CHENNAI: Union minister Shobha Karandlaje in an affidavit on Tuesday apologised to the people of Tamil Nadu for her remark that people involved in the Rameshwaram Cafe blast in Bengaluru were trained in Tamil Nadu. “I state that the alleged comment made by me about the people of Tamil Nadu while addressing media about the…
CHENNAI: Union minister Shobha Karandlaje in an affidavit on Tuesday apologised to the people of Tamil Nadu for her remark that people involved in the Rameshwaram Cafe blast in Bengaluru were trained in Tamil Nadu. “I state that the alleged comment made by me about the people of Tamil Nadu while addressing media about the…
KOCHI: Kerala police on Tuesday filed an FIR against popular Malayalam actor Nivin Pauly, a film producer and four others, including a woman, invoking gang-rape and other charges following a complaint lodged by the survivor who alleged that she was sexually abused in Dubai multiple times between Nov 1 and Dec 15 last year.The survivor…
KOLKATA: The Calcutta high court‘s circuit bench at Jalpaiguri took exception to the use of a “colonial era expression” by a lawyer while making a submission.A division bench of justices Harish Tandon and Apurba Sinha Ray was hearing a petition on Monday, when the lawyer representing one of the parties started his submission by saying,…
LUCKNOW: A five-year-old girl sleeping in her house in Girdharpurwa village of Uttar Pradesh‘s Bahraich district was injured in a wolf attack early Tuesday, a day after wolves killed a two-and-a-half-year-old girl and injured two women in back-to-back strikes in less than 24 hours Monday.This was the third wolf attack in the region in the…
NEW DELHI: On the CBI‘s allegation that a detailed order passed by a Madras high court judge in a corruption case in 2017 was made available only after he had demitted office, the Supreme Court directed the high court’s registrar general on Tuesday to submit a report detailing the date on which the judgment was…
NEW DELHI: India achieved its best ever medal haul in the Paralympics, surpassing the previous edition’s tally, thanks to an outstanding performance by its track and field athletes in Paris on Tuesday. India’s medal count rose to 20, including 3 golds, 7 silvers, and 10 bronzes, breaking the previous record of 19 medals set at…
MUMBAI: A pledge that is part of an ‘honour code’ signed by students at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) this year states that “I would not indulge in any political, anti-establishment, unpatriotic discussions, demonstrations, dharna or any form of activities that disturb the academic environment of the institute. I understand that any infringements…
RANCHI: Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren‘s decision to pause for three days the ongoing recruitment drive for 583 excise constables triggered road blockades in Giridih on Tuesday, with aspirants still to appear for physical tests fearing their chances could be scuppered by uncertainty over death of 12 job-seekers in as many days.Soren’s directive to “set things…
LUCKNOW: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath has said that Uttar Pradesh will be developed as a football hub by developing facilities in every single block of the state. Plans are already afoot to develop football stadia in each of the 18 divisions and football grounds in all 827 blocks.All-India football federation (AIFF) president Kalyan Chaubey, who…
