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The agency initiated its probe based on a case registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation, alleging bank loan fraud by the company through its directors, promoters, employees and others. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has moved a special court in Delhi seeking to have Karan A. Chanana, chairman and managing director of Amira Pure Foods Private Limited, and its whole-time director Anita Daing declared fugitive economic offenders. Mr. Chanana is currently suspected to be in the United States, and Ms. Daing in the United Arab Emirates.The agency on Friday (August 29, 2025) said the court…

Administration has sought to prematurely end status for 600,000 Venezuelans, leaving them vulnerable to deportation.Published On 29 Aug 202529 Aug 2025A federal appeals court has blocked an effort by the administration of President Donald Trump to end special protected status for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans living in the United States.On Friday, a three-judge panel of the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court’s ruling, which kept in place Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuelans. The status will remain in place as the legal challenges proceed through the courts.Before leaving office, the Biden administration had extended TPS…

The review highlights the need for coordinated policy responses across levels, including payment reforms, regulatory oversight, and improved antenatal counselling, to ensure (C-section) use aligns with clinical need rather than socio-economic or institutional pressures,the authors wrote | Image used for representational purpose only  | Photo Credit: ARUN SANKAR Seeing a rise in caesarean deliveries in India — from 8.5% in 2005 to 21.5% in 2021 — which is well above WHO-recommended levels, researchers are calling for policy measures, including more regulation in private healthcare, in an analysis published in The Lancet Regional Health Southeast Asia journal.Study highlightsDelivering a baby via…

Updated on: Aug 28, 2025 08:47 pm IST A dozen or so posts of Electoral Registration Officers and more than 500 posts of Assistant Electoral Registration Officers are vacant across the state KOLKATA: West Bengal chief secretary Manoj Pant has ordered the state’s district magistrates (DMs) to expedite the oricess of appointing Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) and Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs) for each of the state’s 294 assembly constituencies. The instructions were issued by the chief secretary on Wednesday following a communication received from Bengal’s chief electoral officer Manoj Agarwal (FILE) Officials said that a dozen or so posts…

KOLKATA: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) government plans to move a motion condemning the detention of Bengali-speaking migrant workers in various Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled states during a three-day session of the West Bengal assembly commencing on September 1, ruling party MLAs said. Kolkata: Activists of the Left parties take part in a protest rally against alleged illegal detention and torture of Bengali-speaking migrant workers, in Kolkata, West Bengal, on July 23 (PTI FILE PHOTO) The MLAs said the government may also discuss the deletion of voter names during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in Bihar since a…

The Trinamool Congress (TMC) government plans to move a motion condemning the detention of Bengali-speaking migrant workers at various Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled states, during a special three-day session of the West Bengal assembly commencing on September 1, ruling party MLAs aware of the development said. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee. (Samir Jana/ HT Photo) The MLAs said the government is also likely to criticise the deletion of names of voters through the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll by the Election Commission of India in Bihar since a similar exercise is likely to take place in West…

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) questioned Maya Saha, a Trinamool Congress (TMC) councillor from Birbhum district and aunt of the recently arrested MLA Jiban Krishna Saha, for over seven hours on Thursday in connection with the bribe-for-job case. Maya Saha is a TMC councillor from Birbhum district and aunt of the recently arrested MLA Jiban Krishna Saha. (@dir_ed) “The ED summoned me to inquire about my properties. I never received any money from the alleged corruption,” Maya Saha told media persons before entering the ED office at Salt Lake in Kolkata. “I don’t know the details. My husband, who has been…

NewsFeedThe killing of a delivery driver by police as they tried to disperse cost-of-living demonstrators on Thursday night has intensified protests across Indonesia. Protesters say they see Affan Kurniawan’s death as symbolic of the problems they face themselves.Published On 29 Aug 202529 Aug 2025

Published on: Aug 29, 2025 10:35 am IST A woman shared a video showing people trying to board an overcrowded train at a metro station in Kolkata. An office-goer’s angry rant about a jam-packed metro in Kolkata has gone viral. In an Instagram post, she claimed a delay in the Blue Line caused the situation. A commuter slammed authorities for overcrowding in the Kolkata Metro. (Instagram/thebasu___) “People who commute by metro daily know that we are talking about the current delay of each metro on the Blue line by 20 minutes. That’s what this is about! Rush during office hours…

Lokah Chapter 1 : Chandra takes you to a different world from the word go, one where a superhuman lives among the mortals. This time, we have a woman, Chandra.The movie, bankrolled by Dulquer Salmaan’s Wayfarer Films, is a cinematic treat and could even be a lesson for many on how to master the superhero genre. Lokah is another feather in the cap for the film’s director and writer, Dominic Arun, who regaled audiences with the black comedy drama Tharangam in 2017.Kalyani Priyadarshan is Chandra, who arrives in Bengaluru, a city unlike what we have seen in many movies. Her…