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Hyderabad: BJP MLA Paidi Rakesh Reddy on Wednesday said that the case involving Union minister of state for home affairs Bandi Sanjay’s son, Sai Bageerath, should also be treated as a family matter. Addressing the media at the BJP state office on Wednesday, he said, “The case is under investigation, and the finality will be decided there. I have nothing more to say, but I believe there has been a good friendship between the boy and the girl, and the girl’s family has also accepted their friendship. Both are young and might have faced some disputes, but if things settle…
Edappadi K Palaniswami unveiled an official AIADMK daily named ‘Porvaal’ on May 20. But DMK ran a publication by the same name 79 yrs ago With his name being replaced by rebel faction leader S P Velumani on the masthead of the party’s official daily ‘Namathu Amma’, AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami decided to strike back on Wednesday with ‘Porvaal’ (meaning battle sword).Neither the name nor the form is new to Tamils, or more specifically long-time followers of Dravidian politics. Before DMK was founded by C N Annadurai in 1949, one of his first recruits, Kanchi Manimozhiyar, had started…
Guwahati: Congress MLAs in Assam said they would follow the party high command’s decision on choosing their leader in the house, amid BJP attacks that the party has become Muslim-dominated. Of the 19 newly elected Congress MLAs, 18 are Muslims.The debate has centred on whether Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader — who is also expected to be projected as leader of the opposition — should be a Hindu or a Muslim. By seniority, Birsing Jarua MLA Wazed Ali Choudhury is the most experienced Congress MLA. The party’s only Hindu MLA is first-time legislator and former NSUI state president Jay Prakash…
Margao: Politicians of various hues are coming together in Cuncolim ahead of the 2027 assembly elections with one common agenda — defeating Congress MLA and leader of opposition Yuri Alemao. They said they will work towards fielding a consensus candidate against him.The emerging front is anchored by three Cuncolim natives—former bureaucrat Elvis Gomes, who held senior positions including director of municipal administration and urban development secretary before taking voluntary retirement; retired deputy superintendent of police Sammy Tavares, also popular as a playwright and tiatr director; and ENT specialist and activist Dr Jorson Fernandes.Both Gomes and Fernandes have contested from Cuncolim…
Chandigarh: Haryana Human Rights Commission on Wednesday took suo motu cognisance of the National Crime Records Bureau’s Crime in India-2024 report mentioning the state recorded the highest crime rate against children in the country.A full bench comprising chairperson Justice Lalit Batra, member (judicial) Kuldip Jain and member Deep Bhatia observed that 7,547 cases of crimes against children were registered in Haryana in 2024, marking a 17.9% increase over 2023. The crime rate stood at 82.8 cases per lakh child population. Calling for urgent intervention and institutional accountability, the commission directed senior officers of the home, women and child development, school…
Patna: The stretch along JP Ganga Path has remained in limbo for over four months, as the planned relocation of street vendors to the Digha vending zone continues to face delays. Though the Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) had aimed to complete the project by early April and hand over the facility, vendors are still operating in unhygienic conditions along the riverbank.Patna mayor Sita Sahu said efforts are underway to resolve the issue. “The area has been levelled and planned as an open vending zone. The aim is to hand it over to vendors at the earliest. They can shift while…
Ranchi: A Hyderabad-based research driven organisation, Resplice Autism Research Foundation will organise a day-long free gut health assessment and microbiome testing camp for autistic patients on May 31, to raise awareness about autism in Ranchi.Dr. Chandrashekhar Thodupunuri, founder chairman of the research organisation said here on Wednesday that the increasing incidence of Autism over the past four-five decades is a major concern.“Emerging scientific insights suggest that the bioaccumulation of agrochemicals and ‘forever chemicals’ (persistent artificial chemicals) may be a significant contributing factor to autism. Reducing exposure and detoxing these substances among couples planning pregnancy could play an important role in lowering autism…
Kolkata: Former Trinamool MLA and actor Soham Chakraborty said he contacted BJP MLA Roopa Ganguly after receiving death threats from a producer, Tarun Das, in a dispute over money. The film’s director, Mohua Chakraborty, on Wednesday lodged a complaint against Das after she, too, felt threatened by him. But Das said he was being framed by the actor to avoid paying money.The dispute goes back to 2018, when Chakraborty and executive producer Amitabha Mukhopadhyay approached Soham for a film under Trina Films. Soham said he received a cheque of Rs 15 lakh as a token amount but no agreement was…