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1 month ago | 
ndtv.com | Ratnadip Choudhury |Liu Chuen Chen
Police said they are yet to receive a complaint from the woman or NIT. Guwahati: An Assistant Professor at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) in Assam's Silchar was suspended on Friday for allegedly sexually harassing a female student. According to an order issued by the institute's registrar, Dr Koteswara Raju Dhenukonda of the Electrical Engineering Department was suspended with immediate effect, on the basis of a complaint by a student of Bachelor of Technology.
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1 month ago | 
ndtv.com | Ratnadip Choudhury |Liu Chuen Chen
India saw a 7% decline in PM2.5 concentrations in 2024. Guwahati: A small city on the Meghalaya-Assam border, nearly 2,000 kilometres away from Delhi, is the most polluted in the world, according to a report published by a global pollution watchdog. Swiss air technology company IQAir's 2024 World Air Quality Report, which was released earlier this week, has said that residents of Byrnihat in Meghalaya breathe the most toxic air in the world.
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1 month ago | 
ndtv.com | Pallava Bagla |Liu Chuen Chen
Professor P Rajalakshmi led a team of over 100 engineers to manufacture the vehicle. New Delhi: Women are no longer confined to the passenger seat. From heading design and engineering teams, holding key posts to running major automotive companies, their role in the world of motoring has evolved significantly.
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2 months ago | 
ndtv.com | Ratnadip Choudhury |Liu Chuen Chen
Mahbabul Haque was arrested on Friday, police said. Guwahati: The Chancellor of University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya (USTM), Mahbabul Haque, was arrested for alleged malpractices during the ongoing CBSE examinations late on Friday, police said on Saturday.
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Jan 12, 2025 | 
ndtv.com | Liu Chuen Chen
BJP leader Ramesh Bidhuri. New Delhi: Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ramesh Bidhuri on Sunday dismissed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)'s claims that the opposition party is likely to consider projecting him as the chief ministerial face in next month's Delhi assembly elections, saying he is not a contender for the top post.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
ndtv.com | Liu Chuen Chen
Former Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud during an interview with NDTV. New Delhi: Former Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud, in an exclusive interview to NDTV, spoke on a range of issues - from how he almost became an economist, the paltry fees he got for his first case, portrayal of court scenes in Bollywood, to criticisms levelled against judges and the top court, and court vacations. Here are the key highlights:CareerLaw was not my first choice, to be very honest.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
ndtv.com | Liu Chuen Chen
Former Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud. New Delhi: The criticism that the Supreme Court has a lot of vacations is "completely unfounded" since the judges are working "24*7 and 365 days", former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud has said. In an exclusive interview with NDTV, Justice Chandrachud also said the Supreme Court of India is among the world's top courts with the "longest duration of working days".
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
ndtv.com | Liu Chuen Chen
AAP National Convener Arvind Kejriwal and Trinamool Chairperson Mamata Banerjee. New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal has said that the Trinamool Congress and Samajwadi Party have announced support to his party in the upcoming Delhi assembly elections. Mr Kejriwal, who is the former Chief Minister of Delhi, also hit out at the Congress for "partnering" with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) discreetly.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
ndtv.com | Liu Chuen Chen
Seven cases of HMPV have been detected in India so far. New Delhi: Only 3% of the people who are tested for Influenza-Like Illnesses (ILI) or Severe Acute Respiratory Illnesses (SARI) are found infected with the Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV), which has triggered concerns five years after COVID-19 first emerged, World Health Organization (WHO) former chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan has said.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
ndtv.com | Liu Chuen Chen
Hyderabad: The husband of a 35-year-old woman, who was killed during a stampede that broke out at a film threatre during the premiere show of actor Allu Arjun's "Pushpa 2: The Rule" in Hyderabad, on Thursday said he "cannot bear the loss of his wife". Bhaskar, the husband of the woman Revathi, said his family had decided to watch the premiere show only because his nine-year-old son is a huge fan of Mr Arjun. The nine-year-old is now in hospital due to asphyxiation.
