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‘Was harassed, tortured’: Bengaluru techie dies by suicide; note cites extortion bid, blames GBA officials | Bengaluru News
BENGALURU: A 45-year-old techie’s dream of building a house ended on a sad note as he died by suicide, accusing a family and officials of the erstwhile BBMP, now Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA), of abetting his extreme act through harassment.Murali Govindaraju, a resident of Brookbong Layout in Whitefield, worked with a private software company at…
Tere Ishk Mein Full Movie Collection: ‘Tere Ishk Mein’ box office collection Day 6: Dhanush and Kriti Sanon’s romantic drama crosses Rs 100 crore gross worldwide |
Director Aanand L Rai’s ‘Tere Ishk Mein’, featuring Dhanush and Kriti Sanon, witnessed a dip in box office numbers on its first Wednesday. After showing strong growth on Tuesday, the film’s collections slid to their lowest point so far on Day 6.According to early estimates from Sacnilk, the romantic drama earned approximately Rs 6.75 crore…
Calcutta HC junks order to scrap 32,000 teacher jobs | India News
KOLKATA: Calcutta high court Wednesday decided against scrapping the recruitment of 32,000 teachers for state-run primary schools, setting aside the order of Justice Abhijit Ganguly, who has since become a BJP MP, report Subrata Chattoraj & Poulami Roy.In 2023, Justice Ganguly, while cancelling the appointments based on 2014 Teacher Eligibility Test, said the jobs were…
Centre agrees to bring back Sunali, son from Bangladesh | India News
Sunali Khatun and son were deported on suspicions of being Bangladeshis. NEW DELHI: More than five months after her deportation to Bangladesh, the Union govt on Wednesday told Supreme Court that it would “purely on humanitarian grounds” bring back Sunali Khatun, who is pregnant, and her eight-year-old son, even as it stuck to its stand…
Rajasthan: Drunk drags cop for 500m on truck bonnet in Jaipur; driver arrested | India News
JAIPUR: A traffic cop trying to stop an errant truck driver inside a no-entry zone in Jaipur clung to the speeding vehicle’s bonnet for nearly 500 metres as the offender accelerated and swerved multiple times in a bid to throw him off, leaving witnesses bracing for the worst. The nerve-wracking scene, which unfolded around 8.30am…
Tamil Nadu: OPS meets Shah amid his push for ADMK ‘course correction’ | India News
CHENNAI: Former chief minister O Panneerselvam met Union home minister Amit Shah in New Delhi on Tuesday night to discuss the political situation in Tamil Nadu, months after breaking with the NDA over what he called a lack of backing from BJP’s state unit.“I paid a courtesy visit to Union minister Amit Shah. I spoke…
Green economy can draw in $4 trillion, create 48m jobs by 2047: Study | India News
NEW DELHI: India’s green economy could attract $4.1 trillion (Rs 360 lakh crore) in cumulative investments and create 48 million (4.8 crore) ‘full-time equivalent’ (FTE) jobs by 2047, an independent study released by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) said.The analysis also projects that India could unlock a $1.1 trillion (Rs 97.7 lakh…
On divorce, Muslim man must return bride parents’ gifts: SC | India News
NEW DELHI: Noting that inherent patriarchal discrimination is still the order of the day, Supreme Court has said gifts given by parents not only to their daughter but to the bridegroom at the time of marriage have to be returned to her if it ends in divorce.Applying a provision of the Muslim Women (Protection of…
Sanchar Saathi row: After outcry, govt drops order to pre-install its app on mobiles; Congress steps up attack | India News
Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia (File photo) NEW DELHI: Faced with a barrage of criticism over mandating pre-installation of Sanchar Saathi app on new smartphones, govt on Wednesday withdrew the directive, seeking to put the controversy on the backburner. The department of telecom (DoT) withdrew the order even while justifying the utility of Sanchar Saathi in…
Water bill gives oppn ammo to attack govt on Manipur situation | India News
NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed a resolution through voice vote to extend the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Amendment Act, to Manipur, which is under President’s rule. However, opposition MPs took the opportunity to attack the govt for the crisis in the state by mishandling the situation there and pushing its agenda…

