Mumbai: BJP MLA Sudhir Mungantiwar on Wednesday claimed state school education minister Dada Bhuse privately told him he was not aware that the exam papers of the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET), which was postponed after an alleged paper leak, were printed in Agra. He said the minister’s admission exposed serious lapses in the functioning of…
Five nannies at a day care centre on the premises of tech company, Capgemini, in Brookefield have been booked for allegedly subjecting children to inhuman treatment BENGALURU: For parents who leave their toddlers at day care while they work, the videos are chilling. Five nannies at a day care centre on the premises of tech…
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu will amend public health laws to permit criminal proceedings against home births carried out without trained medical supervision, health minister K G Arunraj said on Wednesday, days after a Tirupur-based woman who had delivered her child at home died in a Coimbatore hospital.On Sunday, 32-year-old Sasikala, who attempted a “natural” home birth…
Construction and demolition debris near Meenakshi towers in Gachibowli Hyderabad: Not just traffic snarls and severe waterlogging issues, the Cyberabad Municipal Corporation (CMC) is also battling another massive challenge – mountains of construction debris scattered across its jurisdiction.The most prominent among these is the sprawling debris dump near IKEA in the heart of Hyderabad’s IT…
Bidhannagar SD Hospital has been renamed after B C Roy Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday attended a programme to rename Bidhannagar Sub-Divisional Hospital as Bidhan Chandra Roy Multispecialty Hospital. Later, at a Netaji Indoor Stadium event, he announced a series of measures aimed at strengthening women’s safety across Bengal, including the launch of…
Times News NetworkMargao: Margao MLA Digambar Kamat on Tuesday directed Margao Municipal Council (MMC) officials not to delay processing people’s files, as he resolved several grievances on the spot during a public grievance meeting at the municipality.Most complaints raised at the meeting related to delays in processing applications for trade licence transfers and house tax….
Lucknow’s Prashasti Srivastav becomes first woman Sr DCM of NER Varanasi Lucknow: Lucknow’s Prashasti Srivastav (33), an Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) officer, is the first woman to take charge as senior divisional commercial manager of North Eastern Railway’s Varanasi Division.A mechanical engineering graduate, Srivastav joined the Indian Railways through the IRTS on Dec 10,…
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat govt on Tuesday launched the ‘Health Passport’, a comprehensive health record for children from birth to 18 years of age, with the aim of creating a continuous medical history and strengthening early detection of health issues.The initiative will be implemented under the School Health–Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (SH-RBSK), covering nearly 1.89 crore…
Hisar: A 30-year-old man arrested in a domestic violence case was found dead under suspicious circumstances in the lock-up of Urban Estate police station in Hisar on Wednesday, prompting an inquiry.The deceased, Sunil, is a native of Sirsa village in Uttar Pradesh’s Jalaun district. He ran Baba Chicken Corner in Hisar’s Fish Market. He was…
Pune: State cabinet minister Uday Samant told the legislative council on Tuesday that the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation will disconnect water supply to housing societies that fail to operationalise their sewage treatment plants (STPs) despite repeated notices.Replying to a question raised by BJP MLC Uma Khapre, Samant said the PCMC had identified 126 housing societies…
