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Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party (SP) working president Supriya Sule said on Wednesday that her party would “consider” supporting the proposed delimitation bill only if the Centre explicitly guaranteed a uniform 50% increase in the number of seats in all states.The other condition for the NCP(SP) to consider the bill is the methodology to determine the drawing up of parliamentary constituencies, she said at a press conference in Mumbai. “No state should face injustice; there should be a 50% cap for the increase. If it is in people’s interest, then we are ready to discuss it in the INDIA bloc,” said…
At least 7,000 people across 34 states in the US are infected by Cyclosporiasis, a parasitic infection that causes frequent, watery diarrhea, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It typically spreads through contaminated water or food, often during the summer.Cyclosporiasis leads to extreme diarrhea. However, it is not a fatal condition. (Magnific)The US Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday it was investigating multiple produce items, including lettuce, in an effort to identify the source of this unusually large cyclosporiasis outbreak, reported Reuters. So far, no deaths have been reported due to the infection. However,…
Gurugram: Security personnel with bomb disposal squad personnel conduct a search operation after a school received a bomb threat mail, in Sector 15 area, Gurugram. (PTI Photo) (PTI07_13_2026_000323B)Gurgaon: Bomb threat emails triggered a massive security response on Monday after multiple schools and Mini Secretariat received messages claiming explosive devices had been planted on their premises.Sources said the email also referred to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s proposed rally in Jind on July 17 and threatened to target the event, prompting authorities to heighten security in both Gurgaon and Jind. Police said security arrangements at sensitive locations have been strengthened while the…
Sam Neill’s ex Laura Tingle says the Jurassic Park star was ‘pretty sick’ before his death despite being cancer-free: ‘His poor body got exhausted’ Veteran actor Sam Neill’s former partner, Australian political journalist Laura Tingle, has opened up about his final days, revealing that the actor had become “pretty sick” in the weeks before his death despite being declared cancer-free earlier this year.Neill died on Monday at the age of 78. He had announced in April that he was free of cancer after battling angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, a rare form of blood cancer.Laura Tingle recalls Sam Neill’s final daysSpeaking on…
Before the last-four tie, Argentina manager Lionel Scaloni had said he was “not going to mix” football and politics.”The reality is that this is a football match. I can’t mix things up, especially out of respect for what happened so many years ago,” Scaloni had said.”It was a very sad period in our history, and there isn’t much we can do about it, that’s the reality.”Things are happening elsewhere in the world, and we criticise the existence of war. We certainly remember those people, of course. But it is a football match – we shouldn’t confuse the two.”Argentina vice-president Victoria…
Supreme Court on CBSE (File photo) NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Wednesday asked CBSE to detail the steps it has taken so far to curb alleged irregularities relating to digital evaluation (onscreen marking, or OSM) system even as solicitor general Tushar Mehta informed the court that a one-member commission has been appointed to inquire into the issues.A bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana said urgent action was needed to comprehensively address students’ concerns. Enlisting the SG’s assistance in the PIL raising a host of issues relating to OSM, the CJI said, “Look at the…
Based on the RTI findings, Kirit Somaiya has alleged that the corrections in the birth certificates were carried out illegally and has demanded that the BMC register an police complaint to investigate the matter and identify those responsible Mumbai: The M-East ward office in Govandi accounted for 3,132 birth certificate corrections that were made without supporting documents or applications, according to an RTI reply from the BMC received by former BJP MP Kirit Somaiya.The RTI response has also revealed that across the city, 19,753 birth certificates were issued without any supporting documents, while a total 86,020 birth record corrections were…
New Delhi: Days after it cancelled the bail plea of a school staffer accused of raping a minor, Delhi High Court Wednesday cancelled the bail granted to a woman teacher in the same case.Noting that Pocso cases warrant “utmost caution”, the court asked her to surrender in three days, in connection with the alleged rape of a three-year-old girl by a staff member inside a private school in west Delhi’s Janakpuri. Last month, HC had set aside the bail granted to the main accused, the school caretaker.Justice Saurabh Banerjee Wednesday observed that while considering bail in such cases, “essential surrounding…
Bengaluru: The Indian government, through a $600 million (about Rs 5,781 crore) climate fund jointly backed with Japan, is investing another Rs 200 crore in Ather Energy. The fund first backed the electric scooter maker in 2024, ahead of its stock market listing the following year.The India-Japan Fund will participate in a Rs 1,200 crore preferential allotment approved by Ather’s board on Wednesday. Hero MotoCorp, Ather’s largest shareholder, will invest Rs 960 crore, while founders Tarun Mehta and Swapnil Jain will invest Rs 20 crore each.The India-Japan Fund is a partnership between the Government of India and the Japan Bank…
Hyderabad: The Telangana high court on Wednesday dismissed two writ petitions filed by M/s B Sundar Rao Hotels at Abids and M/s Sundar Taj Mahal Hotels, Secunderabad, Hyderabad, and imposed exemplary fines of ₹10 lakh in each case.Observing that the petitioners had suppressed material facts and approached the court with unclean hands, Justice Nagesh Bheemapaka directed that the amounts be paid to the Telangana State Legal Services Authority.The petitioners had approached the court challenging Cross Subsidy Surcharge (CSS) demand notices issued by the Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Company (TGSPDCL).B Sundar Rao Hotels, which operates the Taj Mahal Hotel at…