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New Delhi: Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday defended both the Bihar and Delhi governments, as well as law enforcement’s handling of widespread student demonstrations, asserting that security forces managed massive crowds without causing casualties or severe injuries.Speaking to regarding recent student protests over exam irregularities and paper leaks in Bihar and New Delhi, Rijiju praised the police and administration while drawing a sharp contrast with historic protest responses under Congress-led governments.Rijiju rejected allegations of police overreach, emphasising that despite thousands of demonstrators and the infiltration of political agitators, no protester suffered serious injuries or fatal harm.”Not a…

Bengaluru:Healthcare technology and AI company CitiusTech has appointed Dhaval Shah as acting chief executive officer and Shyam Karunakaran as president as part of a leadership transition aimed at driving its next phase of growth and transformation.Shah, previously chief business officer for the medtech and life sciences businesses, takes over as acting CEO with immediate effect. Karunakaran, who led the Healthcare Payer and Platforms business, will assume broader responsibilities spanning enterprise strategy, markets, growth and execution.Rajan Kohli, CitiusTech’s CEO, will step down by the end of Aug to pursue other opportunities.The company said the appointments are part of its succession plan…

Salma Hayek welcomes her first grandson, shares an adorable video, and reveals the baby’s name in a new post online. (Instagram) Salma Hayek is officially a grandmother now! The beloved actress, who is best known for her roles in films like ‘Desparado,’ ‘Grown Ups,’ and ‘From Dusk Till Dawn,’ recently shared a post on her account, giving fans a happy update about her life. She revealed that her stepson François Pinault Jr. welcomed his first baby with his wife, Lara Cosima Henckel von Donnersmarck.Salma Hayek becomes a grandmotherSharing an update on her Instagram account, Hayek welcomed her grandson into the…

Indian equities face a mix of domestic and global factors, with crude oil prices, foreign fund flows, currency movements and developments in global markets likely to remain key areas of focus. The trajectory of oil prices could remain important for investor sentiment, particularly as elevated energy costs have already featured prominently in market commentary.Investors are also likely to track the rupee after its recent decline against the US dollar, along with movements in the dollar index. Foreign institutional investor activity remains another factor to watch after continued net selling. On the earnings front, stronger-than-expected Q1FY27 performance could provide support, while…

Iraq said yesterday it would launch an investigation into an overnight drone attack on the Iraqi Kurdistan Prime Minister’s office, as Iran portrayed the incident as a ploy to undermine bilateral relations.Kurdistan’s authorities had earlier blamed the attack, which also targeted the home of the autonomous region’s intelligence chief, on Tehran, saying the two drones had been launched from the Islamic republic’s territory.Since the start of the West Asia war, the Kurdistan region, which hosts U.S. troops and foreign oil firms as well as rebels exiled from Iran, has been targeted with more than 1,000 attacks by Tehran and pro-Iran…

Rijiju defends police response to student protests (ANI image) NEW DELHI: Union parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday defended the Bihar and Delhi governments and law enforcement agencies over their handling of student protests, saying security forces managed large crowds without any casualties or serious injuries.”Not a single person died; not a single person suffered a broken bone. Not even one protester is in the hospital with a serious injury. Consider the scale of this movement: thousands turned up, and so many criminals infiltrated under the guise of students,” he said as cited by news agency ANI.Rijiju praised the…

Mumbai: After a bungled-up launch in June, Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) on Monday announced its much-awaited return to India on Oct 3 with direct, non-stop flights between Mumbai and Copenhagen. The launch Copenhagen-Mumbai flight will leave on Oct 1.After an absence of 17 years, SAS was scheduled to recommence its India flights on June 4, but the inaugural flight had to turn back mid-way over regulatory issues. About four hours after departing Copenhagen, the A330 aircraft operating flight SK 969 was overhead in Azerbaijan when the aircraft turned back and diverted to Copenhagen. With the final regulatory clearance pending, the airline…

Delhi Police said CCTV footage showed Singh waiting for the professor before allegedly attacking him as he entered the building. NEW DELHI: Delhi University has suspended a PhD scholar and banned his entry into the university premises following an alleged assault on a professor at Umang Bhawan, officials said on Monday.According to news agency ANI, an FIR has been registered at Maurice Nagar police station, and a probe into the incident is underway, police said.The Delhi University Proctor’s Office said CCTV footage of the incident, which took place around 10:30 am at Umang Bhawan, showed alleged misconduct by Shubham Singh,…

Health minister U T Khader, principal secretary of health dept Ritwik Ranjanam Pandey and FDA commissioner Srinivas K during the launch of the QR code on Monday Bengaluru: Consumers in Karnataka can now lodge complaints related to food safety and drugs by scanning a QR code, with the Food Safety and Drug Administration (FDA) launching a QR code-based integrated public grievance redressal system Monday.The initiative, introduced in coordination with the Centre for e-Governance, aims to make it easier for consumers to register, track and seek redressal of complaints, while improving transparency and monitoring.The system allows people to report grievances involving…

Hyderabad: Lakhs of acres of private land has been incorporated under section 22-A of the Prohibited Properties List of the Indian Registration Act, barring genuine owners from registration of their properties, owing to official apathy.Revenue officials, who are supposed to update the records, have failed to do so, causing hardships to the lakhs of property owners. Revenue minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy, who reviewed the prohibited properties issue, admitted that grave mistakes were done by officials, and listed out the reasons for them, while mentioning categories of lands in the prohibition list.Over the past decades, the state govt has regularised lands…