Chennai: In a statement on Saturday, MNM vice president A G Maurya said there was a “selective approach” to Friday’s live telecast and urged the ruling TVK govt to adopt full openness in its legislative sessions. During Friday’s assembly session, certain segments were broadcast live, including the reading of obituary resolutions and the debates surrounding…
MUMBAI: A second-year BTech student at IIT Bombay died by suicide in his single-occupancy room in Hostel No 4 on the IIT Powai campus on Tuesday night, police said.Powai police said they suspected a failed love affair was the reason behind the death of the 20-year-old, a student of Materials Science and Engineering (often paired…
Taslima Nasrin will make her comeback to Kolkata on August 1 KOLKATA: Nearly 19 years after she was forced to leave Kolkata amid violent protests, Bangladesh-born author Taslima Nasrin is set to return to the city on August 1 for a literary event at Rabindra Sadan.For Nasrin, who has repeatedly described Kolkata as her ‘home’,…
New Delhi: Four siblings, including three women, have been arrested for allegedly operating an illegal psychotropic drug supply network in northwest Delhi’s Jahangirpuri.Police have seized drugs and assets worth Rs 2 crore in connection with the case, including cash and jewellery worth over Rs 63 lakh, 11 flats estimated to be worth more than Rs…
Basant Kumar Meghwal (Image: X/@afiindia) Indian high jumper Basant Kumar Meghwal created history by winning the silver medal in the men’s high jump at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on Saturday. The 19-year-old from Anupgarh in Rajasthan’s Sri Ganganagar district produced a lifetime-best effort of 2.21m to secure India’s second medal of…
Mumbai: The delayed, fiercely-debated and much-litigated elections to the Asiatic Society of Mumbai, one of the city’s premier institutions of research and scholarship, finally took place on Saturday with former BJP Rajya Sabha member Vinay Sahasrabuddhe of the ‘Asiatic Tomorrow’ panel voted in as president and his group sweeping all the other 18 posts. The…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Video grabs) NEW DELHI: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has wasted little time getting back to work after a productive tour of Zimbabwe, sharing a glimpse of his batting preparations ahead of the new domestic season and the Duleep Trophy.The teenage India batter posted a video on his official Instagram account showing him working in the…
For the longest time, a high-profile divorce in India felt like a definitive, tragic end to someone’s personal life, especially when it was happening under the ruthless glare of the paparazzi. But a whole roster of Bollywood actors and sports icons have completely flipped that script. They’ve proven that a bad split is just a…
Navi Mumbai: The patrolling team of APMC police station foiled a dacoity attempt by a five-member gang that was spotted suspiciously roaming on two bikes on the Turbhe village service road parallel to the Sion-Panvel Highway earlier this week.While three men on one bike escaped when the police team intercepted their way, police succeeded in…
‘Gen Alpha are being raised by more involved parents’: Tusshar Kapoor opens up about his journey as a single father and how his son thinks his ‘movies are boring’ In a candid new interview detailing the evolution of family dynamics across generations, ‘Welcome to the Jungle’ actor Tusshar Kapoor opened up about the profound responsibilities…
