SRINAGAR/JAMMU: The Omar Abdullah govt Wednesday constituted a two-member committee to investigate the demolitions carried out in Jammu’s Sidhra area a day earlier to free forest land of alleged encroachments.According to an order issued by the tribal affairs department, the committee will examine if there was any violation of Forest Rights Act-2006 in the demolition…
Kolkata: Former Trinamool MLA and actor Soham Chakraborty said he contacted BJP MLA Roopa Ganguly after receiving death threats from a producer, Tarun Das, in a dispute over money. The film’s director, Mohua Chakraborty, on Wednesday lodged a complaint against Das after she, too, felt threatened by him. But Das said he was being framed…
Mumbai: Charkop Police registered an FIR against a woman and her male accomplice for assaulting a real estate agent following a dispute on the street in Kandivli (W) recently.The complainant was heading home with his friend on a motorcycle on May 16. At Ekta Nagar, they noticed a woman and a few of her male…
Kamla Nehru Ridge at Delhi University area New Delhi: The Kamla Nehru Ridge is a lush green expanse with minimal concrete. It is away from dense urban construction and vehicular movement. Peacocks roam freely, monkeys swing from branches and mongooses, boars and reptiles thrive in the dense vegetation.Why then, does it emerge as the hottest…
SLIP OF THE TONGUE: Most Irula speakers are bilingual or multilingual and often mix Tamil or Kannada with their daily speech When languages are silenced, a process called phonocide, the passing down of knowledge is broken, and much oral wisdom is lost forever, says K Ganesh, former head of the department of English at Madras…
Image used for representation Patna: For hundreds of prisoners across India, completing 14 years in jail has still not brought them closer to freedom. Although a life sentence extends till the convict’s natural death unless remission is granted by the govt, prison remission rules permit consideration of premature release of eligible convicts after 14 years…
Nagpur, May 19 (IANS) The investigation into the alleged NEET-UG 2026 examination paper leak case has reached Nagpur, where a Delhi-based Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team, along with officials from the agency’s Nagpur unit, questioned three candidates linked to the matter on Tuesday, sources said. Ranchi: Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday has…
Bokaro: A special POCSO court on Wednesday sentenced a man to 25 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) for raping a minor girl, with DNA profiling emerging as the strongest piece of evidence that sealed his conviction.Additional district and sessions judge-III of special POCSO court Devesh Kumar Tripathi convicted Ramprasad Tuddu (22) under provisions of the…
The government on Wednesday said that no cases of Ebola have been reported in the country so far, according to sources cited by ANI.The ministry of health and family welfare said that no case of Ebola has been detected in India so far, while adding that surveillance and preparedness measures have been strengthened nationwide following…
Kolkata: An expanding probe into alleged illegal assets in West Bengal has brought a string of properties linked to individuals with alleged Trinamool Congress affiliations under scrutiny. On Monday, CM Suvendu Adhikari alleged that Beleghata-based promoter Raju Naskar owned 18 properties, land shark Biswajit Poddar, better known as Sona Pappu, held 24 properties, and Faiz…
