“A man allegedly locked his ailing mother at home in Jharkhand’s Ramgarh district and went to Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh for a holy dip in Maha Kumbh along with his wife, children and in-laws,” police said on Thursday (February 20, 2025.) The police rescued the 65-year-old mother from a quarter of Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) […]
A court in New Delhi on Friday (February 21, 2025) reserved for February 25 the order on the quantum of sentence against Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. During the hearing, a complainant, whose husband and son were killed by a mob instigated by Kumar, urged the Delhi court to award […]
The recently released movie Chhaava, based on the life of Maratha warrior king Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj, should be screened for all the legislators across the country, Shiv Sena UBT MP Priyanka Chaturvedi demanded on Thursday. She also sought that the movie be declared “tax-free”. “I have written to Ashwini Vaishnawji to urge the Chief Ministers […]
“Mujhe garv hai ki mai Chamar hu (I am proud to be a Chamar),” said Bindeshwar Ram, a Vikas Mitra and resident of Bihar’s Gaya district, at an event in Patna to commemorate the 647th birth anniversary of Sant Shiromani Ravidas, a 14th-century saint from the Chamar (cobbler) caste associated with the Bhakti movement and considered […]
Two villagers from a Left-wing affected region in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada were murdered by Naxalites on Wednesday evening, said the police. A senior police officer said that Baman Kashyap (29) and Anis Ram Poyam (38), both residents of Todma village under Barsoor Police Station limits, were found dead in a deep jungle nearly 25 kilometres from […]
The Kerala High Court has suggested that the State government and the Centre consider enacting legislation or amending existing laws to mandate the preservation of the foetus in Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) cases involving minor victims, where offences under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act are established. “A directive must be […]
: In the past four years, about 40 lakh individuals got employment and the Naan Mudhalvan skill development programme helped 2.6 lakh students get jobs, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin said on Thursday. Chairing a virtual meeting of the CM’s Economic Advisory Council (EAC), Mr. Stalin said about 1.14 crore women were receiving monthly […]
A petition filed by Punjagutta police of Hyderabad seeking a direction to go ahead with the investigation of a criminal case registered against T. Harish Rao of BRS and former police officer P. Radha Kishan Rao will be heard by Telangana High Court on Friday, February 21. The Punjagutta police on Thursday moved the HC […]
The screening committee headed by M. Ramachandra Gowda has shortlisted and recommended the names of three people, including Dr. Bhagavan B.C., Principal of Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), for the post of Vice-Chancellor of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS). Dr. Ravikumar B.C., Principal of Hassan Institute of Medical Sciences and Dr Nalini […]
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday appealed to the last of the remaining insurgent groups active in the Northeast to lay down arms and join the mainstream. He said by 2027, all the Northeastern States will be connected by air and rail. Mr. Shah said that since 2014, more than 10,500 militants have laid […]
