Mumbai: Bombay high court permitted medical termination by JJ Hospital of the 27-week pregnancy of an 18-year-old collegian, observing that she had made a choice.“We see no difficulty in the team of medical doctors proceeding with the process of termination of pregnancy as desired by her as she has made a choice,’’ said Justices Bharati…
New Delhi: A 51-year-old scrap dealer was shot at in New Delhi’s Tughlaq Road area on Thursday. The victim was identified as Baba Rafiq.According to police, a PCR call reporting the shooting was received on Thursday evening.A senior police officer clarified that the incident did not take place inside a park. Rafiq was standing near…
Chennai: Invoking former chief minister C N Annadurai’s principle that three-language formula should not be pursued and only Tamil and English should be taught, TVK govt led by C Joseph Vijay on Thursday reaffirmed its commitment to Tamil Nadu’s two-language policy. This was part of Tamil Nadu Governor R V Arlekar’s address in the state…
Patna: Chief secretary Pratyaya Amrit on Thursday reviewed a monthlong crackdown along the India-Nepal border in Bihar, focusing on financial surveillance, encroachment removal and strengthening border security mechanisms amid concerns over “anti-national and anti-social elements” operating in the region.Counterfeit currency detection machines have been installed in 1,259 of the 1,292 commercial bank branches operating across…
Ranchi: The state drinking water and sanitation department will launch a special campaign to speed up the declaration of villages as ODF Plus model villages under the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) after a review found progress to be far below target. Of the 15,890 villages targeted across 16 divisions, only 4,173 have achieved the highest…
CCTV footage visuals show two youth hurling petrol bombs at RSS office in Ranchi RANCHI: Three persons suspected to have links with Pakistan-based terror networks were arrested for allegedly hurling “petrol bombs” at the RSS office in Ranchi.One of the accused sustained bullet injuries during a brief gunfight while attempting to flee from police custody…
Calcutta HC declined to stay the appointment of rebel Trinamool MLA Ritabrata Banerjee as LoP KOLKATA: Calcutta high court declined to stay Thursday the appointment of rebel Trinamool MLA Ritabrata Banerjee as leader of the opposition in the Bengal assembly, handing his camp an early courtroom edge on opening day of the first session under…
Bagnan’s BJP neta Prasanta Dey was killed on Wednesday night Howrah: A BJP functionary died after being allegedly attacked by Trinamool-backed miscreants in Bagnan’s Santoshpur area on Wednesday night.Shortly after, unidentified individuals allegedly left behind a white mourning cloth and Rs 5,000 in front of Prasanta Dey’s house, followed by a chilling 3am call to…
Mumbai: A 64-year-old man died while his wife and two firemen were injured after a fire broke out on the top floor of the Atlantic Building on Sherly Rajan Road in Bandra West late on Wednesday night. The fire was brought under control close to midnight. Initially, several people were feared to have been trapped…
Vibha SharmaNew Delhi: Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has said the integration of property tax with the general trade licence (GTL) will become fully operational digitally by Monday, after facing criticism over failing to do this for nearly six months.A senior official said some software modifications were pending. “It will take one to two days…
