S Valli and her husband are one of several thousand homeless in Chennai, who live under bridges and flyovers; most are either street performers or guest workers Every few minutes, a train rattles past Velachery railway station as passing vehicles kick up clouds of dust into S Valli’s “home”. The 40-year-old lives under the flyover…
Patna: RJD on Monday named Rekha Gupta as its candidate for the Bankipur assembly byelection, ending speculation that the Mahagathbandhan could support Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor as a common opposition nominee against the BJP.State RJD president Mangani Lal Mandal told reporters here that Gupta’s selection was a unanimous Mahagathbandhan decision. He said Rekha Kumari,…
Dumka: Around 300 students of the 70-year-old Upgraded Middle School at Chandna in Deoghar’s Sonaraythari block were left without classes after the school premises were sealed following a court order in a two-decade-old land dispute case.Students who arrived at the school on Monday morning were shocked to find the gate locked. Braving rain, they staged…
Jamshedpur: Two days after the state govt replaced East Singhbhum SSP Piyush Pandey post the DD Bar murder case, the city police have launched an aggressive crackdown on drunk driving and nightlife violations.A total of 110 motorists driving under the influence were fined Rs 11 lakh in total after they failed breath analyser tests at…
NEW DELHI: India is likely to face a greater impact on its energy system from this year’s El Nino than any other country, according to a new report by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA).The report said the transition from La Nina to El Nino between July 2026 and June 2027…
Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, Sushmita Dev and Prakash Chik Baraik (L-R) KOLKATA: The bypolls to three Rajya Sabha seats from West Bengal have highlighted the political impact of the split in the opposition Trinamool Congress (TMC), with the changed numbers in the state Assembly placing the BJP in a strong position to potentially win all three…
Mumbai: A man impersonating a police officer extorted Rs 13,000 from Vile Parle resident Manoj Patel by threatening to book him and jail him for three months for chewing tobacco, which is banned by the govt.The Vile Parle police, which registered the case, said the conman flashed an ID card and demanded a Rs 25,000…
NEW DELHI: South Asian University (SAU) has discontinued scholarships for Afghan students after objections from Bhutan over Afghanistan’s continued default in paying its agreed financial contribution to the SAARC-run institution, with the university saying efforts to resolve the issue remain in limbo as India does not officially recognise the Taliban govt.“We have received objections from…
CHENNAI: Getting admitted in a medical college in Tamil Nadu will be harder and more expensive this academic year. At least 650 MBBS seats will be removed from the state’s seat matrix in 2026, as three colleges have been conferred deemed university status. Officials in the health department said the number could double, as at…
Buxar: Tension prevailed in Bagen Gola police station area of Buxar district on Monday after the family and villagers of a worker blocked the main road for nearly one-and-a-half hour, alleging that he was murdered.The deceased was identified as Pravesh Musahar (40), son of Prema Musahar and a resident of Ekarasi village. He worked as…
