The animated film was originally scheduled to release on July 10, just days before the annual Rath Yatra festival. NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court agreed to hear on Friday a plea challenging the Orissa high court’s order staying the release of the animated film “Mahaprabhu Jagannath”, which has become the centre of a controversy over…
KOLKATA: Travellers struggling to secure train reservations or looking for an alternative to expensive airfares can now opt for luxury buses from Kolkata to destinations as far as Delhi, Bengaluru and Chennai.Bengal transport minister Arjun Singh on Wednesday flagged off a new fleet of long-distance super-luxury interstate buses from the Karunamoyee Bus Terminus, launching services…
The case was filed after a BJP functionary’s complaint Mumbai: Maharashtra nodal cyber police have lodged an FIR against unknown social media account holders for allegedly defaming PM Narendra Modi and CM Devendra Fadnavis through creation and circulation of fake, misleading and AI-generated content on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway ‘missing link’, which was partially shut following…
New Delhi: After Haryana and Andhra Pradesh, Election Commission (EC) Wednesday extended the schedule for the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Delhi, with the publication of draft and final rolls also pushed back.Door-to-door visits by booth-level officers (BLOs), which were to end on July 29, will continue until Aug 8. The…
Kerala home minister meets Vijay Chennai: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay is likely to share the stage with Malayalam superstar Mohanlal in an anti-drug awareness event in Kerala.Kerala home minister Ramesh Chennithala on Wednesday called on Vijay and invited him to participate alongside Mohanlal in the event organised as part of Kerala’s anti-drug…
PATNA: Three people, including the wife of a railway employee and her alleged lover, have been arrested for allegedly plotting his murder by hiring a contract killer who shot him aboard the Jansadharan Express in Bihar’s Katihar Rail District last month.The victim, Devkumar Gunjan, was shot by unidentified assailants on June 11 while travelling on…
Mahua Moitra’s message to Wangchuk (Photo source: X, ANI) Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra on Thursday expressed support for activist Sonam Wangchuk, while accusing the BJP of attempting to divert attention from the issues raised by his hunger strike.In a post on X, Moitra wrote, “Sir @Wangchuk66 we are with you. But it is…
Kolkata: Jadavpur University vice-chancellor Chiranjib Bhattacharjee has written to KMC commissioner Smita Pandey, seeking for exemption or reduction of deployment of university non-teaching employees as enumerators for Census 2027 so that the essential functioning of the university could continue without disruption.More than 200 non-teaching staff from JU have been entrusted with the census duty.“The university…
Eight-year-old girl suffered serious injuries after a motorcyclist hit her. Mumbai: An eight-year-old schoolgirl suffered serious injuries after being hit by a motorcyclist riding in the wrong direction at Jogeshwari West on Wednesday. Amboli police has registered a case against an unknown person for rash driving.Around 9.40 am on July 15, Reva Pawar, 8, was…
New Delhi: After various teachers’ organisations repeatedly raised concerns over large-scale deployment of teaching staff for election-related duties, a Delhi principals’ association has now joined the chorus, warning that the prolonged deputation is disrupting the functioning of schools.While no official govt figure has been released, teachers’ associations estimate that around 8,000 govt school teachers have…
