Chennai: Madras high court on Friday directed the Union govt to respond to a public interest writ petition challenging the circular directing playing of the national song and national anthem before Tamil Thai Vaazhthu in functions attended by the state governor.Admitting a plea moved by Ananya Radhakrishnan, the first bench of Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind…
Motihari: East Champaran superintendent of police Swarn Prabhat has directed all police stations in the district to set up high-tech mess facilities with modern dining arrangements. The facility will be only for jawans and officers living in barracks, while those staying with families have been excluded.The SP said the initiative aims to improve the quality…
Sharad ChandraDhanbad: In a major initiative to make Dhanbad cleaner and healthier, the district council (zila parishad) and Dhanbad Municipal Corporation have entered into a special collaboration to strengthen sanitation work across the district, particularly in rural and semi-urban areas.Under the joint initiative, garbage heaps lying unattended for years in areas under the jurisdiction of…
ईरानी विदेश मंत्री अब्बास अरागची ने शुक्रवार को कहा कि अमेरिका के साथ परमाणु वार्ता आगे तभी बढ़ेगी, जब अंतरिम समझौते (Memorandum of Understanding) को लागू किया जाए. उन्होंने स्पष्ट चेतावनी देते हुए कहा कि अगर समझौते की शर्तें पूरी नहीं की गईं तो ईरान अंतिम समझौते पर हस्ताक्षर नहीं करेगा. उन्होंने बताया कि इस…
Sanjay Sahay /TNNRanchi: Taking cognisance of the killing of 65-year-old man Palu Khadia for alleged witchcraft in Gumla district, Jharkhand State Legal Service Authority (Jhalsa) on Friday sent its team to provide financial and legal aid to his wife.Khadia was beaten to death on Wednesday night by a neighbour, Bahura Oraon, after a local sorcerer…
Jaspal Rana (Image credit: Agencies) PUNE: Jaspal Rana never shied away from two things: Fearless shooting and straight talk. For more than three decades, he practiced both with remarkable consistency.At an age when any youngster would be thinking of playing safe in order to build a career, Jaspal not just risked it all by challenging…
NEW DELHI: ED Friday arrested Gautam Doshi and Satish Seth, former top executives in Reliance Telecom and close associates of Anil Ambani, in its ongoing money laundering probe against Ambani’s Reliance group entities.Doshi and Seth were arrested in Mumbai. While Doshi was brought to Delhi to be presented before a special PMLA court; Seth, after…
Kolkata: Cellphone brand Lava is eyeing a 10% market share in the sub-Rs 30,000 smartphone market. The company, which has a 2% market share, is growing at a CAGR of 40%-50% while the industry growth is flat.Speaking at an event, Lava International MD Sunil Raina said that the company has 29% market share in feature…
Mumbai/New Delhi: Amid a growing shift by industrial and commercial consumers to retail fuel stations to take advantage of lower prices, govt Friday issued fresh directions to limit bulk purchase and sale of petroleum products.The new directions aimed at preventing hoarding and diversion of fuel supplies meant for ordinary customers put specific limits on diesel…
New Delhi: Even as concerns persist among sections of Delhi govt school teachers that students passing Class X through National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) continue to face problems in getting admitted to science and commerce streams in govt schools, Directorate of Education (DoE) is increasingly positioning NIOS as a tool to prevent vulnerable students…
