Chennai: Madras high court on Thursday refused to quash a criminal defamation complaint filed against senior DMK leader and former minister K Ponmudi for his alleged derogatory remarks against Saivism, Vaishnavism, and women.. “The speech was intentionally made on account of his inability to propagate atheist ideology,” the court said.“The speech of the accused reveals…
Ahmedabad: A 13-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted in the Chaar Maliya locality of Vatva on Tuesday.Vatva police inspector A A Vachheta said the accused was arrested shortly after a complaint was lodged by the girl’s mother on Wednesday. The accused, a 34-year-old married man, allegedly called the girl to his house on the pretext…
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday questioned the “hot haste” of the police in freezing three Trinamool Congress bank accounts based on a complaint filed just a day earlier and asked HDFC Bank to file a report by next Tuesday on the amount lying in these accounts and their authorised signatories.Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya did…
Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule Pune: Revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule, in a written reply on Thursday, told the legislative assembly that Maharashtra has 1.28 lakh pending land survey cases. He said that the backlog figure of 3.12 crore as raised by Khadakwasla MLA Bhimrao Tapkir was incorrect.The minister acknowledged delays, saying it takes an average of…
Margao: The South Goa Planning and Development Authority’s (SGPDA) new wholesale fish market at Margao will be outsourced to a private contractor for its maintenance and operations, said PWD minister Digambar Kamat on Thursday following a joint inspection by the authorities concerned.The redeveloped market, built by the Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation (GSIDC) for the…
Times News NetworkSurat: A 60-year-old ragpicker was allegedly bludgeoned to death over a Rs 2,000 loan in Jahangirpura area, with police arresting the accused after a forensic postmortem revealed the death was a murder.The victim, Babu Sawant, was found critically injured near Saroli check post on June 20 by a passerby, who alerted the 108…
MUMBAI: Abu Dhabi’s International Holding Company, which emerged as a key backer of the Adani Group following the Hindenburg-induced market turmoil in 2023, is deepening its partnership with the conglomerate through an $11.5 billion integrated aluminium project in Odisha.The partners have formed an equal joint venture to build a sprawling aluminium complex comprising a four-million-tonne…
PR Sreejesh, Indian men’s hockey team. (Photo/Agencies) Former India goalkeeper PR Sreejesh has questioned the men’s team’s performances after it finished eighth in the FIH Pro League 2025–26 for the second straight season, saying India must measure itself against the world’s best rather than take comfort from success in Asian tournaments.India ended its Pro League…
Amid buzz that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce shelled out over USD 20 million on their wedding celebrations, new reports indicate that the bride and goom have donated USD 26 million to charities this week ahead of their Friday wedding at Madison Square Garden.The donations were reportedly spread out across 20 local and national charities,…
‘Let the experiment be made on a low-value body’ At first glance, the phrase sounds like something carved into the stone walls of an ancient laboratory—cold, detached, and unsettlingly clinical. It carries the weight of a world where knowledge was pursued with fewer ethical brakes and where the value of a “body” could be weighed…
