NEW DELHI: Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan, a seasoned BJP campaigner and prominent OBC neta with extensive organisational experience, will be in charge of the party’s campaign for the Bihar elections likely in November. He will be assisted by Union water resources minister and Gujarat BJP chief C R Patil and UP deputy chief minister Keshav…
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu energy secretary Beela Venkatesan died of cancer in Chennai on Wednesday. She was 56.Beela was state health secretary during the Covid pandemic. A doctor by profession, Beela was a 1997 batch IAS officer. Her father Venkatesan was a retired IPS officer, and her mother Rani Venkatesan was a former MLA from Sathankulam…
Bengal has the highest proportion of children aged 5-9 years with high triglycerides, a whopping 67%, followed by northeastern states of Sikkim (64.6%), Assam (57%), Nagaland (55.5%) and Manipur (54.7%), as per a report, Children in India, 2025, released on Thursday. Interestingly, the state with the lowest proportion of 5-9-year-old children with high triglycerides was…
NEW DELHI: Dubbing India’s “silence” on the issue of Palestine as abdication of humanity and morality, Congress’ Sonia Gandhi said Modi govt’s actions in the wake of Israel’s “genocide” are dictated by “personal friendship” between Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and PM Modi, and not by India’s constitutional values or strategic interests.In a media article, Sonia…
NEW DELHI: Poverty or poor financial condition is the most dominant driver of child marriage, according to a new report, citing responses by 91% respondents. It, however, noted that there has been a decline in cases at village level over past three years. Out of 757 villages across 15 districts in Bihar, Rajasthan, Assam, Karnataka…
Mallikarjun Kharge (File photo) NEW DELHI: After aggressive advocacy of caste census, removal of 50% ceiling on reservations and private sector quota, Congress has asserted its new branding as a “social justice” platform by slamming UP govt’s ban on caste-based political rallies.In a little-noticed statement, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, at a CWC meet in Patna,…
Pilibhit: A 22-year-old man was arrested from Kotwali Sadar police station area in Lakhimpur Kheri district on Tuesday night for allegedly molesting an 18-year-old girl while she was on her way to a library.Kheri circle officer Vivek Kumar told TOI “Accused Mohammad Shahdab alias Aman has been sent to jail on Wednesday. His family members…
NEW DELHI: Under the Rs 66,500-crore contract inked by Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) with the defence ministry on Thursday, 97 additional Tejas Mark-1 A fighter aircraft will be delivered by the PSU over a six-year period beginning 2027-28.Significantly, the Indian Air Force (IAF) is yet to get even the first of the 83 ‘improved’ Tejas Mark-1A…
CHANDIGARH: Punjab and Haryana HC said drunk driving cannot be viewed in isolation as a mere act of mischief as it is a grave menace to public safety and “strikes at the very root of societal order”, and denied bail to a trucker accused of crushing an MBBS student while driving under the influence two…
NEW DELHI: In what could prove a game-changer in the Bihar polls, PM Narendra Modi will launch via video-conferencing on Friday Bihar’s Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana and directly transfer Rs 10,000 each into the bank accounts of 75 lakh women across the state.Officials said the scheme was aimed at making women “atmanirbhar” (self-reliant) and promoting…
