Women activists: Govt must implement 33% women’s quota at current strength of Parliament

Spread the love       Representative image NEW DELHI: Ahead of the monsoon session scheduled to start from July 20, a group of women organisations and activists under the banner of ‘National Coalition for Women’s Reservation’ have demanded “unconditional and immediate” implementation of 33% women’s reservation in the Parliament and state legislatures at the existing strength from the next round of elections.They...

Ram temple trust open to selecting woman CEO, new pick within 30 days

Spread the love       LUCKNOW: The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust has said the post of trust chief executive officer is open to both men and women.The three-member committee appointed to select the CEO is expected to complete the selection process within the next 30 days.The committee has stressed that honesty and integrity would be among the foremost criteria. The...

60 bullets in 2mins: Plush Gurgaon society turns battlefield; class 11 student among 4 dead

Spread the love       Police said, based on information about extortion threats, crime branch personnel had been deployed a few days ago near homes of potential targets, all businessmen. GURGAON: More than 60 rounds were fired as a lane inside the city’s tony Sushant Lok colony – nestled between Beverly Park 1 and Essel Tower – became the scene of a...

Missing trail: Why Ram temple donation theft may never be fully quantified

Spread the love       AYODHYA/LUCKNOW: An exact estimate of the amount stolen from donation boxes of the Ram temple is not only difficult but next to impossible.Sources familiar with the donation theft case told TOI that at least four out of the eight arrested accused who were directly involved in the embezzlement of donation, used to work at the Ram temple...

‘Stone pelting, highway blockade’: Protest erupts after BJP denies leader bypoll ticket

Spread the love       Supporters of Narottam Mishra (L) protested the BJP’s decision to deny him a ticket after the party announced Ashutosh Tiwari (R) as their candidate for the Datia by-election. BHOPAL: Hours after the BJP sprang a surprise by denying a ticket to former state home minister Narottam Mishra for the Datia Assembly bypoll, his supporters staged a protest...

Zohran Mamdani defends Taylor Swift wedding amid $160K security row

Spread the love       Turns out love is expensive, but so are a hundred-plus NYPD officers on overtime, and Taylor Swift picked up that tab herself. NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani confirmed on Friday that Swift paid the city over $160,000 to cover the police permit and security response for her wedding to Travis Kelce at Madison Square Garden. The clarification comes...

Kerala: Toddler dies after anaesthesia for lip cut; doctor booked for negligence

Spread the love       Kannur toddler dies five days after anaesthesia for cut lip. KANNUR: An anaesthetist at aprivate hospital in Payyannur, Kannur, was booked on charge of negligence after a one-and-ahalf-year-old died following administration of anaesthesia.Payyannur police registered the case against Dr Anjali Poduval of Baby Memorial Hospital (BMH) in Payyannur, based on a complaint lodged by the child’s relatives.The...

After collecting crores from investors, Hyderabad couple go ‘missing’ in Switzerland

Spread the love       P Chandrasekhar (51) and Swapna (42) have been untraceable since they left home. HYDERABAD: The probe into a missing couple who allegedly left their home for Switzerland on June 22 has taken an intriguing turn with Cherlapally police discovering that the two collected several crores of rupees from multiple investors, to run a chit fund, before they...

Pak refuses to accept grooming gang leader unless UK hands over political dissidents

Spread the love       Rochdale grooming gang leader Shabir Ahmed LONDON: Pakistan is demanding the extradition of political dissidents from the UK if Britain wants to deport freed Rochdale grooming gang ringleader Shabir Ahmed.UK home secretary Shabana Mahmood is expected to set out on Monday how she plans to change the law to allow him to be sent back.Ahmed (73), who...

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