The Art of Living’s International Center in Bengaluru hosted senior political leaders, spiritual figures and dignitaries as part of its ongoing 45-year celebrations honouring founder Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and the organisation’s humanitarian initiatives. Among the guests were Karnataka governor Thawar Chand Gehlot and Union minister of state for defence Sanjay Seth, who attended…
Kolkata: Amid a growing unease ahead of the festival of Bakrid, also known as Eid al-Adha, set to be observed in the last week of May, Muslim intellectuals and religious figures across Kolkata have urged the community to follow all legal guidelines on animal sacrifice after the newly elected BJP govt in Bengal reiterated existing…
Mumbai: Bandra-Worli Sea Link silhouetted against the sunset sky, in Mumbai, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (PTI Photo/Kunal Patil)(PTI05_06_2026_000311A) Mumbai: Even as Mumbai recorded a satisfactory average AQI of 52 on Sunday and remained below the 100 mark throughout May, the AQI monitoring station at BKC stood out sharply with a reading of 162 — the…
New Delhi: Observing that a bank account is the very essence of an individual’s economic existence, Delhi High Court has directed a private bank to immediately defreeze the account of a city resident, holding that its continued blocking without any FIR, accusation or judicial order was “wholly arbitrary and unsustainable in law”.Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav…
Chennai: Vignesh Kumar, 27, a driver employed by Hitech Cash Management, has been arrested for stealing 25 lakh in cash from a van used to replenish ATMs of private banks in Chennai. The company handled cash replenishment services for ATM centres of various private banks across the city. Police said 8 lakh was recovered from…
Patna: A man and his wife were arrested on Sunday for allegedly strangling his mother to death in Hasanpurwa village under Andar police station area of Siwan district. Angry villagers caught the couple and thrashed them before police arrived.The mob also clashed with cops and damaged a police vehicle. Additional police force later reached the…
Ranchi: Ranchi’s “Left Free” traffic system, introduced to allow uninterrupted movement of vehicles taking a left turn at major intersections, is steadily losing effectiveness due to traffic indiscipline, illegal parking and roadside encroachments.At several busy junctions, including Lalpur, Kantatoli, Sujata Chowk, Harmu, Kutchery and stretches of Main Road, lanes meant for free left turns are…
Hazaribag: A woman in Hazaribag displayed exemplary courage by chasing down a chain-snatcher, recovering her stolen belongings and helping police nab the accused, SP Aman Kumar said on Sunday.The incident took place on Saturday in the Korra police station area when Sanju Devi was travelling on a two-wheeler along with her husband after visiting a…
Violent protest in Kolkata’s Park Circus area (Courtesy: x.com/SudhanidhiB) NEW DELHI: A clash erupted between demonstrators and police in Kolkata’s minority-dominated Park Circus area on Sunday, injuring at least three police personnel.The demonstrators were protesting the recent bulldozer action in the city’s Tiljala area, where alleged illegal constructions were demolished on the state government’s orders…
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Saturday — in an urgent hearing — granted interim stay on eviction from a 50-year-old multi-storey building on Diamond Harbour Road till June 30. The fire and emergency services dept ordered eviction within 24 hours on May 15, citing inadequacy of fire prevention and fire safety measures.Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya observed…
