The Madras HC has called a halt to the church construction project adjacent to the Mariyamman temple CHENNAI: Madras HC has stayed construction of a proposed church near the Mariyamman temple in Coimbatore, saying “mala fide intention can’t be ruled out”.The division bench of Justices G R Swaminathan and V Lakshminarayanan noted Coimbatore’s history of…
Ahmedabad: IIM Ahmedabad (IIM-A) on Wednesday inducted the new batch of its flagship PGP programme and PGP-FABM programme with 414 and 44 students respectively. About 61% of PGP students are engineers, whereas 31% of the batch consists of female students.Encouraging students to leverage technology and AI responsibly, Prof Ankur Sinha, chairperson, PGP, noted that learning—not…
Kolkata: The state health department has revoked the suspension of Prof Md Alauddin, former gynaecology and obstetrics head at Midnapore Medical College. Alauddin was suspended alongside 11 other doctors by the previous Trinamool Congress govt in Jan 2025 after two women died and four fell seriously ill post-C-section. Doctors blamed spurious Ringer’s Lactate saline, leading…
Former Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan from Congress Pune: Senior functionaries in the Congress and NCP (SP) in Maharashtra, who expressed fears that the BJP may attempt to split their parties, said none of their MPs or MLAs would defect.The opposition has claimed that the BJP and the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena are executing ‘Operation Tiger’…
Margao: Five police personnel, including a PSI and a head constable, were transferred to the reserve line after a video allegedly showing them collecting money from vehicle drivers at the Mollem check post without issuing challans went viral on social media.The disciplinary action — against one PSI, one head constable, and three constables — follows…
KALYAN: Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) has assured that electricity supply to illegal jeans-wash units operating across the Kalyan division will be disconnected within seven days, following a protest by social activists and environmental groups outside its office on Tuesday.The agitation was held at the MSEDCL Kalyan Division office premises in Tejashree Compound…
Surat: A local court sentenced a 27-year-old labourer to life imprisonment till his last breath after convicting him of raping a 4-year-old girl in Feb 2024.The accused, Ankit Gautam, abducted the girl near her home while she was playing and lured her with chocolate in Feb 2024. He took her to a deserted place in…
China’s booming exports are emerging as a major concern for Europe, with leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) economies discussing ways to address growing trade imbalances amid fears of a new “China Shock” hitting European industry, according to news agency AP.After years of US tariffs aimed at curbing Chinese manufacturing dominance, Beijing has continued…
Bobby Kotick, the former head of Activision Blizzard, is reportedly considering buying TikTok, as the app could be banned in the United States. The Wall Street Journal reports that Kotick has talked to ByteDance, the company that owns TikTok, about buying the app, which could cost hundreds of billions of dollars.This comes as US lawmakers…
NEW DELHI: India captain Shubman Gill revealed that he had a double century in his sights after producing a scintillating 154 against Afghanistan in the second ODI on Wednesday, saying he had set himself a target before the series to bat deep and convert starts into match-defining scores.Gill overcame oppressive conditions and severe cramps to…
