MAHARASHTRA WOMAN DOCTOR’S SUICIDE NOTE ON HER PALM
NEW DELHI: A woman doctor, who allegedly died by suicide at a district hospital in Maharashtra’s Satara, was raped by a police sub-inspector (SI) four times over a span of five months, according to a note that was found written on her hand. The doctor, who was working as a medical officer at Phaltan sub-district […]
TEJASHWI MAHAGATHBANDHAN’S CM FACE, SAYS ASHOK GEHLOT
NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav is the chief ministerial candidate for the Mahagathbandhan in the upcoming Bihar assembly elections. Senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot made this announcement during a press conference in Patna on Thursday, showcasing the opposition’s strategy for the upcoming polls. “We have decided to contest elections with Tejashwi Yadav […]
CLEAR PICTURE OF BIHAR POLLS LIKELY TO EMERGE BY OCTOBER 23
New Delhi, October 22:The electoral scenario in Bihar is expected to become much clearer by October 23, when the deadline for the withdrawal of nominations for the second phase of the Assembly elections ends. This development will effectively finalize the list of contesting candidates across all 243 Assembly constituencies, setting the stage for an intense […]
TEJASHWI PLEDGES JOBS TO WOMEN VOLUNTEERS
TEJASHWI PLEDGES JOBS TO WOMEN VOLUNTEERS, CONTRACTUAL STAFF NEW DELHI: Rastriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav, who has promised a government job in each household, on Wednesday pledged permanent government jobs to community mobilisers under Bihar’s flagship Jeevika self-help groups and regularisation of services of over 150,000 contractual employees. He called the pledge historic and […]
ASHOK GEHLOT TO MEET TEJASHWI TO RESOLVE ‘FRIENDLY FIGHTS’
NEW DELHI: In a bid to prevent split of the Mahagathbandhak fights, former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot will meet Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and Bihar Assembly Opposition leader Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday. Gehlot has been named the senior election observer of the Congress in the Assembly polls. Former Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel has […]
BIHAR POLLS:OVER 1250 FILE NOMINATIONS FOR 121 SEATS IN 1-PHASE
NEW DELHI: Election fever gripped Bihar on Friday as the filing of nomination papers for the first phase of Assembly polls concluded, with the ruling NDA projecting a resolute campaign in sharp contrast to the disarray seen in the opposition I.N.D.I.A bloc. According to the Election Commission, more than 1,250 candidates filed their papers for […]
GRAND ALLIANCE STRIKES FRAGILE TRUCE IN BIHAR
GRAND ALLIANCE STRIKES FRAGILE TRUCE IN BIHAR, BUT CONG–RJD SEAT DEAL STILL HALF-COOKED Tejashwi Yadav projected as CM face; Mukesh Sahani’s VIP settles for 15 seats, but Congress–RJD formula awaits final seat. As the 2025 Bihar Assembly polls approach, the opposition “Grand Alliance” (Mahagathbandhan) led by the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Indian National Congress […]
JUDICIAL PROBE INTO LEH VIOLENCE
NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Friday announced that former Supreme Court Justice Balbir Singh Chauhan will inquire into the recent police action against protestors in Leh. Justice Chauhan, who hails from Uttar Pradesh, was a judge of the top court between 2009 and 2014. He had earlier been the Chief Justice […]
NOT JUST GENES — PARENTS CAN PASS DOWN LONGEVITY ANOTHER WAY
NEW DELHI: Scientists studying tiny roundworms have uncovered how the secrets of a long life can be passed from parents to their offspring — without changing DNA. The discovery shows that when certain cellular structures called lysosomes change in ways that promote longevity, those benefits can travel from body cells to reproductive cells. This information […]
SUPREME COURT REJECTS OBC QUOTA HIKE IN TELANGANA
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday afternoon knocked down a Telangana government plea challenging the High Court’s interim stay on expanded reservations – past the 50 per cent cap set by the top court in its landmark 1992 Indra Sawhney judgment – for Other Backward Classes, or OBC, communities. The state argued that increasing […]
