The error came to light when one family discovered the mix-up after taking the body home for funeral preparations.Police said, Anushka, 19, from…
Experts at the NIT-P workshop on Monday Patna: Global greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced urgently if the world is to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, renowned climate scientist Alexander A Baklanov of the University of Copenhagen said at NIT Patna on Monday, warning that the global carbon budget is shrinking rapidly.Addressing the inaugural session…
Thousands of devotees are expected to visit Pahari Mandir on a daily basis Ranchi: The Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) would build a temporary 100-bed shelter coming up near Swarnrekha Ghat for outstation devotees and ‘kanwariyas’, who would visit Pahari Mandir in Shravan month, which starts on July 30.Additional municipal commissioner Sanjay Kumar said, “The facility…
Dhanbad: Administrative work at Binod Bihari Mahto Koyalanchal University (BBMKU) here was disrupted on Monday after activists of the All-India Students’ Association (AISA) locked down the administrative building of the university to protest the alleged delay in fulfilment of various long pending demands of the students.Ram Kumar Singh, vice-chancellor of BBKMU, could not enter the…
NDA MPs expressed solidarity with Pradhan when he arrived in the Parliament complex on Monday NEW DELHI: “Nothing happened. I am a street fighter, not an AC-room activist,” was former education minister Dharmendra Pradhan‘s riposte to Congress MP Jairam Ramesh’s “It happens” remarks to him as he came to Parliament Monday two days after quitting…
Kolkata: Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has stopped issuing death certificates at crematoriums and burial grounds since Saturday, leaving hundreds of bereaved families without a crucial govt document and with no clarity on when or how it will be issued.The sudden move, reportedly resulting from a verbal order linked to an ongoing inquiry into the issuance…
