Families of the two hostages at Imphal police station for their handover GUWAHATI: Two Meitei men held hostage by tribal Kuki village volunteers in Manipur‘s Kangpokpi for five days were freed Thursday in a purported exchange involving “safe passage” till their native district for 11 undertrial Kuki prisoners, all of whom got bail a couple…
Humne ke bera, humare khatir koi kade kuch na karta (What do we know? Nobody does anything for us ever). There are no jobs, no business opportunities for us. We work on other people’s farms,” says Manju Devi, who belongs to the Khati (OBC) caste. “My 24-year-old son is unable to get a job even…
BENGALURU: City police have filed an FIR against Union minister HD Kumaraswamy and a former MLC following a complaint by city-based realtor Vijay Tata that he was threatened with dire consequences if he did not mobilise Rs 50 crore.In his complaint with Amruthahalli police Thursday, Vijay Tata, who is not related to the Tata Group,…
Kurukshetra: “Dharma-ksetre kuru-ksetre samaveta yuyutsavah mamakah”- the opening verse of the celebrated epic Bhagwad-Gita is written in bold letters at “Jyotisar” temple complex, revered as the exact location where Lord Krishna gave his “discourse” to Arjuna before the battle of Mahabharata.A resident of nearby Bhorsai village, guide Dheer Singh’s knowledge of the temple complex is…
NEW DELHI: In a surprise development, Sonia Gandhi had a half-hour meeting with senior Congress functionary Selja Thursday, the last day of campaigning for the assembly polls in Haryana, kicking off a buzz on social media and party circles.While details of the meeting were not known, Selja was unhappy during the campaign and skipped the…
BENGALURU/NEW DELHI: Karnataka health minister Dinesh Gundu Rao‘s remarks on Hindutva ideologue and freedom fighter Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, claiming that Savarkar consumed meat and was not opposed to cow slaughter have sparked outrage across political circles. The controversy erupted on Thursday, a day after Rao’s comments during the launch of the Kannada version of ‘Gandhi’s…
NEW DELHI: Seeking to avoid duplication and ensure better implementation, govt on Thursday approved rationalisation of all agri-related centrally sponsored schemes into two umbrella schemes, having 18 components, with total proposed expenditure of over 1 lakh crore.One of the umbrella schemes – PM Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (PM-RKVY) – will promote sustainable agriculture, while the…
BENGALURU: Police on Thursday arrested a Pakistani couple and detained their daughter, 17, in a crackdown on foreigners living illegally in Bengaluru under assumed Hindu names. Police seized 3 mobiles, Aadhaar cards, passports, a PAN card, and two voter IDs – all obtained using fake documents.Syed Tariq, 53, and his wife Anila, 48, were arrested,…
NEW DELHI: Government is working on guidelines for films and serials shown on OTT (Over the Top) which will require the platforms to “beep out profanity and blur explicit scenes,” sources said. The proposed guidelines are likely to ask for alternative ways of depicting scenes, intimate relationships and changing clothes, besides insisting on toning down…
In a landmark judgment, Supreme Court ruled in favour of the income-tax (I-T) department, upholding the validity of nearly 90,000 reassessment notices issued after April 1, 2021, under the old provisions. Over 9,000 writ petitions had been filed in various high courts challenging these notices, with most courts siding with taxpayers.A bench of Chief Justice…
