Ravindra and Sonali Wakode, parents of the IIT Bombay student who died by suicide (ANI Image) MUMBAI: The parents of IIT-B student Sahil Wakode, who died by suicide, went on a hunger strike at Azad Maidan on Thursday evening and put forward a series of demands, including a CBI probe and the arrest of Prof…
CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke addresses a press conference as Co-conveners Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka look on. NEW DELHI: The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Thursday demanded the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar within 48 hours, accusing him of undermining voters’ rights and warning of a nationwide protest if he does not step…
Gandhinagar: The Gujarat labour department on Thursday conducted an awareness programme for industry representatives and workers on the Centre’s four new labour codes, which bring together provisions of 29 existing labour laws. The event emphasised the need for stronger compliance, safer workplaces, and better coordination between employers and employees.Labour and employment minister Kunvarji Bavaliya chaired…
PMC workers set up barricades and even installed stages across stretches of Tilak Road and Laxmi Road around 8am Pune: Several residents were caught off guard on Thursday morning after Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) and Pune traffic police abruptly barricaded key roads in the old city areas, triggering massive traffic snarls and throwing school and…
Financial assistance of Rs 13 crore from the Seafarers Welfare Fund Society has been approved for a Seafarers’ Welfare Centre at Mormugao port Margao: Centre has assured South Goa MP Viriato Fernandes of upgrading the state’s marine training and seafarers’ welfare infrastructure.In a letter to Fernandes, Union minister for ports, shipping and waterways Sarbananda Sonowal…
The stir gained momentum recently in Bhavnagar district Surat: The Diamond Worker Union Gujarat (DWUG) has raised concerns over low wages being paid to artisans at rural diamond-polishing units in Saurashtra, alleging that many workers are earning less than the government-prescribed minimum wage.The union said stagnant piece rates have failed to keep pace with inflation,…
Dalal Street began Friday on a positive note after suffering one of its sharpest one-day declines in 10 weeks. BSE Sensex opened over 100 points higher while NSE began trading above 23,000. However, the gains remain limited due to rising crude prices and elevated global bond yields.BSE Sensex was up 155.82 points, or 0.21%, at…
Aishwary Pratap Singh, Niraj Kumar and Rudrankksh Patil (Image credit: Agencies) NEW DELHI: India’s Niraj Kumar, Rudrankksh Patil and Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar won the silver medal in the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions team event at the Asian Games 2026.The Indian trio finished with a total score of 1762-94x to finish second behind China.India…
When Vijay recalled Alphonse Puthren’s story for Jason Sanjay; says ‘I thought it was for me’. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and actor C Joseph Vijay’s son, Jason Sanjay, is set to make his directorial debut in Kollywood. His first film, ‘Sigma’, stars Sundeep Kishan in the lead role.Long before Jason Sanjay announced his filmmaking plans,…
Musk activated Starlink over Ukraine shortly after Russia launched its full-scale invasion in 2022. Finnish President Alexander Stubb has urged SpaceX owner Elon Musk to expand Starlink coverage into parts of Russia, saying it could help Ukraine locate and strike Russian ballistic missile launchers.Stubb said he had appealed directly to Musk to allow Starlink to…
