VIJAYAWADA: A 35-year-old woman was severely injured after an unidentified man allegedly inserted an iron rod into her private parts in Macherla town of Palnadu district. The incident took place on Thursday evening at the victim’s residence. She has been working as a government employee in Macherla town and was alone at her residence when...
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‘Ghar wapsi soon’: Imam chief’s prediction on PoK, praises ‘new Kashmir’
Chief Imam of the All India Imam Organisation Umer Ahmed Ilyasi NEW DELHI: Chief Imam of the All India Imam Organisation Umer Ahmed Ilyasi on Friday said Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK) would “very soon” be reintegrated with India, while also praising the changes he said had taken place in Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of...
When welfare met demographic concerns
A scholarly dissection of a contentious chapter in India’s legislative history has revealed how maternity benefit policies were deeply intertwined with population control concerns in the 1960s. The study, by Prarthana Dutta and Mithilesh Kumar Jha of the Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati’s Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, is significant given the discussions over the...
Tamil Nadu polls: BJP releases candidate list, drops K Annamalai amid seat row
CHENNAI: After confusion in candidate selection and protests from cadres over seat allocation, the BJP released a list of candidates for the 2026 Tamil Nadu assembly elections on April 3. Former state president K Annamalai, whose candidature was under discussion, has not been given a ticket in this list.The party has fielded Tamilisai Soundararajan from...
‘Scared of PM Modi?’: AAP corners Raghav Chadha
AAP leader Raghav Chadha hugs Arvind Kejriwal (PTI, file photo) NEW DELHI: The fault lines within the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) have burst into the open, with senior leaders publicly taking aim at Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha in an unusually sharp and direct escalation a day after the party removed him from the deputy...
‘He should resign first’: Mamata targets PM Modi over voter list row in Bengal polls
CM Mamata Banerjee NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that he should resign first if voter lists contained names of infiltrators.Speaking at a rally in Dakshin Dinajpur, she said: “If voter list contained names of infiltrators, Modi also won with their...
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has a message for tech CEOs blaming AI for layoffs
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff is pushing back on the narrative that AI is driving mass white-collar layoffs, calling it an oversimplification—and in some cases, a CEO’s “lazy way out.” While companies like Block and Atlassian have framed sweeping cuts as AI-driven restructuring, Benioff argues they’re conflating three very different problems. At Salesforce, he’s doing the...
Before the toast: The wild story of avocado
Walk into any supermarket in an Indian city today, and you’ll likely spot a few baskets of avocados of different shapes and sizes. Once unfamiliar to most of us, this fruit has been steadily gaining popularity for its buttery texture and rich nutritional value, so much that it has become a staple on brunch menu’s....
‘Raghav Chadha is compromised’: Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann on AAP’s Rajya Sabha move
NEW DELHI: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday defended the removal of Raghav Chadha as the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)’s deputy leader in the Rajya Sabha, calling it part of routine party functioning and warning that those who deviate from the party line would face action.“This is regular party functioning. It is his call...
‘It’s not okay’: Yuvraj apologises to Kapil, Dhoni over father Yograj’s remarks
MS Dhoni, Kapil Dev and Yuvraj Singh NEW DELHI: Former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh has publicly apologised to two of Indian cricket’s most iconic captains, Kapil Dev and MS Dhoni, distancing himself from controversial remarks made by his father Yograj Singh.Speaking on a podcast, Yuvraj addressed the issue directly, making it clear that he does...
