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Patna: BJP national president Nitin Nabin on Saturday said the party’s core objective was not merely to attain power but to place national interest above everything else and ensure development reached the last person in society.Addressing party workers after inaugurating the Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya training mega-campaign in Patna, Nitin also launched a special exhibition highlighting the BJP’s organisational journey and achievements of the Narendra Modi-led govt over the past 12 years.“This exhibition effectively showcases the struggles, dedication, and penance of the great party workers who dedicated everything to nurturing the organization. It also highlights the public-welfare initiatives and achievements accomplished…
Ajmer: The state govt is ready to conduct local and panchayat raj elections, but the decision has to be taken by the election commission, said minister of state for urban development and UDH and self-governance Jhabar Singh Kharra Saturday.”The direction that the Rajasthan High Court has given is to be implemented by the state election commission, and govt is ready to assist the commission in conducting the local bodies elections. The state commission is studying the directions of the high court,” said Kharra. Recently, the Jaipur bench of the Rajasthan High Court had directed to conduct the local body elections…
Nagpur: The 10th convocation ceremony of Indian Institute of Management (IIM)-Nagpur saw degrees being conferred on 443 students, including two French students, and one Executive PhD scholar. One of the highlights of the ceremony held at IIM-N’s Mihan campus on Saturday was the executive MBA degree awarded to municipal commissioner Vipin Itankar and his wife Shalini.Itankar and his wife pursued the two-year executive MBA programme for working professionals. “We were classmates during graduation, and it was nice to go back to the classroom again together,” said Shalini. Itankar said continuous updation and continuous learning motivated him to pursue this course.One…
T’puram: An elderly couple was found dead at their house in Kollam on Saturday, hours before they were scheduled to return to Dubai, in what police suspect to be a case of suicide linked to financial difficulties.The deceased were identified as Sugathan (67) and his wife Latha (60), who were found dead inside their residence at Anchumukku, Kadakkal around 11.15am. Sugathan was engaged in business activities in Kerala and the UAE.According to Kadakkal police, relatives living nearby became suspicious after repeated knocks on the door went unanswered.Police said Sugathan was found hanging from the ceiling fan in the bedroom, while…
Kolkata: With the new state health department deciding to investigate the birth certificates issued during SIR exercise, officials at the KMC birth certificate wing are working overtime to scrutinise all the documents that applicants had submitted to obtain birth certificates they submitted as proof. The civic authorities have temporarily suspended the chatbot service, through which the birth certificate applications were made, apparently to facilitate the state govt’s probe. According to a KMC health department official, the focus of the govt investigation was on documents submitted to obtain ‘delayed registration’ certificates. “The focus so far is on certificates obtained by submitting…
Shimla: Declining a DNA test in a prolonged matrimonial and paternity dispute, the Himachal Pradesh high court has held that a child’s dignity and identity cannot be jeopardised merely to satisfy allegations of infidelity, as it is always open to the husband to prove the wife’s adulterous conduct through other evidence.Justice Romesh Verma emphasised that scientific tests like DNA examinations cannot be permitted as routine tools in marital litigation, especially when such tests risk stigmatising children born during a subsisting relationship. The court upheld the order of the Family Court, Chamba, which rejected an application filed by the petitioner seeking…
Three made in China pistols, magazines and 45 live cartridges were seized Mumbai: The crime branch’s anti-extortion cell on Friday arrested three Punjab residents, who allegedly came to the city to sell three foreign-made firearms and live cartridges. Two of them are wanted in a 2022 Patiala murder case and the third faces 19 criminal cases. Police are ascertaining if they had any connection with the Lawrence Bishnoi gang.Following a tipoff that some persons were preparing to sell firearms without licence, a police team laid a trap near St George’s Hospital in Fort. It caught Sukhvindar Chandrapal (24), Jasanpreet Mangal…
New Delhi: In one of the highest seizures in recent times at Delhi airport, customs officials have seized 47.8 kg of hydroponic weed from two Thai nationals. Officials said the market value of the recovered narcotic substance is around Rs 48 crore.A customs official said both passengers arrived from Bangkok on Friday.“A thorough physical examination of the baggage was conducted, which resulted in the recovery of six vacuum-sealed packets suspected to contain Hydroponic Weed (Ganja),” said the official.Of the total recovery, four packets weighing around 29 kilograms were recovered from the baggage of one passenger, while two packets weighing about…
According to the Punjagutta police, the building owners locked the office premises on April 25 due to non-payment of rent. After this, the CEO stopped responding to calls and salaries were not paid Hyderabad: A 25-year-old private-sector employee from Beeramguda has filed a complaint with the Punjagutta police, alleging that she and several others were cheated by a private firm operating from a building near Nagarjuna Circle in Punjagutta. Police have registered a cheating case and launched an investigation.The complainant joined Technoreach as a business development executive in March. She claims that, between March 17 and 23, around 80 to…
Chennai: MDMK general secretary Vaiko on Saturday announced that he would protest condemning the Karnataka govt’s proposed Mekedatu dam project across the Cauvery river, in Chennai on June 2.Referring to Karnataka deputy chief minister D K Shivakumar’s recent remarks that the dam would definitely be constructed, Vaiko said the protest was aimed at opposing Karnataka’s “adamant stand” and pressing the Union govt to deny clearance for the project.Vaiko said the protest would be held near the Chennai district collectorate under his leadership along with several political parties, farmers’ associations and social organisations.Stating that Karnataka had allocated Rs 5,900 crore for…