Mumbai: The delayed, fiercely-debated and much-litigated elections to the Asiatic Society of Mumbai, one of the city’s premier institutions of research and scholarship, finally took place on Saturday with former BJP Rajya Sabha member Vinay Sahasrabuddhe of the ‘Asiatic Tomorrow’ panel voted in as president and his group sweeping all the other 18 posts. The…
NEW DELHI: A 28-year-old newlywed woman died after allegedly falling from the third floor of an NDMC residential complex in Delhi’s Lodhi Colony area. Her family has accused her husband and in-laws of dowry harassment and murder.Police in a statement said, “The deceased, identified as Akriti, a resident of Pushp Vihar, was found critically injured…
Chennai: BJP state president Nainar Nagenthran on Saturday rejected electricity minister R Nirmalkumar’s remarks that the governor had no role outside Lok Bhavan, asserting that the governor was empowered to review Union govt schemes being implemented in the state.Speaking to reporters, Nagenthran said the governor had acted magnanimously by facilitating the formation of the TVK…
Patna: Motihari’s Adarsh Kumar has secured a Rs 3.5 crore scholarship to pursue graduation at Georgetown University, Qatar, after being selected from more than 11,000 applicants representing 128 countries. The 18-year-old will join the course in Aug.The scholarship covers his education and other academic expenses over four years in Qatar, Washington (USA) and Italy. During…
Ramgarh: Drivers of heavy vehicles, including trailer trucks, heading towards Chutupalu Valley, would have to undergo breath analyser tests at a toll plaza on NH-33, nearly 2 km from the accident-prone area. The tests are part of the Ramgarh district administration’s immediate road safety measures, police said.SP Mukesh Kumar Lunayat said, “Most accidents reported in…
Chatra: The Chatra administration has suspended all financial and administrative powers of the mukhiya of Tandwa gram panchayat following allegations that he demanded and accepted bribes from MGNREGS workers.The action came after a purported video showing mukhiya Ramkeshwar Yadav alias Kishore Yadav collecting commissions from labourers for wage payments and for facilitating digital signature certificates…
The arrests follow an FIR registered on June 25 after a preliminary report by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) NEW DELHI: The eight people arrested in connection with the alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram temple in Ayodhya come from varied backgrounds, including a primary school teacher, a retired bank employee, a former automobile…
Panelists speaking at the event Kolkata: As many as 13 senior finance leaders, speaking at an event on Saturday, shattered the conventional wisdom that institutional-scale finance careers require moving to cities like Mumbai, highlighting instead that Bengal’s financial ecosystem spent three decades quietly reinventing itself. The speakers were leading panels at the fifth edition of…
Mumbai’s daily commute has become a perilous journey, marked by recent tragedies including a fatal manhole fall, a schoolboy’s death from a falling tree, and violent attacks on trains. MUMBAI: The daily commute is tiring for most Mumbaikars as they negotiate crowds, delays and traffic snarls. But incidents over the last fortnight, an open manhole…
Delhi police have successfully rescued a 17-year-old girl who was allegedly kidnapped and raped by a 22-year-old man NEW DELHI: Delhi police rescued a 17-year-old girl after she was allegedly kidnapped and raped by a 22-year-old man in northeast Delhi. The suspect, who resides in Uttam Nagar, was taken into custody early Sunday morning.The investigation…
