Mumbai: The Maharashtra legislative assembly on Thursday passed the `Maharashtra Special Public Security Bill’, which seeks to prevent unlawful activities of Left Wing Extremist organisations with a focus on urban Naxalism and “passive militancy”. While tabling the bill, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis — who holds the Home portfolio — said the government was not against…
New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday disapproved of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s foreign visits, terming his comments “irresponsible”. Without naming Mann, it said the government of India “dissociates” itself from the “unwarranted” comments made by a “high state authority” that undermined India’s ties with…
Lords: Joe Root stitched together a dogged unbeaten 99 as England shed their usual aggressive ways, resorting to classical long-format batting amid sustained pressure from the Indian bowlers to reach 251 for four on day one of the Lord’s Test in London on Thursday. At stumps, Root was one run shy of his 37th Test…
The Case of Dr. U.C. Banerjee, Abuse of Process and Power in NIPER Mohali In an alarming case of institutional betrayal, Dr. Uttam Chand Banerjee—former Dean at the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Mohali, and a scientist facing serious plagiarism allegations—was shockingly regularised as a permanent employee through what appears to be…
In the deep abodes of Rasātala, where shadows stretched long and the bloodlines of daityas ran proud, there reigned three brothers born of Sukesha and Devavati—Mali, Sumāli, and the wise and battle-seasoned Malyavantha. Of these, only one now walked among the living, the venerable Malyavantha, a towering remnant of a bygone age. More than an…
Bhavani Temple is located in Benakanalli, a small village near Bidar in the state of Karnataka. The presiding deity of this temple is Goddess Bhavani, a fierce and powerful form of Shakti (Divine Mother). Bhavani Devi is worshipped as the Grama Devata (village guardian goddess). She is revered as a protector, granter of boons, and…
Dhaka: A special tribunal in Bangladesh on Thursday indicted deposed premier Sheikh Hasina in absentia on charges of crimes against humanity in connection with a deadly crackdown on protesters during the July-August uprising last year. The International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh (ICT-BD) has set August 3 as the date for the trial. The tribunal has…
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday said the Supreme Court’s suggestion that the Election Commission (EC) should allow Aadhaar cards, voter-ID cards, and ration cards in the Special Intensive Revision of the electoral rolls in Bihar has come as a “relief for democracy”. Congress general secretary, organisation, K C Venugopa,l pointed out that the apex…
Sri Sathya Sai (Andhra Pradesh): Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday said that the Centre will collaborate with the Andhra Pradesh government for a long-term drought management plan. Chouhan held a review meeting along with Andhra Pradesh Agriculture Minister K Atchannaidu at Sri Sathya Sai district Collectorate to discuss mitigation plans for drought-hit…
New Delhi: In a veiled swipe at Congress MP Shashi Tharoor after he penned an article on the Emergency, party leader Manickam Tagore on Thursday said when a colleague starts repeating BJP lines word for word, one begins to wonder whether “the bird is becoming a parrot”. Tharoor has said that the Emergency should not…
