Pune: Inquiry into sand mining in Kurdu village in Maharashtra’s Solapur – which led to a verbal spat between deputy CM Ajit Pawar and IPS officer Anjana Krishna – found the excavation illegal and SDPO Krishna’s action correct. Karmala tehsildar submitted the report to DC Kumar Ashirwad Tuesday. Following this, police filed another FIR against…
MUMBAI: In the case of a major security breach at Navy Nagar – the Navy’s residential area in Mumbai’s Colaba – where a man impersonating a naval personnel fled with a rifle and ammunition after taking it from a junior sailor, the role of an accomplice who collected the rifle from the impersonator after it…
GUWAHATI: “Our mourning is not yet over, our tears have not yet dried, our wounds have not yet healed – we cannot dance with joy.” This declaration from Imphal Hmar Displaced People Committee captures the defiance of Kuki-Zo groups who said they will boycott events tied to PM Narendra Modi’s likely Sept 13 visit to…
NEW DELHI: Kerala govt on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that governors must play a collaborative role with state govts on bills passed by legislatures, and said they must follow the nuanced yet non-confrontationist approach of Arif Mohd Khan – the present governor of Bihar who was Kerala governor from Sept 2019 to Jan 2025.For…
Many people struggle to understand what their ideal weight should be for their height. While Body Mass Index (BMI) has long been used as a standard measurement, recent research shows that it does not provide a complete picture of health. BMI fails to distinguish between muscle and fat, and it does not account for fat…
NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge co-ngratulated BJP’s candidate C P Radhakrishnan for winning the VP election, even as he reminded the incoming Vice-President that the high office needed to be revitalised to reflect independence, and urged him to accommodate the opposition and not yield to govt pressure.He chose the occasion to underline that the…
NEW DELHI: Almost 50 days after his resignation, former Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar broke his silence to congratulate his successor C P Radhakrishnan, saying that the office of the VP would attain greater glory with his vast experience.This was Dhankhar’s first public statement since demitting office on July 21 – day one of the monsoon session…
NEW DELHI: Celebrations were expected in the BJP-led NDA camp, given the need to ensure a clean victory of a diehard saffronite after the experience with the ex-VP. The result belied repeated claims by opposition candidate B Sudershan Reddy that many in the governing column would heed their conscience and support him.Celebrations erupted at the…
NEW DELHI: The World Health Organization (WHO) has included popular weight-loss drugs like Semaglutide and Tirzepatide, sold in India under the brand name Wegovy and Mounjaro, respectively, in its Model List of Essential Medicines (EML).This is important because the WHO’s model list of essential medicines serves as a basis for public sector procurement, supply of…
Supreme Court has reiterated that proceedings initiated to review a judgment should not be confused with appeal proceedings. A bench of Justices Ahsanuddin Amanullah and S V N Bhatti cautioned that courts ought not mix up review jurisdiction with appellate jurisdiction. It said that a review petition has a limited purpose and could not be…
