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Modi throws up challenge to Oppn on strict laws against corruption

Lucknow UNLEASHING a blistering attack on opposition and calling the INDIA alliance parties worse than a disease, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday, claimed that the Congress and Samajwadi Party had the intention of undoing the work done by him.

My younger sister Kalpana facing problems like a lioness: Priyanka

PRAISING former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren's wife, KaIpana Soren, for carrying forward the battle of her husband and tribal community in his absence, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra termed her a symbol of 'Nari Shakti' (woman power).

Gujarat Cong candidates face tough questions on commitment, campaign

CONCERNS were raised over the commitment and campaign efforts of many Gujarat Congress candidates at a party meeting on Wednesday, sources said.

IAS officer under ED scanner in J'khand tender scam, cash haul of ₹35 cr

DAYS after a cash haul of over ₹35 crore, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday summoned former secretary of the Jharkhand rural develop ment department, Manish Ranjan, in the tender scam case.

'Missing' Bangla MP murdered in Kolkata?

HOURS after the Bangladesh government declared on Wednesday that Awami League MP, Md Anwarul Azim Anwar, who went missing from Kolkata on May 13, was \"brutally murdered\" in the city, the West Bengal police said that investigations into the case of the politician's killing has been taken up by the state CID.

Domestic consumption of popular spice brands set to dip, says survey

AFTER Hong Kong, Singapore, and Nepal banned famous products of Indian spice brands for allegedly containing carcinogenic ingredients, Indians with no faith in domestic food regulators are also planning to stop consuming them, keeping the safety issue in mind, a consumer survey has found.

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.