Chennai: A 39-year-old house painter was found dead with his throat slit near a police booth close to Ellaiyamman Temple on Tiruvottiyur High Road in Chennai early on Saturday. Tiruvottiyur police recovered the body and sent it to Stanley Govt Hospital for postmortem.Police said Durai Babu, of Komadha Nagar in Tiruvottiyur, lived with his wife,…
New Delhi: Lakhs of CBSE students studying foreign languages have received a major relief. Those already in Classes VII, VIII and IX will no longer have to worry about changing their language combination midway through school.The clarification has eased weeks of anxiety among parents who feared their children would have to abandon a language they…
Planning to buy a new Maruti Suzuki next month? You may have to stretch your budget a little more. India’s largest carmaker has announced another price revision across its model range, with prices set to increase by up to Rs 30,000 from August 2026. The latest revision comes just weeks after the company raised prices…
Kolkata: The state has unveiled a roadmap to transform Kolkata’s public transport system by phasing out diesel buses and replacing them with electric and CNG vehicles, marking a shift towards cleaner and sustainable urban mobility. Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday made this announcement after he flagged off 50 new buses, seven of them electric…
Indian Para athletes script history (Images: Agencies) India’s para athletes delivered their finest-ever performance at the 2026 Commonwealth Games, matching the country’s cumulative medal tally from all previous editions in a single campaign. The 28-member Indian para contingent concluded its Glasgow campaign with seven medals, three gold, two silver and two bronze making it India’s…
Trump loses bid to impose $100k fee on H-1B visa The Trump administration suffered a setback on Friday after a US federal appeals court refused to lift a ruling that blocks the government from charging a $100,000 fee for new H-1B visas.The 1st US Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston left in place a June…
During the question and answer session, students discussed the role of youth in social change, Screenshot Pune: Police officers from across Maharashtra underwent specialised training in cyber crime investigation, digital forensics and victim centric policing at a national workshop organised in Pimpri Chinchwad, as law enforcement agencies stepped up efforts to improve the quality and…
Kolkata/Burdwan/Howrah: The Bengal Special Task Force (STF) on Monday arrested a 21-year-old college student in Howrah for allegedly being involved in a plot hatched by suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) operative Hamim Mondal to abduct junior state minister Umesh Rai’s son.STF officers said Aditya Singh, alias Raj, a second-year BCom student at Umesh Chandra College in Kolkata,…
CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu govt has reconstituted the law commission for a three-year term, entrusting it with the tasks of suggesting measures to plug loopholes in existing laws and making recommendations on interstate and Centre-State relations.The reconstituted commission will be headed by former Manipur high court chief justice D Krishnakumar as chairman. Former Madras high…
Bicholim: Police arrested two men in connection with the electrocution death of ITI student Akshat Naik (20) of Lamgao, Bicholim, on Tuesday. They were released after obtaining bail on Tuesday.Kedar Krishna Mandrekar (33), a lineman with the electricity department, and house owner Sameer Ramnath Maulingkar (41) from Maulinguem, were arrested by police.Naik was electrocuted on…
