PANAJI: Bombay high court has quashed an FIR registered against a Mapusa college student after it found that her online comments did not reveal any deliberate or malicious intention of outraging the religious feelings of any community, reports Lisa Monteiro.The FIR was lodged against her in May for allegedly posting and circulating derogatory comments on … Read more
Rishabh Pant getting his knee taped during the T20 World Cup final (Photo Source: X) India’s T20 World Cup triumph looked improbable when South Africa needed a run a ball in the final at Barbados earlier this year in June. But the turnaround happened, thanks to Surykumar Yadav’s brilliant catch and Hardik Pandya’s heroic spell, … Read more
NEW DELHI: The flagship ‘Khadi India’ shop in New Delhi registered sales worth over Rs 2 crore on Gandhi Jayanti this year, breaking all previous records and leading Union minister for home and cooperation to laud the achievement as a positive change.In a post on X, Shah said sales recorded by shop in Regal Building … Read more
CHENNAI: The picturesque East Coast Road in Chennai saw two tragedies Saturday afternoon. First, a 20-year-old woman died in a bike accident. About 30 minutes later, her friend and collegemate, also aged 20, killed himself by jumping in front of a bus, reports Selvaraj A. The deceased were identified as S Yogeshwaran of Uthiramerur and … Read more
NEW DELHI: Urging young professionals struggling with workplace stress to “speak up”, All India Professionals’ Congress (AIPC) on Saturday launched ‘For Anna For All: Workplace Wellness’ campaign named after Anna Sebastian Perayil, a 26-year-old a CA from Kochi whose alleged death due to extreme work pressure has triggered a nation-wide discussion on workplace stress.The campaign … Read more
KASARAGOD: The sessions court in the district acquitted K Surendran, BJP state president, and five others in the Manjeshwar election bribery case on Saturday. Surendran and the other five accused – K Manikanda Rai, BJP Kasaragod secretary, Suresh Naik, Sunil Naik from Yuva Morcha, K Balakrishna Shetty, former BJP district chief, and Lokesh Nonda – … Read more
NEW DELHI: With a more than 150% increase in govt-sponsored apprenticeships since 2019-20, the number of beneficiaries under the National Apprenticeship Training Scheme (NATS) surpassed 8.5 lakh in 2023-24, and 1,298 crore was released as grant for stipend.For the second consecutive year, over 2.5 lakh apprenticeships have been funded, as the ministry of education continues … Read more
NEW DELHI: State Bank of India has declared loan accounts of debt-ridden state-owned MTNL as sub-standard non-performing assets due to non-payment of instalments and interest since June 30, the telecom firm said in a filing.The total outstanding on the MTNL loan account was Rs 326 crore as of Sept 30, according to the SBI letter … Read more
NEW DELHI: A full-scale conflict between BJP and Congress appears to be looming with the governing party objecting to latter’s plan to get Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee to summon Sebi chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch to face questions on the regulator’s probe into the allegations against Adani Group and accusing it of using the parliamentary panel … Read more
NEW DELHI: NIA Saturday conducted raids at 26 locations across five states in a case related to Pakistan-based jihadist group Jaish-e-Muhammed‘s conspiracy to radicalise and recruit individuals and motivate them to carry out attacks at several places across India.One person – Sheikh Sultan Salah Uddin Ayubi, alias Ayubi – was arrested by NIA and several … Read more