A 36-year-old deputy mamlatdar (taluka-level revenue official), Hinisha Patel, died by suicide at her home in Jahangirabad, Surat, on Monday morning while her husband, Ketan Patel, who is also a deputy mamlatdar, waited for her in the parking lot, reports Vishal Patadiya. The couple worked in the same office and used to commute together. Police…
JABALPUR: Madhya Pradesh high court ordered Monday removal of 102 social media links that misused live-streamed court proceedings, giving platforms 48 hours to take down clips circulating as memes, reels and sensational videos. A division bench of Chief Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Vinay Saraf passed the direction while hearing a petition warning that edited…
NEW DELHI: Domestic thermal power plants currently have enough coal stocks to generate electricity for about 21 days, the ministry of coal said on Monday, adding that India recorded its highest-ever coal production of nearly 1,048 million tonnes (MT) in the 2024–25 financial year.In a statement, the ministry said that as of Dec 31, total…
SRINAGAR: Awami Itihaad Party MP from Baramulla Engineer Rashid has written to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh seeking compensation and rehabilitation for the families of two Army porters who died on duty after slipping in a gorge in the district.Party spokesperson Inam Un Nabi said on Monday the MP asked the defence ministry to frame a…
NEW DELHI: A National Joint Outbreak Response Team was rushed to West Bengal after two suspected cases of Nipah virus disease were identified on Sunday at the Virus Research and Diagnostic Laboratory (VRDL) of the Indian Council of Medical Research at All India Institute of Medical Sciences Kalyani. Given Nipah’s high fatality rate and potential…
NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday said suggestions have been invited from experts on the future use of the Old Parliament Building (Samvidhan Sadan) and a final decision will be taken at the general body meeting of Lok Sabha under his chairmanship. The govt has maintained that the building will be preserved…
NEW DELHI: Demanding a thorough investigation into “betrayal of youth”, Congress on Monday claimed that the CAG has exposed a “massive scam” in the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) which runs into thousands of crores with alleged fake beneficiaries and absentee trainers.Congress leader and former IAS officer Kannan Gopinathan said the recent CAG report…
NEW DELHI: Governance in the education sector must move beyond political interests to focus strictly on policy-driven structural reforms, Delhi Minister Ashish Sood said on Monday. He emphasised that the Delhi government is prioritising the long-term health of the academic system over short-term considerations. Speaking at a scholarship distribution ceremony for state university students at…
NEW DELHI: In a significant ‘public interest’ move, the Delhi High Court has allowed Zydus Lifesciences to manufacture and sell a biosimilar of Bristol Myers Squibb’s blockbuster cancer therapy, Nivolumab. Priced around 70% less than the patented therapy, the Zydus biosimilar is expected to improve patient access and affordability significantly.A division bench of Justices C…
Congress leader Rajendra Pal Gautam NEW DELHI: In the wake of the abduction of a Dalit girl and the murder of her mother in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut, Congress on Monday alleged that Dalit atrocities are rising in BJP-governed states, but the Centre has not released the anti-Scheduled Castes (SC) crime data for the last four…