Vijay apologises on minister’s behalf for his Karunanidhi reference Tamil Nadu chief minister C Vijay Joseph apologised in the assembly on Monday after a minister referred to former CM and DMK patriarch late M Karunanidhi by name without using the customary respectful honorific.State forest minister R V Ranjith Kumar’s reference to the late DMK leader…
People queue up for submitting their e-KYCs for LPG connections at the waterlogged Amherst Street on Monday Kolkata: Torrential rain triggered by a depression left several pockets in the city go under water on Monday.Even as this system has already grazed past the city, Met officials expect its impact in the city to linger till…
Bengali actor Rupa Dutta received bail from a Mumbai court last week MUMBAI: A Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court granted bail to 43-year-old Bengali actor Rupa Umashankar Dutta, who was arrested last week for allegedly stealing valuables worth Rs 1.48 lakh in Colaba. Rupa Dutta is an actress who has worked in a few Hindi and Bengali…
The AIIMS board reviewed available national and international scientific literature before arriving at its conclusion. NEW DELHI: An AIIMS medical board that conducted a court-ordered second postmortem of Twisha Sharma has concluded that she died by suicidal hanging and it did not find injuries of medico-legal importance suggestive of assault or struggle.“It is a clear…
Chennai: The resignation letters of six AIADMK MLAs were accepted only after conducting an inquiry to ascertain whether they had resigned voluntarily, Tamil Nadu Assembly speaker J C D Prabhakar has informed Madras high court.“The MLAs submitted resignation letters written in their own handwriting. I conducted inquiries with each of them. I accepted the letters…
Patna: The state govt on Monday transferred 12 IAS officers, reshuffling several senior bureaucrats and assigning them new responsibilities in key departments and districts across the state. The changes were notified by the general administration department (GAD) in an order issued late Monday night. Some officers were given additional charges, while others were relieved of…
JPSC-JSSC aspirants celebrate after the Jharkhand government accepted their demands and cancelled the JSSC-CGL exam and all exams conducted on behalf of TDPL in Ranchi. RANCHI: Jharkhand govt on Monday cancelled the JSSC CGL 2024 exam and scrapped all tests, results and selections conducted by private agency TDPL, yielding to a 24-day student agitation over…
File photo: Ram Madhav, Biplab Deb and Smriti Irani NEW DELHI: Smriti Irani and Ram Madhav made a comeback to BJP’s organisation Monday as party chief Nitin Nabin effected a broad sweep in its new team of national office-bearers, bringing in experienced hands at key positions and retaining a few with successful stints, with a…
The building where a balcony collapsed on Sunday night Kolkata: A 57-year-old man, Samir Sen of Russa Road, died after a portion of a balcony of a two-storeyed dilapidated residential structure in Golf Green collapsed on Sunday night. Cops said the victim was staying alone in the building. According to police sources, the incident took…
Mumbai: The process to start the trial in absentia against six Pakistani accused in the 26/11 terror attack on the city, including banned outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) handlers Haafiz Saeed and Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, has been initiated.It will be the first trial in absentia in a terror case since the introduction of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita…
