File photo: BJP Rajya Sabha member Ananta Roy (Maharaj) JALPAIGURI: BJP Rajya Sabha member Ananta Roy (Maharaj) has left his party squirming with his remarks on Saturday that detention camps were ordered by Union home minister Amit Shah.Addressing a meeting at Adabari in Cooch Behar’s Dinhata on Saturday, Roy said, “The Union home minister has…
NEW DELHI: Sometimes judicial proceedings are too slow and protracted to deliver justice in one’s lifetime.This is reflected in a case in which the three-tier judicial system took 34 years to decide the validity of an ITDC employee’s job termination. The litigant passed away a year before the final word was spoken on the litigation…
MUMBAI: In a sophisticated twist to digital arrest scams, a 68-year-old woman from the western suburbs was duped of Rs 3.75 crore by fraudsters who staged a mock virtual court hearing featuring a man who claimed he was “Justice Chandrachud”. Moving beyond the usual khaki-clad impersonations, the scammers got the victim to write an “essay…
NEW DELHI: Six months after releasing world’s first genome-edited rice varieties, Centre may soon approve release of genome-edited mustard which has potential to produce more oil with low pungency.Developed by Biotechnology Research and Innovation Council – National Institute of Plant Genome Research, genome-edited lines in mustard are currently being evaluated under ICAR – All India…
PM Modi on Sunday spotlighted a quiet but telling cultural push unfolding far beyond India’s borders – a Kannada Pathshala in Dubai – as he underlined how regional languages remain central to India’s identity, even among its global diaspora. In the 129th edition of ‘Mann Ki Baat’, he said the initiative began with a simple…
File photo: Himachal Pradesh CM Sukhvinder Sukhu KULLU: Within hours of Himachal Pradesh CM Sukhvinder Sukhu’s appeal to doctors, Resident Doctors Association of IGMC-Shimla called off its str-ike Sunday. “Instead of trusting me, doctors went on strike,” Sukhu remarked, adding the decision to sack Dr Raghav Narula would be reviewed.“Following the assurance given by the…
File photo: Shashi Tharoor NEW DELHI: Congress functionary Shashi Tharoor on Sunday came out in support of party colleague Digvijaya Singh‘s views, saying the party’s organisation should be strengthened and there should be some discipline. On Saturday, ahead of the CWC meeting, Singh had stirred a controversy by praising RSS-BJP’s organisational power as he shared…
Health experts have repeatedly cautioned that antimicrobial resistance is emerging as one of India’s most serious public health challenges NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Sunday flagged the growing threat of antibiotic resistance and urged people to stop using these drugs without medical advice, saying “antibiotics are not medicines that should be taken mindlessly”. Speaking…
HYDERABAD: By torchlight in deep forest camps, a shadow surgeon once cut close to a beating Maoist heart, fingers steady as a bullet lay lodged centimetres away. For years, the man they called Dr Rafiq worked unseen. Little about him surfaced beyond intelligence files.Now, through surrendered Maoists and security officials, a detailed portrait is emerging…
Protest against the death of Angel Chakma in Agartala (Picture credit: PTI) AGARTALA: Tripura chief minister Manik Saha spoke with his Uttarakhand counterpart Pushkar Singh Dhami and sought justice for the racially-spurred fatal assault on Anjel Chakma, a 24-year-old MBA student, from Unakoti district in the northeastern state, reports Biswendu Bhattacharjee. Chakma, who was attacked…