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Ireland’s government announced fresh tax cuts on petrol and diesel at an emergency cabinet meeting Sunday after fuel cost protests that had threatened the functioning of the country’s emergency services.Irish government announces tax cuts after fuel cost protestsSince Tuesday, hauliers and agricultural contractors have launched a series of protests over spiralling petrol and diesel prices in the wake of the Middle East war.”As a Government, we hear you,” Finance Minister Simon Harris said at a news conference. “We have acted and we are taking further action today,” he added.The cuts announced include a 10-cent reduction per litre on both diesel…
Madurai: AIADMK president Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS), during the ticket distribution to ally BJP, went out of his way to ensure that the BJP was seen as a junior partner in the alliance. EPS gave some of the toughest seats to BJP, denied key seats in Chennai where BJP may have had a chance and even ensured that former TN BJP chief K Annamalai would not contest the polls. EPS may have wanted to project that AIADMK was the big brother to BJP, but the script has gone awry.In speech after speech, DMK has been going all out against BJP.…
Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma paid a heartfelt tribute to legendary singer Asha Bhosle, remembering her iconic contribution to his films and her unmatched artistry. Urmila Matondkar, who featured in some of Asha Bhosle’s most iconic songs like Rangeela Re and Kambakht Ishq, also expressed her grief. Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma paid a heartfelt tribute to legendary singer Asha Bhosle, remembering her iconic contribution to his films and her unmatched artistry.Ram Gopal Varma: ‘Asha ji wasn’t just a singer, she was the heartbeat of an era’Taking to social media, he wrote, “Today, on the passing of my all time favourite singer,…
‘India now has an inheritance class that receives wealth and position early enough to use it, but chooses not to, because the social structures that would make risk-taking rational have been replaced by ones that make waiting and selling more attractive.’ | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Beautiful and Damned, Anthony Patch possesses everything except the willingness to act. He has education, social connections, and even reasonable intelligence. What destroys him is not external circumstance but internal paralysis. He spends years waiting for his grandfather’s inheritance, and by the time it arrives, he has forgotten how to exercise agency.…
Twenty-one hours of talks in Islamabad between the U.S. and Iran ended without a breakthrough. That no agreement emerged from the first post-ceasefire meeting is not surprising. Nor does it mean that the process has collapsed. Even before the talks began, it was evident that there were huge gaps between the two sides. The two-week ceasefire announced by U.S. President Donald Trump on April 8, after 39 days of war, looked shaky from day one as Israel stepped up air strikes on Lebanon, killing hundreds. Both Iran, and Pakistan, which mediated the truce, claimed that Lebanon was covered by the…
JAMMU: The annual pilgrimage to the cave shrine of Amarnath will start on July 3 and continue for 57 days, concluding on Raksha Bandhan on Aug 28.“Pilgrims between the ages of 13 and 70 can undertake the yatra. Registrations will begin on April 15… Registered pilgrims will receive group accident insurance with the sum assured enhanced to Rs 10 lakh per person,” Lt governor Manoj Sinha told a press conference on Sunday.The registration facility will be available at 554 branches of J&K Bank, PNB, SBI, and Yes Bank across the country. Pratham Pujan, undertaken to invoke the blessings of Lord…
Ramanathapuram: Chief minister MK Stalin on Sunday alleged betrayal of South India by the BJP-led Union government and claimed it attempted to lower representation for Tamil Nadu in Parliament by showing the “women’s reservation” as a reason. He alleged the Centre was attempting to penalise states, including Tamil Nadu, that successfully implemented population control programmes. Addressing an election rally at Paramakudi, Stalin said all democratic forces in the country are all set to oppose this proposal. Source link
Vasai: Police have arrested a 26-year-old dumper driver who mowed down a 40-year-old school teacher at Shirsad Phata on NH48 on Saturday morning in a hit-and-run case. After the accident, he had fled the scene but was later arrested by the Mandavi police who formed teams to arrest him.The accident occured when the accused, Pandurang Jadhav, was driving on the wrong side of the service road and hit the teacher from behind. The teacher, Swedel Edwin Gomes, a primary teacher in a Zilla Parishad school, died on the spot. She stayed at Nirmal village in Vasai. Source link
New Delhi: A nine-year-old boy drowned after falling into an underground water tank at an under-construction site while playing last week. The building owner was arrested.The child, Shreyansh, was a Class IV student at MCD Primary Boys’ School and a resident of Tughlakabad village. His father reportedly runs a tea stall in the local market.On Wednesday afternoon, Shreyansh was on his way home from school around 1 pm with his 11-year-old sister when he wanted to play with two classmates, despite the sister’s objections, police said.To hide from his sister, the boy and one of his friends entered a construction…
By Karthikeyan SairamOn a warm Saturday evening at Freedom Park, the mood was subdued yet resolute. Citizens, activists, and familiar faces from across the city gathered for a peaceful protest sparked by a deeply disturbing incident: 22 community dogs from a locality went missing and were later found killed. What unfolded was more than a protest; it was a collective cry for compassion.Awareness is where everything begins: Aniruddha RavindraFor Aniruddha Ravindra of Praana Animal Foundation, the turnout reflected only a fraction of the concern the issue deserves. “People don’t know what is right and wrong when it comes to animal…