NEW DELHI: In a boost for BJP-led NDA’s ranks in the Lok Sabha, Speaker Om Birla on Saturday recognised the six rebel Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs’ decision to join Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, even as he is yet to take a final call on the merger of 20 rebel TMC MPs with little-known Nationalist Citizens…
NIA team at the blast site Kolkata: A powerful explosion ripped through the ground floor of a four-storey residential building in Narayanpur near Kolkata airport on Friday evening after a crude bomb exploded.Police later recovered two more bombs from a room in the building. Preliminary investigation revealed that Md Shamim, a criminal from Sodepur, had…
Mumbai: Bindu Goswami (name changed), a BA student from a city college, along with many of her classmates, planned to pursue the fourth year of the undergraduate programme. When she enrolled in 2023-24, the course was marketed as a four-year degree with the flexibility to exit after three years. Aspiring to build a career in…
Delhi restaurants and cafes will welcome fans until 4 am this weekend NEW DELHI: Football fans in Delhi will be able to catch the FIFA World Cup final over late-night gatherings this weekend, with chief minister Rekha Gupta announcing that restaurants, cafes and other eligible establishments across the city can remain open till 4am under…
Chennai: The Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) collected Rs 9.5 crore as penalty from OHM Global Mobility, which operates a fleet of 625 AC and non-AC electric buses in the city on different MTC routes, for not fulfilling the service conditions, an RTI reply has revealed.The sum has been collected for the financial year that ended…
CM Samrat Choudhary hands over a ticket to a passenger during the inauguration of the ‘Patna Joyride’ helicopter service on Saturday Patna: The whirr of helicopter blades and sweeping views of the Ganga marked a new chapter in Bihar’s tourism sector on Saturday as CM Samrat Choudhary inaugurated the ‘Patna Joyride’ under the “Mukhyamantri Bihar…
Hazaribag: A truck helper from Bihar was killed after a goods-laden truck overturned at Jawahar ghat near Telaiya dam in Barhi block of Hazaribag district early Saturday, police said.The deceased was identified as Sudhir Kumar, 25, a resident of Dumri Tajpur village in Nawada district of Bihar.Barhi police station in charge Binod Kumar said, “The…
The trophies toured through Kokar, Lalpur Chowk, Karamtoli Road, Kutchery Road and Sujata Chowk before returning to the military station Ranchi: With the city set to host Durand Cup matches for the first time, the tournament’s three iconic trophies were taken on a roadshow on Saturday to build excitement ahead of the meet later this…
NEW DELHI: Drawing a distinction between using abuse language and the offence of obscenity, Supreme Court has said that use of mere swear words, profanities and vulgar expletives, however distasteful or uncivil they may be, cannot be equated with obscenity and is not an offence. It set aside conviction under Section 294 for a person…
The exercise is designed to map owl diversity, abundance and distribution across both protected forests and human-dominated landscapes Kolkata: West Bengal’s first comprehensive statewide owl survey — the first initiative of its kind in India — has documented 11 owl species during the first four months of fieldwork, providing the most extensive baseline yet on…
