In an ambitious move to influence Bihar’s political landscape, JD(U) leader Nishant Kumar is set to kick off the ‘Sadbhav Yatra’ on May 3 in Bagaha. This initiative aims to connect with the grassroots and lay the groundwork for progress and unity within the state. Patna: JD(U) leader Nishant Kumar has decided to embark on…
Ranchi: Food safety inspections have been intensified across the state as authorities launched a statewide drive against unhygienic food handling, unsafe street food practices and artificial fruit ripening. Special teams are conducting checks at street food stalls, restaurants, sweet shops and fruit markets, with stricter compliance measures being enforced across districts.Officials said the recent food…
Ranchi: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has okayed the construction of a flyover at Ichak on the busy Barhi-Hazaribag stretch of NH-33.The project, which also includes the development of slip roads on the Hazaribag bypass, is expected to provide a new dimension to regional connectivity and significantly reduce travel time. Estimated at a…
Kerala’s Sabarimala Temple (File photo) New Delhi: Midway through the ‘faith vs fundamental right’ debate emanating from the customary ban on entry of women in the 10-50 years age group into the Sabarimala Ayyappa temple, a Hindu party on Tuesday requested a nine-judge Supreme Court bench to review its 30-year-old judgment declaring Hinduism as a…
Kolkata: Mandatory insurance for all Bengali films and a model code of conduct for shooting units are set to be key measures of Tollywood’s proposed Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), following the death of actor Rahul Banerjee during a serial shoot in Talsari on March 29.Representatives of the Eastern India Motion Picture Association (EIMPA) and the…
Police have identified the accused as 31-year-old Zaib Zubair Ansari. MUMBAI: A chilling video from Mumbai’s Mira Road has captured the moments a man allegedly confronted and attacked two security guards at an under-construction site in Naya Nagar in what investigators are probing as a possible “lone wolf” terror attack. The footage, filmed from an…
NEW DELHI: Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma of the Delhi HC Tuesday recused herself from hearing Congress MP Karti Chidambaram‘s plea seeking quashing of a criminal case lodged by CBI against him, citing a “gross delay” of nearly two decades.CBI has alleged Chidambaram helped an alcoholic beverage company in connection with a ban on duty-free sale…
Chennai: Madras high court has clarified that it has not directed DVAC to file an FIR against DMK minister K N Nehru based on information provided by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). “The order only states that an FIR must be registered regarding the alleged offence,” the court said while hearing review applications moved by Nehru…
Patna High Court is alarmed by massive public fund embezzlement in a Bihar rural bank, urging a specialized probe into white-collar crimes. Justice Purnendu Singh highlighted a decade-long pattern of fund siphoning, impacting farmers’ schemes. The court has directed RBI and the Union Home Ministry to report on remedial actions, referring the matter for a…
Ranchi: Members of the Jharkhand Sachivalaya Sewa Sangh (JSSS) on Tuesday formed a human chain at Project Bhawan to protest delays in the creation of deputy secretary and joint secretary posts for the secretariat services cadre.The association said the govt had approved the creation of 41 deputy secretary and 23 joint secretary posts, but the…
