KOLKATA: Kolkata Mayor and West Bengal minister Firhad Hakim's daughter, a doctor, has come up with strong criticism of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's handling of the onging doctors' strike and said medicos have the right to "peaceful protest" and "safety at work. In a Facebook post, Shabba Hak

New Delhi/Itanagar: The mortal remains of all 13 brave air warriors who were onboard the IAF's AN-32 transport aircraft, which crashed in Arunachal Pradesh on June 3, will be taken to Jorhat airbase in Assam on Friday. The IAF had said on Thursday that no effort was being spared in ensuring the

Cyclone Vayu won’t hit Gujarat after changing trajectory overnight but the severity of the storm still remains a threat for the state’s coastal areas, the Met department. Gujarat continues to be in a state of high alert with 3 lakh people from low-lying areas of Saurashtra and Kutch regions being ev

The first woman President of the Uttar Pradesh Bar Council, Darwesh Singh Yadav, was shot dead in Agra Civil courts on Wednesday allegedly by her own colleague Manish Sharma, police said. Sharma pumped three bullets, and later shot himself. The two were rushed to Pushpanjali hospital, where docto

In a move that could come as a massive relief for senior citizens in the state, the Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government has decided on punitive action against those who fail to take care of their elderly parents. The Bihar Cabinet on Tuesday gave the green signal to a total of 17 proposals and one

Alarmed over deaths of children in various north Bihar districts due to symptoms akin to that of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES), a seven-member team of experts from the central government is arriving here soon to find out exact reasons for the epidemic. More than 29 children have died in Muzaf

In a massive rescue operation in Punjab's Sangrur that lasted nearly five days, a two-year-old boy was rescued from inside a borewell after he had tumbled in by accident.   Fatehveer Singh had fallen inside the 150-feet-deep borewell near his house in Bhagwanpura village at around 4 pm on

New Delhi: Twelve senior government officers, including a chief commissioner, principal commissioners and commissioner of the Income Tax Department, were directed by the Finance Ministry to retire under Rule 56 of the General Financial Rules (GFRs) on Monday. Sources said some of these officers w

The wife of journalist Prashant Kanojia, who was arrested on Saturday for sharing a post on Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath, moved the Supreme Court on Monday. The court agreed to hear the plea on Tuesday. Prashant Kanojia last week shared a video of a Kanpur-based woman making alleg

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned of a cyclonic storm brewing along the country's southern coast. IMD has said that there is a formation of a low-pressure area over the south-east Arabian Sea and in the Lakshadweep. It further said that this, in all probabilities, develop into

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders on Friday met UPA Chairperson and senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi to seek her party’s cooperation in the upcoming session of Parliament, which will commence from June 17. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi, along with the Minister of State in his

In an unprecedented move in the history of Indian politics, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy will be appointing five Deputy Chief Ministers for the state. Sources told TNM that Jagan on Friday during the Legislative Party meeting held in his party office in Tadepalli took the deci

New Delhi: Shiv Sena's Sanjay Raut on Thursday said that the post of deputy speaker in Lok Sabha must be given to his party and that it was not a demand but our right. Speaking to the media, Raut said that Sena has 18 MPs and it is only natural that the post of deputy speaker should be given to h

NEW DELHI: IT major Wipro Ltd today announced that its founder Azim H Premji would retire as executive chairman and managing director (MD) of the company by the end of July. Azim Premji will retire as executive chairman upon the completion of his current term on July 30, 2019 after having led the

Renowned scientist and cyclone warning specialist Mrutyunjay Mohapatra was on Tuesday appointed as the chief of India Meteorological Department (IMD), according to a Personnel Ministry order. Mr. Mohapatra and his team at the Cyclone Warning Division of the IMD have earned praise for their accura

The Kerala government said on Wednesday that the condition of a college student who is being treated for the Nipah virus was stable, while five others who are suspected of having contracted the virus were improving, PTI reported. “The condition of the student is stable. It has not turned worse,”

It has been confirmed that a 23-year-old man who had been admitted to a private hospital in Ernakulam on May 30, has contracted the Nipah virus. The confirmation has come in from the National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune. The Kerala government had sent the student’s samples to NIV in Alappuzh

Jammu and Kashmir could witness fresh delimitation of Assembly constituencies. In a bold move, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and new Union Home Minister Amit Shah is considering fresh delimitation of constituencies in the state as there is a feeling in the Jammu region that it is being discriminated