Regrouping after bypoll setback Chennai: AIADMK’s rebel leaders were back in action on Monday, holding closed door meetings in Chennai, after the party’s drubbing in Madurantakam and Dharapuram bypolls.In a bid to mount pressure on AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami to convene the general council meeting, the rebel camp is planning to stay away…
Ahmedabad: Chewing gum may be consumed for its sweet flavour, but since it is not an edible item, it cannot be classified as a sweet or sweetmeat and therefore does not qualify for the lower 4% VAT slab, Gujarat High Court has held. Ruling that chewing gum attracts VAT at 12.5%, the court allowed the…
Prayagraj: Applications for National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship (NMMS) examination in Uttar Pradesh have touched a three-year high, with 1,74,662 students registering this year, over 17,000 more than in 2025.The rise highlights growing interest among students in securing financial assistance to continue their education beyond Class 8.According to secondary education department officials, the state received 1,57,013 applications…
(From left) Odisha coach Pravanjan Mullick with batters Shantanu Mishra and Om T Munde during practice Underwhelming for years, Odisha are looking beyond immediate results and investing in the next generation as they embark on a fresh Ranji Trophy cycle under head coach Pravanjan Mullick.After several seasons of treading water in the Elite Group without…
STF has also constituted a dedicated committee or social media monitoring team to analyse digital and social media content promoting gangsterism, firearms and violence Gurgaon: Haryana STF identified 12 Instagram accounts allegedly being operated or used by terrorists to radicalise and influence youths, and got them removed from the platform. It also identified around 200…
Guwahati: Researchers at IIT Guwahati, in collaboration with IIT Kharagpur, have developed a brain-inspired, light-sensitive device that consumes 500 times less energy for visual information processing, potentially improving the energy efficiency of image-processing applications.The device can detect visual information, store it and process it, mimicking the way the human brain responds to and remembers what…
Inauguration of the five-day Nada Habba fest in Belagavi on Sunday Belagavi: Siddharama Swamiji of Tontadarya Math, Gadag, inaugurated the 99th edition of the five-day Naada Habba literary & cultural festival at Kannada Sahitya Bhavan in Belagavi on Sunday. Presiding over the event, he called for mutual respect and harmony between Kannada- and Marathi-speaking communities…
Kanpur: A 35-year-old man died after a snake bit him at a puncture shop in Siktiya village in Sarsaul block of Kanpur on Sunday afternoon, while his family spent about 10 hours taking him to hospitals and faith healers in Kanpur and Fatehpur in the hope of reviving him.Shakeel Ahmad, son of Habib and a…
Through photographs, informative panels, interactive talks and discussions with the curators, the initiative presents Durga Puja as a celebration of public life, imagination, artistic practice and intangible heritage Kolkata: Architect and urban designer Anjan Mitra, who specialises in cultural heritage and inclusive development, is presenting Kolkata’s Durga Puja at Chittaranjan Park, New Delhi, through an…
Mangaluru: Like-minded organisations have launched a signature campaign seeking branches of Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research and National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences in Puttur. The campaign aims to collect one lakh signatures by year-end, activist Dinesh Kamath of Puttur Govt Medical College Action Committee said….
