Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah BENGALURU: After Tamil Nadu, voices against “Hindi imposition” and the three-language formula proposed under NEP are getting louder in Karnataka, too, with Kannada Development Authority (KDA) writing to chief minister Siddaramaiah to adopt a two-language policy in the state. “Considering the variety of discussions going on regarding the language issue, it…
MUMBAI: Senior RSS leader Bhaiyyaji Joshi‘s remark at a function in Ghatkopar that knowing Marathi was not necessary to live in Mumbai stirred a political controversy on Thursday, with the opposition MVA criticising him strongly and demanding to know if the state govt agreed with him. While CM Devendra Fadnavis said in response that Marathi…
MUMBAI: A dinner treat turned into a misadventure for Kurla’s Shaikh family. On Feb 3, Ruby Shaikh (name changed), a 34-year-old mother of two, was enjoying a rare treat – chicken biryani from a local restaurant. Little did she know that a chicken bone would take her on a month-long medical journey that would perplex…
CHENNAI: Madras HC Thursday directed Union government to unblock Tamil journal Ananda Vikatan‘s website, which had been blocked after it published online an offensive cartoon showing PM Narendra Modi.The cartoon was published during Modi’s visit to the US and his summit meeting with US President Donald Trump, and coincided with illegal immigrants from India being…
NEW DELHI: Observing that preventive detention is a draconian measure whereby a person can be detained without conviction, Supreme Court has held that such orders must reflect an independent application of mind by the detaining authority, and a mere statement that it’s “satisfied on examination of the proposals and supporting documents” is not sufficient.Quashing a…
Representative image/AI generated MUMBAI: State government has sanctioned Rs 10 crore to set up and operate a media monitoring cell. According to a proposal of Directorate General of Information and Public Relations (DGIPR), an agency will be appointed to monitor, analyse and report the news in print, electronic, social and digital media in a scientific…
MUMBAI: In a first of sorts for the engineering and construction industry, Larsen & Toubro chairman S N Subrahmanyan introduced a one-day menstrual leave facility every month for the company’s women staff. The announcement came during Women’s Day celebrations at the Powai office in Mumbai where the chairman addressed 350 women employees.The organisation’s workforce of…
NEW DELHI: For 15 years, Shiwam Kumar Srivastava fought not just for a job, but for the right to be seen. He had cleared the UPSC exams in 2008, ranking high enough for selection. But when the final list came out, his name wasn’t on it. No explanation. No rejection letter. Just silence – a…
KOLKATA: A school once listed as a minority institution would continue to enjoy that status, whether or not it obtained a minority certificate from West Bengal Minorities Commission, a division bench of Calcutta high court ruled on Thursday.“Once a minority, always a minority,” Chief Justice T S Sivagnanam said, as the bench dismissed a public…
Photo credit: X/@DrSJaishankar TOI CORRESPONDENT FROM LONDON: The world is becoming increasingly multipolar with different centres of power as a result of the Trump administration’s policies, which suits New Delhi very well, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said at Chatham House here. “If I were to look at the big priorities of this president, many…
