Chennai: With only two days left for the first ssembly session, chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Tuesday inaugurated a two-day training programme for MLAs of all the parties in Chennai. MLAs of DMK, AIADMK except one, and DMDK boycotted the training programme.The event was organised by the state Assembly department. On the first day,…
Gaya: Around 12 acres of land belonging to the Leprosy Hospital and Asylum in Gaya remains under encroachment, with more land vulnerable to illegal occupation. Gaya Sadar SDO Anil Kumar Raman has blamed the hospital management for “non-cooperation” and acting as a “passive facilitator” in the continuing encroachment. The hospital is located in Panchayati Akhara…
NEW DELHI: Petrol bombs were hurled at an RSS office in Jharkhand’s Ranchi in the early hours of Wednesday, with opposition leader Babulal Marandi cautioning that this was “preparation for a bigger incident”.Marandi said the matter had been brought to the notice of the district administration.“At around 12.36am, two men threw petrol bombs at the…
Kolkata: Taking even its founder members by surprise, the Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI) updated its Facebook page on Tuesday night, announcing Jyotiprakash Chatterji as its president, hours before they are set to meet on Wednesday to chalk out the merger modalities. The meeting in Salt Lake on Wednesday will be attended by nine…
Amidst reports of a Shiv Sena (UBT) split, MP Sanjay Raut alleged two MPs were flown to Delhi on a chartered plane, calling it an attempt to evade scrutiny. MUMBAI: Amid reports of “Operation Tiger” being underway to engineer a split in Shiv Sena (UBT), and speculation that six Sena (UBT) MPs had reached Delhi…
New Delhi: A 26-year-old woman died after allegedly falling from the fourth floor of a building in outer Delhi’s Alipur on Monday night, police said.The woman, who is married and has two children, was taken by her family to Babu Jagjivan Ram Memorial Hospital, where she was declared dead on arrival.Police said they received information…
Khaja Moideen, a suspected ISIS operative, and two of his aides arrested in connection with the murder of Hindu Munnani leader KPS Suresh Kumar have been acquitted by a special court for NIA cases. CHENNAI: Khaja Moideen, a suspected ISIS operative, and two of his aides arrested in connection with the murder of Hindu Munnani…
Patna: In a move against the growing menace of obscene and caste-inciting songs in public spaces, the state art and culture department has written to the home department seeking strict action to curb their broadcast at markets, public events, vehicles, wedding functions and other social gatherings.The letter, issued by art and culture department secretary Pranav…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni shared a light-hearted moment at the G7 summit that quickly went viral, with Meloni saying that they are “the most famous couple on Instagram.”As leaders assembled for the traditional group photo, Meloni greeted Modi with “Nice to see you again.” When Modi appeared…
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Tuesday questioned the Bengal assembly speaker on the seven-day pause to decide that Ritabrata Banerjee, and not Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay, will be the leader of the opposition.Justice Krishna Rao questioned the delay in the speaker’s decision to object to the first proposal signed by TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on May…
