CHENNAI: Congress made a comeback into govt in Tamil Nadu ending its 59-year exile, with two of its legislators among 23 new ministers sworn in, as CM C Joseph Vijay Thursday expanded his cabinet in an exercise that rewarded loyalists, accommodated allies and signalled attempt at rewriting social engineering in state politics. With 21 TVK…
Educational consultancy operator Shubham Khairnar, suspended junior college teacher Manisha Mandhare, beauty parlour owner Manisha Waghmare and a Latur-based paediatrician moved centre stage Thursday as CBI widened its NEET-UG 2026 paper leak probe, chasing money trails, digital footprints and a growing list of suspected beneficiaries. CBI brought Khairnar to Pune for questioning while Mandhare and…
US is exploring the possibility of India procuring crude from Venezuela. ‘We want to sell them as much energy as they will buy,’ Rubio said NEW DELHI: Ahead of his visit to India, US secretary of state Marco Rubio said Thursday that the US wants to sell India as much energy as possible and that…
KOLKATA: The Calcutta high court, hearing a plea filed by the parents of the RG Kar rape-murder victim, on Thursday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to form a three-member special investigation team (SIT) within 48 hours to probe alleged “lapses” by the state police and hospital authorities during the initial investigation and the…
Officials said there were instances where land sold to developers was used to show capital gains as agricultural income. In some cases, authorities used satellite maps to detect misuse of the tax provision NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has come across many cases where individuals have claimed income tax exemption on…
Bengal municipal affairs minister Agnimitra Paul said cattle slaughter remains legal in the state if carried out under provisions already in force. “We have never asked anyone to clo- se their shops. There are specific provisions in the existing Act we have to adhere to. There is a 2018 HC judgment and there is a…
NAGPUR: Bombay HC’s Nagpur bench recently ruled that asking a working wife to contribute her salary towards household expenses “cannot, in itself, be construed as an unlawful demand or cruelty.“Justice Vrushali Joshi quashed an FIR and chargesheet registered against a Nagpur-based man and his parents at Mankapur PS under IPC Sections 498-A (cruelty by husband…
NEW DELHI: A day after railways said there were signs of sabotage in recent fire incidents, security agencies and RPF obtained CCTV footage from Howrah station, showing a suspicious act linked to the fire scare on Mithila Express. The footage allegedly captures a suspect throwing an object into a coach, which immediately triggered a fire…
NEW DELHI: Signalling a push towards further deregulation, the Council of Ministers led by PM Narendra Modi spent over four hours on Thursday taking stock of recommendations of a high-level committee led by NITI Aayog member Rajiv Gauba and reforms by ministries.The discussions happened amid a clear message from PM Modi that govt shouldn’t interfere…
NEW DELHI: Dismissing reports of any shortage, govt on Thursday asserted that there was no rationing of petrol and diesel anywhere in the country and attributed long queues at fuel pumps in some parts to bulk diesel consumers, such as industries, shifting to retail outlets due to a price gap of nearly Rs 42 a…