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The appeal also contended that the company had not been heard on the merits of the additional affidavits and allegations, which amounted to a grave violation of the principles of natural justice Kochi: Cochin Minerals and Rutile Ltd (CMRL) has filed an appeal before the high court division bench against the single bench’s order dismissing its petition challenging the Enforcement Directorate’s probe into alleged financial transactions between the company and Exalogic Solutions, a firm owned by T Veena, daughter of former chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan.The bench of Justices V Raja Vijayaraghavan and K V Jayakumar will consider the appeal on…
Kolkata: IIM Calcutta’s decision to put 10 dogs in a newly-built enclosure has triggered reactions from alumni, teachers and students. More than 100 alumni have written to the institute, opposing the move.Director Alok Kumar Rai said, “The institute identified a space and created an enclosure covering 40 ft by 20 ft for the furry friends with provision for food and water. There is an open space inside the enclosure. At present, we have put the dogs who have been identified as ‘aggressive’”The institute has more than 50 dogs on the campus, which are fed and cared for by the student…
New Delhi [India], May 29 : Noting that Strait of Hormuz “is part of the territorial waters” of Iran and Oman, Iran’s Ambassador in India Dr Mohammad Fathali has said that his country over the past decades has provided extensive services for free in areas such as navigation, maritime rescue, traffic control, and shipping security but “under the new conditions, these services and facilities will no longer be free, and fees will be charged”. In an interview with ANI, Mohammad Fathali said the Strait of Hormuz was one of the safest routes for energy transit in the world before this…
D Gukesh in splits after Javokhir Sindarov asked to sing (Screengrabs) NEW DELHI: World chess champion D Gukesh had a light-hearted moment during the Norway Chess 2026 rest day celebrations on Friday as fellow chess players gathered to celebrate his 20th birthday. The players came together before taking part in sailing activities in Oslo and sang a birthday song for the Indian star. The fun moment came when American Grandmaster Wesley So jokingly asked Javokhir Sindarov, who will face Gukesh in the World Championship match later this year in November, to sing a song after the celebrations, leaving everyone laughing.Gukesh…
The MLA has urged CM Devendra Fadnavis to intervene in the matter Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Varun Sardesai has demanded a high-level enquiry into the ‘shocking’ restriction of public access to the BKC City Park allegedly imposed by MMRDA officials. Sardesai wrote to CM Devendra Fadnavis, saying the public park built and maintained using taxpayers’ money cannot be converted into a private recreational space for a select group of bureaucrats and their families.“Those responsible for using public funds for the maintenance and upkeep of a garden that is being used exclusively by families of a few officials must be…
Thomas Jeng, head of startups for Asia-Pacific (APAC) at OpenAI Bengaluru: India has emerged as one of the fastest-growing global markets for OpenAI’s coding platform, Codex. Adoption has surged nearly 27 times since the beginning of the year, while daily interactions rose more than 20 times by the end of April, according to Thomas Jeng, head of startups for Asia-Pacific (APAC) at OpenAI.Jeng said India is now among Codex’s top five markets globally by user count, driven by a rapidly growing base of developers and startups using the platform to automate software development and knowledge workflows.“Indian engineers comprise some of…
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu energy and law minister R Nirmalkumar on Friday condemned Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar’s attempt to conduct bhoomi puja for a dam across the Cauvery river in Mekedatu. He also slammed Shivakumar’s remarks on the Mekedatu dam issue. Nirmalkumar cautioned Shivakumar against stoking controversies for political mileage over the inter-state water dispute. Terming the remarks unwarranted, the minister warned that such rhetoric would only lead to unnecessary law-and-order problems and severely affect the livelihoods of people in both neighbouring states.”We strongly condemn the Karnataka deputy CM for acting against the rules and violating the existing legal…
State CEO R S Gopalan speaks at the press meet on SIR on Friday Bhubaneswar: The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Odisha will start on Saturday. As many as 45,255 booth-level officers (BLOs) will conduct door-to-door visits to distribute and collect enumeration forms from electors for correcting and updating the rolls, state chief electoral officer (CEO) R S Gopalan said, while addressing a press conference here on Friday. July 1, 2026, has been fixed as the qualifying date for SIR.Printing and preparatory work were completed on Friday, while training of the BLOs was also completed in time,…
Times News NetworkCoimbatore: The organs of a 13-year-old boy, who was declared brain dead following a recent road accident in Tirupur, were donated to various hospitals on Friday.The boy, a resident of Tirupur, met with a tragic road accident at Mangalam a few days ago. He was rushed to a private hospital in Coimbatore city. Despite treatment, he was declared brain dead on Thursday evening. Amid their painful loss, his parents chose to donate his organs.Accordingly, his liver, kidneys and lungs were transferred to various private hospitals in Coimbatore, Chennai and Vellore. Doctors said that through this humanitarian decision taken…
Imphal: A truck driver from West Bengal was killed and a police constable was injured after armed miscreants opened fire on a convoy carrying essential food supplies in Manipur’s Ukhrul district on Friday morning, police said.The convoy, travelling from Imphal along NH-202 to Ukhrul under security escort, came under heavy gunfire from the Patleijang village side near TM Kasom village. The driver later succumbed to bullet injuries. The injured constable was posted at the nearby Litan police station.Manipur CM Yumnam Khemchand Singh condemned the attack. The chief minister’s secretariat said he expressed condolences over the death of the driver and…