Mumbai: Bombay HC has held that a former ad hoc assistant professor of a Vidyavihar college was not entitled to maternity leave and consequential benefits under Maternity Benefit Act, 1961, after expiry of the contract period.Justice Girish Kulkarni and Aarti Sathe on Monday allowed a petition by K J Somaiya College of Arts and Commerce…
New Delhi: Nearly all of Delhi’s 1.45 crore registered voters have now been given enumeration forms as part of the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.However, digitisation of the forms that have been collected continues to lag significantly even though two weeks have passed since the distribution of the forms began in the city,…
Chennai: India’s small business lending continued to grow at a healthy pace in FY26, with the total outstanding credit portfolio rising 13.4% year-on-year to Rs 49.2 lakh crore as of March 2026, although the growth rate moderated from 17.3% a year earlier, according to the CRIF–SIDBI Small Business Spotlight Report.The sector added nearly Rs 5.9…
Patna: The state govt on Tuesday signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) worth Rs1,476 crore with 16 leading textile and apparel companies on the inaugural day of Bharat Tex 2026.Signed during a high-profile ‘knowledge session’ at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, these agreements are projected to generate more than 40,500 employment opportunities, positioning Bihar as the…
Dhanbad: Former Jharkhand minister, senior Congress functionary and former Dhanbad MLA Mannan Mallik passed away on Tuesday while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Ranchi, four days after being convicted in the high-profile 2011 Matkuria firing case.Chief minister Hemant Soren, including scores of political functionaries cutting across party lines, offered their condolences. Soren, along…
Street vendors gherao Ranchi Municipal Corporation office on Tuesday Ranchi: Hundreds of street vendors staged a massive protest on Tuesday against the ongoing anti-encroachment drive conducted by the Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC).The friction between the civic body and local vendors intensified 10 days ago when the civic body cleared a weekly market spot at Morhabadi….
NEW DELHI: The government has reiterated its position on the South China Sea issue, saying India emphasises the importance of upholding freedom of navigation and overflight, other lawful uses of the sea and unimpeded commerce consistent with United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).The ministry of external affairs (MEA) was responding to…
Kolkata: A 26-year-old woman hailing from Manipur and working at a private sector bank in Kolkata was found dead on Tuesday morning at her rented accommodation in central Kolkata’s Taltala area.Police rushed to the spot after being alerted by the landlord and recovered the body. Investigators suspect that the woman may have died by suicide…
Mumbai: The body of an infant was found dumped in a restroom near the outpatient department (OPD) of the civic-run Cooper Hospital in Vile Parle, prompting a police investigation, officials said on Tuesday.The incident came to light on Monday evening when a woman visiting the hospital entered the restroom and noticed the arm of a…
New Delhi: What was meant to be a relaxing outing at India Gate turned into a harrowing experience for a family from Patel Nagar after they were allegedly roughed up by some police personnel on Sunday night.In a written complaint to a senior police officer on Monday, the family accused three policemen of abusing and…
