MUMBAI: Bombay high court refused to release on bail a 21-year-old man who threatened to make photos and videos of his ex-girlfriend viral if she did not continue their relationship, reports Rosy Sequeira.“It appears that initially they were both in a relationship. But this does not mean that the applicant would have the liberty to…
NEW DELHI: Not getting good sleep on a regular basis can heighten your risk of developing diabetes, a new study has suggested.In a study published in the journal Diabetes Care, researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) – the second largest teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School – analysed sleep patterns of more than 84,000…
BENGALURU: Karnataka high court has ordered authorities to enrol national-level swimmer Siri Srikanth in an MBBS course after she was illegally denied admission for the 2022-23 session.Srikanth had appeared for CET and NEET examinations, securing the 24th position among 618 candidates qualified for MBBS admission under the sports quota. The list was revised in Oct…
MUMBAI/AKOLA/SAMBHAJINAGAR: Sharad Pawar must apologise to Union home minister Amit Shah for his statement that Shah had been “externed” by SC for misusing the law, Union minister and BJP MP Piyush Goyal said Saturday. While BJP state president Chandrashekhar Bawankule said the courts had given Shah a clean chit, BJP minister Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil said…
NEW DELHI: Deputy leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi has written to Speaker Om Birla expressing concern “about the deteriorating standards of parliamentary conduct” in the House. He has alleged that “often it is the ministers of govt themselves who make unparliamentary, objectionable and threatening remarks against members of opposition parties”.While asserting that…
NAGPUR: Maharashtra’s deputy CM and finance minister, Ajit Pawar, on Saturday defended Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana that will provide Rs 1,500 to eligible women aged 21-60, rejecting the opposition‘s criticism of it as a populist move.“These schemes are designed to empower citizens and provide support in these challenging times,” Ajit said.In a departure from…
KOLKATA: Nahoum & Sons, the iconic bakery operating out of New Market in the heart of Kolkata for the past 122 years, has decided to remove chicken items from its menu. The change was driven by the unavailability of a kosher butcher, as the shop reverted to its Jewish roots.The shop, established in 1902 by…
NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla is learnt to have offered the seating plan in the House to the INDIA bloc, excluding Trinamool Congress. Although the Mamata Banerjee outfit is part of the opposition alliance and is expected to sit within the same cluster, the separate seats suggest that TMC is negotiating independently for…
NEW DELHI: At least one student has drowned and around two more are still trapped inside a flooded basement of a coaching centre in Delhi. The incident occurred on Saturday shortly after a sudden heavy downpour lashed the city.The basement of the coaching centre in Old Rajender Nagar, typically bustling with students preparing for competitive…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi may visit Kyiv next month in another balancing act on the Russia-Ukraine conflict, hoping it will calm frayed nerves in Washington and major European capitals which have been dismayed by the timing of his visit to Russia earlier this month. According to diplomatic sources, both sides are in talks to…
