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Juvenile Justice Board cancels bail for minor in Pune Porsche crash
AMID uproar over the May 19 accident, in which a Porsche car driven by a drunk 17-yearold boy killing two people in Pune, the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) on Wednesday cancelled the minor's bail and sent him to a rehabilitation home till June 5.
Navy chief bats for innovation, niche tech to meet emerging challenges
ADMIRAL DK Tripathi in his maiden interaction with the officers posted in the naval headquarters emphasised finding in-house solutions to meeting the challenges in the maritime domain.
SC to hear plea on actual voter numbers on May 24
AS the Election Commission of India (ECI) is yet to give an actual voter numbers for the Lok Sabha elections held in the five phases, all eyes are now on the Supreme Court, which will hear the matter on May 24.
SC rejects Soren plea against arrest
JMM leader & former CM withdraws appeal, top court slams him for suppressing facts
HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF POST-EXAM HOLIDAYS
As the examination season draws to a close, students and parents in India are grappling with how best to use the post-exam period.
THE CHANGING FACE OF RELIGIOUS DEMOGRAPHY
A new study shows that minority population shares have grown in India over half a century, even as they have shrunk in the neighbourhood's Muslim-majority nations
Reply sought on use of temple fund for cultural centre
THE Madras HC directed the state Hindu Religious and Char itable Endowments department to file an explanation on whether a public announcement was made about the proposed cultural centre, which will be built using the land and funds of Kapaleeswarar temple in Mylapore.
R Mahadevan Madras HC's new acting CJ
SENIOR-most judge of the Madras High Court, Justice R Mahadevan, has been appointed as the Acting Chief Justice of the court to replace Chief Justice Sanjay V Gangapurwala who is retiring on Thursday (May 23, 2024).
First-year UG arts & science courses to start from July 3
CLASSES for the first year undergraduate students in government arts and science colleges for 2024-25 in the state will start from July 3.
Beer flying off shelves in May, sales up by 26.55%
TAMIL Nadu has seen a significant rise in beer sales (26.55%) this May compared to the same period last year.
Govt offices to relocate as CMRL work leads to cracks in building
Lateral movement of sandy bed beneath foundation affected support of columns: Experts
SC sets aside bail given to eight men by HC in PFI case
THE Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside a Madras High Court order that granted bail to eight alleged PFI operatives last year, holding that national security is of paramount importance and the accusations against them are 'prima facie true'.
Chennai airport: Plan to acquire land binned
THE Chennai airport's target to serve 55 million passengers per annum may be in trouble as the state government has dropped its plan to acquire 193 acres of land for expansion of the airport.
Friends-turned-foes raise Sirsa poll heat
POLITICAL temperatures are soaring along with the mercury in Haryana's Sirsa, a constituency reserved for Scheduled Castes, where former Congress state presidents Kumari Selja and Ashok Tanwar are locked in a fierce battle.
Calcutta HC cancels OBC status of several classes since 2010
THE Calcutta High Court on Wednesday cancelled the Other Backward Class (OBC) status of several classes in West Bengal granted since 2010, calling these reservations to fill vacancies in services and posts in the state, illegal.
Form 17C sharing open to mischief: EQ
Images of booth-wise record of votes polled could be morphed, leading to mistrust and chaos, poll body tells SC
POLARISING PICTURE SHOW
PHOTO: COURTESY OF CANNES FILM FESTIVAL NAMRATA JOSHI HAT'S cinema if it doesn't incite extreme reactions in viewers? Cannes 2024 has had a fair share of such films, one of which predictably has been from the perennially unpredictable Yorgos Lanthimos of The Lobster, and Poor Things fame.
SOLAR POWER
INSTEAD of burning fossil fuels to smelt steel and cook cement, researchers in Switzerland want to use heat from the sun.
Quota-winning wrestlers to compete at Paris Olympics
AS was expected, the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) on Tuesday decided not to hold selection trials and instead allow the quota winning wrestlers to represent the country at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
KNIGHTS RIDE OVER SUNRISERS TO FINAL
Pacer Starc strikes thrice before Shreyas & Venkatesh guide Kolkata home SUNRISERS Hyderabad had reached the IPL playoffs largely because of Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma, their explosive openers.
Jos-less RR in spot of bother
IT'S a do-or-die clash for them and they want to be at full strength to negotiate any challenges.
Mkt rumour verification: Sebi issues new price framework
AMID instances of market rumours resulting in steep movement in share prices, market watchdog Sebi on Tuesday issued a price discovery framework to determine price level for transactions in cases where a listed firm verifies a market rumour within a stipulated time.
Vi clears ₹2,075 cr equity allotment to AB Group
TELECOM service provider Vodafone Idea (VIL) on Tuesday cleared allotment of equity shares to an Aditya Birla Group (ABG) firm that infused ₹2,075 crore fresh capital into the telco via a preferential issue.
MUTHOOT FINCORP REPORTS 22% RISE IN PAT; LOAN DISBURSEMENT UP
MUTHOOT FinCorp on Tuesday reported a 22.4% increase in profit after tax (PAT) to ₹562.81 crore for the financial year 2023-24 (FY24) as compared to 459.81 crore in FY23.
Money not most important factor, employees look for appreciation, says Murthy
STRESSING the importance of creating favourable conditions for employees, Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy said, \"In my experience, money is not the most important factoremployees seek respect and appreciation for their abilities.
Israel does firefighting as ally backs arrest call
Signals growing isolation of Jerusalem as civilian casualties rise
Sea of mourners pay respects to Raisi
Mourners in black began gathering on Tuesday for days of funerals and processions for Iran's late president, foreign minister and others killed in a helicopter crash, a governmentled series of ceremonies aimed at both honoring the dead and projecting strength in an unsettled Middle East.
HARYANA HEAT UP
JATS comprising around 28 per cent of Haryana population have traditionally played a dominant role for decades in the caste-centric politics of the state.
Modi misleading people on Cong manifesto, says Kharge
CONGRESS chief Mallikarjun Kharge called Prime Minister Narendra Modi 'jhoothon ka sardar' and accused him of lying about Congress' manifesto to mislead the public.
Panthic politics plays out in Punjab poll arena
THE \"Panthic\" politics in Punjab appears to be on an unpredictable course.