West Bengal Chief minister Mamata Banerjee KOLKATA: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee made a surprise phone call to fasting junior doctors on Saturday afternoon and set up a meeting with them for Monday in yet another stab at restoring normalcy in the state health sector.The nearly one hour interaction – on state chief secretary Manoj…
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: The aviation sector faced an unprecedented wave of hoax bomb threats Saturday, with 30 to 40 flights across Indian carriers and five Delta Air Lines flights being targeted. This marks the highest number of threats in a single day, adding to the disruption the industry has endured over the week since Monday.The hoaxes…
HARIDWAR: The Haridwar district administration demolished a mazar, allegedly constructed illegally about 15-20 years ago in Mirpur village, on Saturday. The structure was on the right bank of Gang Nahar (Upper Ganga Canal), about 15km from the district headquarters. Officials said a demolition notice was issued in March.Former head of Mirpur gram panchayat, Rao Zubair,…
NEW DELHI: Military leaders must think critically, adapt to unforeseen circumstances, and leverage latest technological advancements to gain a strategic advantage in today’s ever-evolving geopolitical landscape, defence minister Rajnath Singh said on Saturday.Present-day warfare has surpassed traditional battlefields and now operates in a multi-domain environment, where cyber, space and information warfare are as critical as…
After Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav demanded that his party be given 12 seats in the MVA alliance, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray spoke to him late on Friday. Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut said Uddhav had a “positive conversation” and SP will be “taken along” in MVA. Akhilesh is currently touring Maharashtra to…
NEW DELHI: EC on Saturday ordered the removal of acting Jharkhand DGP Anurag Gupta with immediate effect over past allegations of biased conduct and misuse of authority during polls.EC has directed Jharkhand govt to hand over Gupta’s charge to the most senior DGP-level officer. The Commission has told the state govt to submit a panel…
MUMBAI: A day after a virtual breakdown in seat-sharing talks in Maha Vikas Aghadi with Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut and Congress‘s Nana Patole taking potshots at each other and Uddhav Thackeray saying things should not be stretched to breaking point, AICC in-charge for Maharashtra Ramesh Chennithala met Uddhav and NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar in…
VIJAYAWADA: Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu called on people in southern states to have more children, citing concerns about an ageing population. He said Saturday the state govt is planning to implement “population management“, including considering new legislation to incentivise families with more kids.“The state govt is thinking of bringing a law that would…
PATNA: Bihar Police SIT Saturday arrested the kingpin behind the Oct 16 hooch tragedy, which has claimed the lives of 37 people so far in Saran, Siwan, and Gopalganj districts. Three other people accused of supplying the spurious liquor surrendered in a Saran court on Saturday.The prime accused, Mantu Singh, alias Sikander Singh, from Bali…
SRINAGAR/JAMMU: J&Klieutenant-governor Manoj Sinha has cleared a resolution of CM Omar Abdullah’s cabinet urging the Centre to restore the statehood to the Union territory, officials said Saturday. The resolution was approved by Omar’s govt late Thursday, a day after he was sworn in.On Saturday, Omar told workers of his National Conference (NC) in Jammu that…
