Cyclone Fengal weakens, life in Puducherry paralysed by rainfall, TN’s Villupuram affected
After making landfall near Puducherry on November 30, Cyclone Fengal weakened on Sunday, but torrential downpour under its influence paralysed the union territory, with the Army stepping in to evacuate stranded persons in inundated streets. Old-timers recalled such a fury of nature was not witnessed in this tiny UT for...
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Society will perish if population growth rate goes below 2.1: Bhagwat
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No change in migrant status of Kashmiri Pandit women marrying non-migrants: J-K HC
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Bofors: CBI to send LRs to the US seeking information from private detective
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Eight CAG reports pending with Delhi Govt for laying before Assembly, HC told
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Kolkata’s RG Kar ex-principal helped two cartels procure hospital contracts: CBI
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SC to hear PIL challenging EC’s decision to increase voter’s count per polling booth
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Ajmer Dargah Survey: Ex-bureaucrats ask PM Modi to check ‘ideological assault’
02 December 2024 | PNS
Govt headed by Omar to complete 50 days soon in J and K, MHA yet to finalise ‘Business Rules’
The newly elected government headed by Omar Abdullah will complete 50 days in office this week, but the Ministry of Home Affairs is yet to finalize the 'Business Rules'. The ‘Business Rules’ had become mandatory as Jammu and Kashmir switched over from the State to the Union Territory after over six...
Shiv Sena (UBT) flags delay in Govt formation, roots for President’s rule in Maharashtra
Amid considerable delay over the formation of a new government in Maharashtra, the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) on Sunday rooted for imposition of the President’s rule in Maharashtra. The term of the previous Maharashtra Legislative Assembly ended on November 27. It was on that day that Eknath Shinde resigned as...
FIR against man in Maha who claimed he could hack EVMs
Taking serious cognisance of claims by self-proclaimed cyber expert Syed Shuja that Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) can be hacked and tampered with, the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Maharashtra, has lodged a complaint with the Mumbai Cyber Police against Shuja. Acting on the complaint by CEO, Maharashtra, the Mumbai Cyber Police have...
Judicial Commission investigates Sambhal violence over Jama Masjid survey
A three-member judicial commission investigating the violence that erupted during the survey of Jama Masjid on November 24 visited the affected areas on Sunday. One of the members of the commission, former DGP A.K. Jain, said Commission conducted an extensive inspection of the Jama Masjid and nearby areas where clashes and...
Youth returns to Kolkata hurt, looted, snubbed by cops
An Indian youth from Kolkata who had recently visited a friend in Bangladesh returned from that country with a visible scar of communal carnage on his face even as a fundamentalist mob caught hold of him on the streets of Dhaka and after extracting his identity (a Hindu from Kolkata)...
Didi Govt Minister Siddiqullah preaches ‘Hum Do Humare Chaar’
The Bengal BJP leadership has slammed the Trinamool Congress leadership for "encouraging" communal mindset within the party after a senior TMC leader and Bengal Minister Siddiqullah Chowdhury publicly advocated procreation of more children to achieve numerical preeminence. Sharing a snippet from an alleged public statement made by Chowdhury Bengal Opposition Leader...
Headaches, sleep disturbance, brain fog may be long COVID
SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind the Covid-19 pandemic, can persist in the skull and its surroundings i.e. meninges for years after infection, leading to a long-lasting effect on the brain, according to a major German study. Researchers from Helmholtz Munich and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat (LMU) found that SARS-CoV-2 spike protein remains in the brain's...
