Month: April 2025

[ad_1] BENGALURU: Ministers representing Karnataka's Vokkaliga and Lingayat communities have put the Siddaramaiah-led Congress govt in a spot, flagging the recalibrated caste survey data that the state plans to adopt as flawed and warning of social unrest if that were to be used to define reservation.A special cabinet meeting convened Thursday to discuss the report submitted to state govt last year ended without a consensus after at least two ministers pointed to alleged discrepancies in data.The Karnataka State Commission for Backward Classes, headed by H Kantharaj, started its socio-economic and educational survey in 2015, covering 5.9 crore people across 1.3 crore households. The survey was completed in 2018, but the report remained under wraps for years.Another commission, led by Jayaprakash Hegde, revised the report using data from Kantharaj commission.Although CM Siddaramaiah seems inclined to implement the report, opposition from some […]

[ad_1] Rajya Sabha deputy chairman Harivansh NEW DELHI: Reflecting on India's rich heritage, Rajya Sabha deputy chairman Harivansh on Friday said that even after India emerged from the shadows of colonial rule after Independence, it was only "post-2014 that India has begun to speak about its culture and ancient heritage with pride, and this credit goes to Prime Minister Narendra Modi."He was speaking at the release of a compilation of PM Modi's speeches and thoughts on culture, titled 'Sanskriti ka Panchva Adhyay', released at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) on 'World Heritage Day' observed each year on April 18.After releasing the book, Acharya Mahamandaleshwar Swami Avdheshanand Giri, the head of Juna Akhara, said "Since Narendra Modi became PM in 2014, a definite change has occurred. People now discuss cultural subjects with greater depth and pride."Citing an […]

[ad_1] Harpreet Singh in FBI custody NEW DELHI: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the United States on Friday flagged Harpreet Singh's links to the Pakistani spy body Inter-Serices Intelligence (ISI) and the Khalistani terrorist group Babbar Khalsa International (BKL). The FBI said Singh evaded capture by using "untraceable burner phones and encrypted applications".Agents from the FBI's Legal Attache office in New Delhi informed Sacramento that Singh was wanted in connection with multiple terror attacks across Punjab.Harpreet Singh, an alleged terrorist who had illegally entered the US, was arrested by the FBI and ERO in Sacramento. "Singh is suspected to have collaborated with Pakistan's Inter-Serices Intelligence (ISI) and the Khalistani terrorist group Babbar Khalsa International (BKL). He had been evading capture by using untraceable burner phones and encrypted applications. This case reinforces the importance of international cooperation in apprehending […]

[ad_1] Mumbai: A senior doctor at the BMC-run KEM Hospital in Parel has been placed under suspension after six women doctors filed a complaint of sexual harassment against him. Dr Ravindra Deokar, a professor in the forensic medicine and toxicology department, has now been barred from attending work or taking up any work linked to his profession privately.The Bhoiwada police station, where the six doctors filed an FIR on April 12 detailing multiple instances of inappropriate sexual conduct, have pasted a notice on the door of the doctor's residence inside KEM campus asking him to present himself for questioning. Senior police inspector Sachin Kadam said the notice was pasted after repeated attempts to reach the doctor failed. "His phone is switched off and teams sent to his house on at least three occasions found the door locked," he said.The civic […]

[ad_1] CHANDIGARH: Punjab and Haryana high court has upheld the conviction of seven villagers from Punjab's Nawanshahr for attempting to swindle land by forging the will of a soldier who vanished during World War 2, reports Ajay Sura.Harbans Singh, a native of Sheikhupur Bagh village, disappeared after 1943, prompting his wife Joginder Kaur to have him officially declared dead to claim his benefits as a legal heir. Decades later, the group of villagers falsely claimed Harbans had lived with one of them and passed away leaving a will, aiming to claim his property.As they failed to prove the presence of the soldier, HC upheld their conviction and three-year term awarded by the trial court. "If it is proved that a person has not been heard of for seven years by those who would naturally have heard of him if he […]

[ad_1] Robert Griffin III devises a clever strategy to boost Madden '25 sales by collaborating with Taylor Swift. (Image via Getty Images) Robert Griffin III (RGIII), former NFL quarterback and current ESPN analyst, came up with a creative marketing idea to boost sales for Madden NFL 25 by featuring Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce on the game's cover. This idea came after Swift's album broke records and her public relationship with Kelce, who plays for the Kansas City Chiefs.Robert Griffin III believes the Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce spotlight could take the Madden franchise to new heightsThis season, the NFL truly felt the influence of the "Taylor Swift effect." The league embraced this newfound power wholeheartedly. With the release of Swift's latest album, The Tortured Poets Department, former quarterback and ESPN analyst Robert Griffin III came up with a brilliant […]

[ad_1] Roorkee: A 15-year-old Class 9 student of a reputed public school in Roorkee was allegedly abducted and assaulted by a group of seniors from the same school on Wednesday evening. The teen was on his way to tuition classes when he was intercepted by a group of Class 10 students on a two-wheeler, his father said. They took him to an isolated spot in an old industrial area and "kicked, punched and thrashed him using belts". The attackers, all of whom were minors, filmed the assault and uploaded it on social media allegedly to gain views for the act which they considered ‘heroic'. The attack stopped only after a passerby intervened, following which the group fled.Police said the incident stemmed from an ongoing rivalry between two student groups in the school. The teen had allegedly objected to the group's […]