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CHENNAI: Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president Vijay announced a slew of freebies in his election manifesto, ranging from six free LPG cylinders a year and 200 units of power, to Rs 2,500 monthly dole for women below 60, and Rs 25 lakh family health cover. Releasing the manifesto in Chennai on Thursday, Vijay also promised…

New Delhi: Nearly a decade after declaring instant divorce through triple talaq unconstitutional and void, Supreme Court Thursday agreed to examine the validity of blatant discrimination of Muslim women in property inheritance under the 90-year-old Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act.A bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi sought…

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir police’s state investigation agency (SIA) on Thursday filed chargesheet against 10 people accused in the “white collar” terror module case. One amongst them, Umar Un Nabi, was killed in the Red Fort blast last Nov.The other nine accused are: Arif Nisar Dar, Yasir Ul Ashraf Bhat, Maqsood Ahmad Dar of Nowgam,…

NEW DELHI: A massive fire broke out on Thursday at three cottages near a beachside property in Mandrem, Goa. According to Namdev Pawar, in-charge of Pernem Fire Station emergency teams rushed to the spot to bring the situation under control.This is a breaking story. Details awaited Source link

The ruins of Honiak Music Academy after the strike. NEW DELHI: In the shattered remains of his 15-year-old music school, Iranian musician Hamidreza Afarideh sat on a debris-laden floor, drew his bow and played with a kamancheh, what he called “the last sound” of a life’s work reduced to dust.Weeks after a strike destroyed Honiak…

BENGALURU: Isro’s Space Applications Centre (SAC) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) to combine satellite data with ecological field research.“The collaboration will focus on mapping India’s grasslands and other open natural ecosystems, which have often remained under-represented in policy and planning. It will…

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday criticised the government for linking women’s reservation with delimitation, saying the law should be implemented immediately instead of being tied to the delimitation process. He also called for a detailed and wider discussion rather than rushing it through in a short time.Speaking to reporters outside the Parliament…

Delhi govt to launch high-tech labs in four ITIs soon: CM Rekha Gupta NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta on Thursday announced a comprehensive initiative to strengthen technical and vocational education in the capital’s Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs). According to the Delhi chief minister’s office, under this initiative in the field of skill development,…

A discreet complaint about a young employee’s behavioral changes at TCS Nashik BPO triggered a covert police investigation. NEW DELHI: Supreme Court advocate Ashwini Upadhyay on Thursday filed a plea seeking to declare forced religious conversions a “terrorist act.”The plea came in the backdrop of allegations of religious conversion and sexual harassment at Tata Consultancy…

PM Narendra Modi assured that no state will face injustice in the upcoming delimitation exercise. Modi also pitched women’s reservation as a national priority, offering opposition a “blank cheque” for credit. Mamata Banerjee alleged BJP is to “plant bombs” during the upcoming state assembly elections.. India and Austria signed key MoUs to deepen trade and…