Chennai: Former Ambasamudram MLA Esakki Subaya called on Speaker J C D Prabhakar at the secretariat on Friday and submitted his explanation for resigning from the MLA post.The explanation was in response to the show-cause notice issued to him following a representation from AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami. EPS has sought action against the…
Bettiah: A 25-year-old woman from Uttar Pradesh climbed a mobile tower near Bagaha railway station in West Champaran on Friday, allegedly over a marital dispute, before being rescued safely after nearly two hours of counselling by Patkhauli police.The woman alleged her husband assaulted her, drove her out of his house and refused to acknowledge their…
VHP President Alok Kumar (File photo) Has the embezzlement of donations row damaged Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust‘s credibility, shaken devotees’ faith?It’s a moral blemish that every Hindu feels. This is a temple with a 500-year history of struggle and Hindu sacrifices. When it was to be built, 12.5 crore families donated money. The feeling…
Kolkata: The liver and kidneys of a 73-year-old deceased donor will be transplanted into three patients in three hospitals in the city through Friday night to early Saturday.This sixth deceased organ donation of the year comes within a week of the previous one.Kasba resident Tapan Sarkar suffered intracranial haemorrhage at home, leading to hospitalisation. He…
Orchids International School in Sion was declared illegal last month over lack of OC and govt recognition Mumbai: A month after being declared unauthorised by the education department, Orchids International School in Sion has resumed physical classes under a new name—The Institute of Learning and Education—leaving more than 400 students caught in a legal and…
New Delhi: Delhi High Court has increased the compensation awarded to the kin of two deceased engineering students, noting that both were meritorious and had bright career prospects ahead of them when they died in an accident in Feb 2017.Vinay Khurana, a fourth-year engineering student at Netaji Subhash Institute of Technology, and Prabhleen Kaur, a…
After decades of taking in garbage from all south Chennai neighbourhoods, the 225-acre Perungudi dumpyard is likely to call it quits by 2026-end. Commuters and residents along the foul-smelling 200-Feet Radial Road can finally heave a sigh of relief.To facilitate this, the city corporation proposed a 2,500tonnes-per-day waste-to-energy (WTE) plant at Keerapakkam, near Vengadamangalam, in…
Patna: Two more accused were shot and injured in separate police encounters in Sitamarhi and Samastipur districts during the past 24 hours, taking the number of such incidents in Bihar to 21 in the 56 days since Samrat Choudhary became chief minister on April 22. The latest encounters came amid continuing scrutiny over the June…
NEW DELHI: BJP Wednesday lashed out at opposition parties over their letter to CJI Surya Kant over SIR, saying it is a “dangerous conspiracy” to malign Indian democracy and spread anarchy by targeting institutions.Taking on Congress, BJP said the style and language used in their letter is “reminiscent” of what was seen during the period…
Both TMC factions put up their banners outside the building Rebel TMC faction at TMC Bhawan on Friday Kolkata: A day after meeting Election Commission to stake claim to the party’s name and symbol, rebel Trinamool MLAs led by Ritabrata Banerjee, Firhad Hakim, Jawed Khan and Golam Rabbani on Friday evening “took control” of the…
