Chennai: A 60-year-old retired govt employee was arrested by the Kotturpuram all-women police for sexually harassing a 12-year-old girl who was attending Bharatanatyam classes conducted by his wife.The minor, a Class VII student, would attended a private Bharatanatyam training centre in the evenings. On Thursday, the husband of the dance instructor took the girl aside…
Patna: Leader of opposition in Bihar assembly Tejashwi Prasad Yadav on Thursday launched a sharp attack on the ruling NDA, alleging the “current govt is being run by only three people”.“For a fortnight now, only three people have been running Bihar. With an incomplete cabinet and without any consultation, deliberation or reflection, these individuals are…
Ranchi: The Jharkhand high court on Thursday instituted a public interest litigation on the scarcity of doctors in the state jails.A division bench of Justices Sujit Narayan Prasad and Sanjay Prasad were hearing a criminal appeal when they were informed that the appellant was a patient suffering with renal problems.The patient had filed a petition…
Ranchi: Anticipating poor monsoon this year, state agriculture minister Shilpi Neha Tirkey on Thursday directed officials to plan in advance in order to combat drought and directed them to prepare district-level contingency plans by May 12.“The govt is fully alert and active regarding the possibility of below-normal rainfall in the state as per initial predictions,”…
NEW DELHI: The onus of disproving suspicions about the legitimacy of late businessman Sunjay Kapur’s purported will lies on his wife Priya Kapur, Delhi high court said Thursday, directing that his Rs 30,000-crore estate be frozen until all doubts are settled, reports. “The legitimate suspicious circumstances raised by the plaintiffs will have to be completely…
Kolkata: Poverty to severe health issues, no challenge could deter these students who overcame all hurdles to score well in ICSE and ISC exams, turning their results into tales of grit and determination.Uday Vir Yaduka of DPS Newtown School, who scored 86.2% in ISC, with 93 in physics and 97 in computer science, has spasticity…
Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Wednesday found no intention to hurt religious sentimenta in a comedy TV show dialogue “Ya Allah! Rasgulla! Dahi Bhalla!” and quashed a 2010 FIR against actors Shekhar Suman and Bharati Singh. The HC cautioned against casual invocation of criminal law against artists.The dialogue was in a TV show broadcast…
New Delhi: Delhi University colleges have proposed infrastructure projects worth over Rs 1,900 crore under Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA), with multiple proposals at different stages of approval. Ramanujan College has already secured a Rs 178.3-crore sanction for a major campus upgrade.According to official documents, Ramanujan College has been sanctioned a term loan for construction…
Chennai: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has introduced a QR code-based photo identity card module to eliminate the possibility of unauthorised persons entering counting centres. There are 62 counting centres across Tamil Nadu.An ECI statement said that three-tier security mechanism has been prescribed for the verification of identity at counting centres. At the first…
Patna: Circle officers (COs) and revenue officials called off their indefinite strike (mass leave), which had continued since March 9, after talks with revenue and land reforms department secretary Jai Singh on Thursday.It is learned that a consensus has been reached with the govt following negotiations on their demands. Consequently, the Bihar Joint Revenue Service…
