NEW DELHI: Veteran actor Rajinikanth‘s “old student” remark for the senior DMK leaders has miffed a few in the party as one of the ministers took a vitriolic dig at the superstar, saying that old actors “continue to act even after growing beards and loosing teeth”.On Saturday, during a book launch event Rajinikanth had praised…
NEW DELHI: Ministry of home affairs on Monday announced five new districts in Union territory of Ladakh, ahead of assembly elections in Jammu & Kashmir. The five new districts will be Zanskar, Drass, Sham, Nubra and Changthang.Home minister announced the decision in a post on X, saying, “In pursuit of PM Shri @narendramodi Ji’s vision…
NEW DELHI: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati stepped up her attack at the Congress over its silence on the Supreme Court‘s suggestion for the “creamy layer” provisions within the SC/ST quotas.Casting doubt on Congress’s pitch for caste census, the ex-Uttar Pradesh CM asked if the party would be able to impart legitimate rights to…
BENGALURU: Salil Parekh looks trim and fit. When we ask him about it, the Infosys CEO & MD says he isn’t getting as much time for fitness as he would like. Infosys probably requires more of his time now. The company, and its peers, are going through a lean phase. Revenue growth is in low…
JODHPUR: PM Narendra Modi on Sunday said access to legal documents will be the biggest weapon in the direction of empowering the poor. Speaking at the closing ceremony of the platinum jubilee celebrations of Rajasthan HC here, Modi called upon the legal fraternity to help govt make this possible.“It is important that people have access…
CBI‘s polygraph test on Sanjay Roy, the arrested suspect in the RG Kar hospital rape-murder case, flagged “false and unconvincing” answers to questions on his newly professed “innocence”, investigators said on Sunday after a pair of designated officers conducted the proceedings at Kolkata’s Presidency jail, reports Rohit Khanna. Roy’s state-appointed counsel stirred a controversy when…
GUWAHATI: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma has linked crimes against women in the state to a broader strategy aimed at displacing families to seize their land. His remarks followed the Aug 22 gang rape of a class 10 student by three men in Nagaon district, which has sparked outrage and massive public protests, particularly targeting…
GUWAHATI: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma has linked crimes against women in the state to a broader strategy aimed at displacing families to seize their land. His remarks followed the Aug 22 gang rape of a class 10 student by three men in Nagaon district, which has sparked outrage and massive public protests, particularly targeting…
RAIPUR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s resolve of a drug-free India is now becoming the vow of every citizen of the country, Union home minister Amit Shah said in Raipur on Sunday.Illegal trade of narcotics is a threat to the nation, and the money earned from this crime is used to promote terrorism and Naxalism, and…
A 27-year-old man from Telangana and his Sudanese colleague died of dehydration in Saudi Arabia‘s Rub’ al Khali desert – where daytime temperatures soar to 55 deg C- after their GPS signal failed, their mobile batteries ran down, and their vehicle ran out of fuel. Family members of the deceased, Mohammad Shehzad Khan, said the…
