BHOPAL: BJP MLA from Guna, Pannalal Shakya, has triggered a controversy by telling students that college degrees are of no use and they should rather open “motorcycle puncture repair shops”. Ironically, Shakya’s ‘advice’ came at the inauguration of a PM College of Excellence in Guna on Sunday – on the same day that Union home…
JAIPUR: Rajasthan filed a special leave petition in Supreme Court Monday, asking to be made party to a case pertaining to the constitutional validity of marital rape being treated as an exception under Section 375 of the IPC. The BJP govt’s petition cites a heap of marital-rape cases in the desert state as the reason…
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Callousness at Thiruvananthapuram‘s Medical College Hospital hit bizarre heights when a patient visiting the outpatient OP wing of the govt-run facility got trapped inside a lift and went unnoticed for two days.A lift operator who came for duty Monday noticed Raveendran Nair unconscious inside the lift, stuck between the first and second floor of…
GUWAHATI: Assam has had just eight applicants for citizenship under CAA to date and six of them are still to report for interviews, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said Monday, contradicting projections by some organisations that the state’s population could potentially swell by up to 50 lakh because of this provision.“When I contacted some Hindu Bengali…
BENGALURU: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah acknowledged Monday a scam of Rs 89.6 crore in the Karnataka Maharishi Valmiki ST Development Corporation, contradicting opposition’s claim of Rs 187 crore. The admission came during a heated debate initiated by LoP R Ashoka of BJP in the legislative assembly.Siddaramaiah, whose admission came when he intervened in Ashoka’s opening remarks,…
India has the second highest number of kids who did not receive any vaccine at all in 2023, 1.6 million, just after Nigeria with 2.1 million “zero dose children“, according to Unicef. This 2023 report of WHO/Unicef estimates of National Immunisation Coverage (WUENIC) was based on member states reporting to WHO and Unicef up to…
More than 200 former Lok Sabha MPs, who are yet to vacate their official accommodation in Lutyens’ Delhi, have been issued eviction notices. They have been asked to surrender their bungalows at the earliest so that allotments to new members can be expedited, sources said. Former MPs are required to vacate their official houses within…
Former US President Donald Trump on Monday announced his selection of JD Vance, a Republican US senator from Ohio, as his running mate for the upcoming presidential election. The announcement was made on Trump’s Truth Social media platform at the beginning of the four-day Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, where the party’s presidential ticket will…
New Delhi: Bengaluru-based active-wear retailer TechnoSport has crossed the Rs 300 crore revenue mark in FY24 and is eyeing a high double-digit growth of 30 – 40 per cent over the next few years, the company’s co-founder Sunil Jhunjhunwala told ETRetail. He attributed the shift towards organised and branded products, the company’s competitive pricing solving…
Homegrown women’s handbag brand Baggit is planning to re-enter international markets like the USA, UK, Australia, and GCC region through strategic local partnerships, and by leveraging international marketplaces like Amazon, Nina Lekhi, MD and & chief design curator, Baggit told ETRetail. Before COVID, the brand was selling via an exclusive arrangement with a distributor in…
