Jaipur: Members of the Mali community in Rajasthan, who had blocked a highway for the last 11 days demanding 12 per cent reservation in jobs and higher education, called off their protest on Tuesday after talks with the state OBC Commission. During a meeting on Monday with the commission, a delegation representing the community, while…
Boral: Just on the outskirts of the old city limits of the megapolis of Kolkata stands the semi-urban hamlet of Boral, where a young art director with the advertisement agency D J Keymer shot his classic debut film ‘Pather Panchali’ (Song of the Road), some 70 years ago, to metamorphose into the celebrated movie maestro Satyajit…
Itanagar: Namsai district in Arunachal Pradesh is set to host a four-day Civil 20 (C20) Summit starting June 9, where 150 delegates from across the world are expected to participate, officials said on Tuesday. . C20 is one of the official Engagement Groups of the G20, which provides a platform for civil society organisations (CSO) to…
Gadchiroli: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said that some leaders often seen at agitations are a part of the Barsu refinery protests and they have inputs that a group trying to create disruptions in the state is also playing a role there to defame the state government. The senior BJP leader was…
Mumbai: The National Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday announced his decision to step down as party chief. However, he won’t retire from active politics. A committee will be formed to decide who should be given the responsibility of the party chief’s post, says Pawar. As soon as the veteran leader announced his…
New Delhi: Jailed gangster Tillu Tajpuriya was killed early on Tuesday inside Tihar Jail by members of the Gogi gang who allegedly cut the iron grille of his high-security ward and attacked him with an improvised sharp object, officials said. Tajpuriya, an accused in the 2021 Rohini court shootout case where gangster Jitender Gogi was allegedly…
Srinagar: The NIA carried out raids at multiple locations across Kashmir valley early Tuesday in connection with a terror funding case and detained one person for questioning, officials said here. Raids were carried out at nearly a dozen locations in Srinagar, Awantipora, Pulwama, Kulgam and Anantnag areas. One person has been detained for questioning by the…
Bengaluru: The Congress on Tuesday promised in its manifesto for the May 10 Assembly elections to repeal all unjust laws and anti-people laws passed by the BJP government in Karnataka within one year of coming to power in the state. In the manifesto for the polls released here by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge in the…
New Delhi, NSA Ajit Doval and his Iranian counterpart Ali Shamkhani on Monday held wide-ranging talks in Tehran focusing on the development of Chabahar port, the situation in Afghanistan and bilateral trade-economic engagement. The National Security Advisor was on a day-long visit to Iran. In the talks, Shamkhani favoured activating the Rupee-Rial mechanism between the…
Mangaluru: Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda on Monday said the entire coastal region in Karnataka is a fortress of the secular forces including the Janata Dal(S). Addressing reporters here, Gowda, who is here to campaign for party candidate Mohiuddin Bava in Mangaluru North constituency, said the JD(S) always had close relations with the people…
