KOCHI: The Kerala HC on Thursday constituted a special division bench to consider petitions related to Justice K Hema Committee report on women’s working conditions in film industry. The bench, comprising Justices AK Jayasankaran Nambiar and CS Sudha, was constituted as per orders of Acting Chief Justice A Muhamed Mustaque.In the morning session of the…
HYDERABAD/RAIPUR: Security forces continued their aggressive assault against Maoists, gunning down six people allegedly of the rebel cadre in an intense exchange of fire on Thursday in the dense forests of Telangana‘s Bhadradri Kothagudem district. The area is close to the Chhattisgarh border.The dead included two women. Two commandos of the Greyhounds, an elite anti-Maoist…
NEW DELHI/ SINGAPORE: PM Narendra Modi on Thursday asked top business leaders in Singapore to look at investment opportunities in India, pitching the country as the best alternative for those looking to build a resilient supply chain, in what was a bid to tap into the China Plus One strategy.During his meeting leading Singaporean CEOs,…
NEW DELHI: After taking several steps in line with the government’s directive to shed “vestiges of the colonial era” and “Indianise” military traditions and customs, ranging from junking of western tunes in the Beating Retreat ceremony to the introduction of kurta-pyjamas in naval messes, the armed forces are now poised for some more measures.The country’s…
NEW DELHI: Ahead of the impending creation of integrated theatre commands, defence minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday told the armed forces to evolve a ‘joint military vision‘ and prepare for challenges the country may face in future wars, amid the continuing military confrontation with China and turmoil in the neighbourhood.“India is a peace loving nation…
PUNE/KOLHAPUR: Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said PM Narendra Modi, besides his apology for the collapse of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj‘s statue in Sindhudurg, must express regret for demonetisation, flawed GST implementation, and destroying small and medium-scale (SME) industries.He was speaking in Kadegaon in Sangli district where he unveiled the memorial…
GUWAHATI: The BJP-led Assam cabinet has accepted 57 of the 67 recommendations by an MHA-constituted commission on implementation of constitutional, legal, and administrative safeguards for “Assamese people”, as envisaged in Clause 6 of the tripartite 1985 Assam Accord.CM Himanta Biswa Sarma termed the Justice (retd) Biplab Sarma Commission’s report, submitted in Feb 2020, “one of…
NEW DELHI: Enforcement Directorate has attached Rs 55 crore assets – a hotel, bungalow and several high-end vehicles – of expelled DMK functionary Jaffer Sadiq in Chennai in a money-laundering case related to allegedly running a drug cartel that smuggled pseudoephedrine and ketamine. The anti-money laundering agency has accused Sadiq of being involved in smuggling…
DHAKA: Bangladesh has lodged a formal protest with the Indian government over the killing of a 13-year-old Bangladeshi girl of Juri upazila, Moulvibazar district, who they alleged was shot and killed by the Border Security Force on Sept 1, 2024. The BSF had said on Tuesday they had discovered on Monday the girl’s body near…
ERODE: Police broke into the burning house of Karnataka cadre IPS officer M Arun Rangarajan, 38, at Gobichettipalayam and arrested him on Wednesday evening for assaulting his live-in partner, who is a former sub-inspector. Police said Rangarajan, who is under suspension, had set the house on fire, allegedly in a bid to kill himself.He and…
