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Guwahati: The Centre on Monday deferred the census operations in Manipur following demands from civil society organisations to revise the National Register of Citizens (NRC) before conducting the exercise.The decision came after Union home minister Amit Shah chaired a high-level review meeting in New Delhi to assess the current situation in Manipur. The meeting was attended by Manipur governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla, chief minister Y Khemchand Singh, Union home secretary Govind Mohan and other senior officials.Earlier, the Manipur High Court put on hold the census-related exercise, including the house-listing, until further notification from the Registrar General of India.Singh expressed his…
Bengaluru: Indian diagnostics firm Dr Lal PathLabs on Friday reported a rise in first-quarter profit, boosted by sustained demand for its tests and preventive health packages under the SwasthFit banner.Consolidated net profit for the three months ended June 30 rose to 1.70 billion rupees ($17.62 million) from 1.32 billion rupees a year earlier.Analysts said the company is expected to see favorable tailwinds from its growth in bundled test packages, setting up of new precision diagnostic centers, and a continued focus on improving its revenue per patient.Dr Lal, which operated 312 clinical labs as of March 31, reported a 19% increase…
‘Irumudi’ continues to make an impact at the box office, with the Ravi Teja-starrer maintaining its theatrical run more than a week after release. Directed by Shiva Nirvana, the film has received positive responses from audiences and has also drawn praise from several celebrities. Its blend of family emotions and a socially relevant message appears to have struck a chord with viewers.Pradeep Ranganathan calls Ravi Teja’s ‘Irumudi’ ‘too good’Actor Pradeep Ranganathan has now joined the growing list of celebrities praising the film. Taking to X, the actor congratulated the cast and crew while specifically highlighting the message at the heart…
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Monday (August 31, 2026) that there were indications that Russia and Israel had spread disinformation about Spain’s migration policy, triggering last month’s influx of migrants into Ceuta. However, he said there was no evidence of Moroccan involvement.Over 72,000 migrants irregularly crossed from Morocco into the tiny Spanish territory between July 30 and 31 in an unprecedented surge at one of the European Union’s only two land borders with Africa, prompting alarm across the bloc. At least 100 people died in the attempt, according…
Quantum physics has made numerous strange predictions, and scientists have checked and confirmed many of them. But one of the strangest ones persists unresolved. In the 1930s, the German physicists Werner Heisenberg and Hans Heinrich Euler proposed that empty space is not really empty. Instead, they predicted that in the presence of a magnetic field, the vacuum of space would behave like a crystal, changing the properties of light passing through it.The trouble with testing this prediction — called vacuum birefringence — is that the magnetic field has to be extraordinarily strong.In a study published in Nature on August 5,…
File photo: MBBS interns of Government Medical College (GMC) Jammu and its associated hospital hold a poster during their protest demanding a hike in their monthly stipend. JAMMU: MBBS and BDS interns across medical colleges in Jammu & Kashmir went on an indefinite strike on Monday, demanding an increase in their monthly stipend from Rs 12,300 to Rs 30,000.“Our stipend has remained stagnant for seven years, while in other states it ranges between Rs 25,000 and Rs 45,000 a month. We are performing the same duties, including 24-hour shifts and rural postings,” one of the protesters said.Protesters cited a health…
Mumbai: A leak was detected from a tanker carrying approximately 35,000 litres of benzene near Mysore Colony Monorail station in Chembur on Monday night, causing panic in the area. No one was injured in the incident which took place around 8pm, said officials.Senior station officer K V Shirke and station officer Sagar Khopde led the fire brigade team that swung into action and created a 500m buffer zone as decanting of benzene from the affected tanker into an empty tanker was completed successfully. Traffic was stopped on Mysore Colony Road and Mahul Road and operations at Mysore Colony Monorail station…
New Delhi: CBI has filed an FIR against certain former officials of the Food Corporation of India (FCI), North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation (NERAMAC), and some private entities in connection with allegations of irregularities in the allotment of rice.FCI, Delhi Region, officials are accused of bypassing rules to allocate 62,000 MT of rice to NERAMAC at a concessional rate of Rs 23,200 per MT under the Open Market Sale Scheme (Domestic). This, the FIR claims, violated the policy, as non-auction allocations are restricted exclusively to state govts or state corporations. The prevailing reserve price is Rs 28,900 per MT.The…
Representational picture for Gruha Lakshmi Scheme Bengaluru: Facing fire over crores being credited to the bank accounts of deceased Gruha Lakshmi beneficiaries, the state govt Monday said it had recovered around 36% of the wrongly paid Rs 117.5 crore and was working to recover the rest.Chief minister D K Shivakumar Monday reviewed the implementation of various guarantee schemes at a meeting with the State Guarantee Committee chairperson and other members. Officials told him that around Rs 42 crore had been recovered from the Rs 117.5 crore deposited in the accounts of deceased beneficiaries.Guarantee Committee member and MLC Dinesh Gooligowda said:…
Revanth calls for protests demanding LoP KCR’s resignation CM Revanth Reddy inaugurated the Musarambagh Bridge on Monday. Hyderabad: Calling for an unprecedented agitation against Leader of the Opposition, BRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao, chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Monday launched a direct political offensive against KCR, urging Congress cadres to stage statewide protests demanding his resignation for allegedly staying away from public life and assembly proceedings for the past 1,000 days.Addressing a public meeting in Amberpet after inaugurating the Moosarambagh high-level bridge, Revanth said Congress workers, particularly youth, should organise protests and two-wheeler rallies at mandal and district headquarters…