Telegram open to mass misuse, says SG, justifies curbs NEW DELHI: Delhi high court will pronounce its judgment on Friday at 10.30am on Telegram’s plea challenging the Centre’s decision to temporarily block the messaging platform in India in view of the June 21 NEET retest.On Thursday, HC extensively questioned both sides. It wondered how the…
Kharagpur: The medical community has welcomed the state health department’s decision to revoke the suspension of Professor Md Alauddin, the former gynaecology and obstetrics head at Midnapore Medical College. The move has sparked fresh hope among other senior doctors suspended alongside him, who are now anticipating similar relief.The disciplinary action dates back to Jan 8,…
Mumbai: An FIR was registered against the principals of 14 schools in Malwani by the local police after a complaint was given by the BMC’s private primary schools department that the institutions were illegal.As per the complaint, the BMC found a total of 164 primary schools in Mumbai in 2025-26 that were illegal. Of these,…
New Delhi: Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is going to hold elections for the formation of town vending committees (TVCs) by the end of July.Officials said the proposal would first require approval of the House, following which the election schedule would be finalised and a notification would be issued. “We will start the process as…
FCNR(B) accounts nosedived to $900 million in FY26 Chennai: After three consecutive years of growth, net inflows under Foreign Currency Non-Resident (Bank) [FCNR(B)] accounts nosedived to $900 million in FY26 from $7.1 billion in FY25. The 87% year-on-year decline, the sharpest since 2022-23, comes despite the rupee weakening over the past year. Meanwhile, major banks…
Patna: CM Samrat Choudhary on Thursday said his govt’s priority is to make Bihar’s economy self-reliant by generating its own resources. He said the state must create income streams to fund its budget. “Currently, Rs 2.90 lakh crore of the Rs 3.47 lakh crore budget comes from central taxes and assistance,” he said.Samrat announced that…
Sanjay Sahay | TNNRanchi: In view of frequent extortion calls received by traders of Ranchi city in the recent past, police have issued advisories saying that people should treat the calls as suspicious and report the matter to police.Several traders of the city, including a prominent jeweller and restaurant owner, received extortion calls from gangsters…
Six MPs didn’t turn up for the parliamentary party meeting MUMBAI: The crossover of two-thirds of Shiv Sena (UBT)’s nine LS members to the Eknath Shinde-led party seems more or less complete as the six MPs, who had written to the LS Speaker Wednesday about forming a separate group, didn’t turn up for the parliamentary…
The Harish Chatterjee Street address where Aditi Gayen has a flat Kolkata: The CID on Thursday reached the residence of Aditi Gayen, Mamata Banerjee’s niece, at her Harish Chatterjee Street residence in Kalighat, to question her in connection with the FIR against Abhishek Banerjee, her cousin, for his “DJ” remark during the poll campaign. A…
Navi Mumbai: In a combing operation by the Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) of Navi Mumbai crime branch in various nodes across Navi Mumbai Thursday, as many as nine African nationals, including six men and three women, were detained for overstaying their visas and violating the Passports Act and Foreigners Act, apart from already being booked in…
