Mumbai: State govt on Thursday approved the release of over Rs 51.7 crore to clear long-pending post-matric scholarship and free ship dues for 15,252 students from the 2018-19 academic year. According to a GR, the approval granted by the Other Backward Bahujan Welfare Department pertains to settlement of excess and pending disbursals made through the…
Dinner and a movie? Groundbreaking – said no one in 2026. If you’re tired of the same old date routine, it’s time to get your hands a little messy (and a lot more creative). Enter: the hobby date. Equal parts fun, flirty and unexpectedly bonding, these experiences let you make something together – besides just…
Chennai: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has booked a city-based textile bleaching firm, its directors and promoters on charges of cheating IDBI Bank to the tune of 12 crore. According to the FIR, Sri Lakshmi Saraswathi Spintex Ltd fraudulently availed various credit facilities from the bank and subsequently diverted and misappropriated the funds, causing…
Contrary to the initial plan of reclaiming the right-of-way (ROW) on sector roads by removing encroachments from green belts and pavements, the Authority shifted its focus to clearing encroachments from its own land Contrary to the initial plan of reclaiming the right-of-way (ROW) on sector roads by removing encroachments from green belts and pavements, the…
Kolkata: The frenetic pace of campaigning may have concluded on polling day, but for candidates, the day after offered little scope for pause. Ac-ross constituencies, MLA-hopefuls slipped into a different rhythm on Thursday, marked by review meetings, damage assessment and anticipation.Senior functionary Aroop Biswas, who contested from Tollygunge, headed to the party office at Bijoygarh…
Panaji: Minister for cooperation Subhash Shirodkar on Thursday released the Goa State Cooperative Policy, which aims to improve and modernise the functioning of cooperative societies in the state. It will be in place for five years and will focus on efficiency and transparency through digitisation of cooperative societies, and dispute resolution.The policy also aims to…
Agartala: A five-year-old boy was killed when a mud wall of their kitchen unexpectedly collapsed in Fatikroy of Tripura’s Unakoti district on Wednesday evening.The boy, Ankush Malakar, along with his brother Ayush Malakar, was inside the house when the incident took place.The house was owned by their father, Nibas Malakar.Relatives took them to Fatikroy Hospital,…
Jaipur: The district administration has urged parents and the public to actively participate in the HPV vaccination programme aimed at protecting girls from cervical cancer.District collector Sandesh Nayak said the vaccine is safe, effective and certified by the World Health Organization, and is being administered free of cost to girls aged 14 to 15 at…
Skyscrapers have become a kind of silent competition between nations. Not always planned that way, but it shows up clearly in skylines. Cities rising upward, faster than outward. The idea of “Top 10 countries with the most skyscrapers” is usually tied to urban growth, population pressure, and economic ambition. China dominates this space by a…
