Panaji: National wind surfing champion Katya Coelho, 26, has become the second Goan sportsperson after Brahmanand Shankhwalkar to have a chapter dedicated to them in the new Class VIII Konkani textbook. The textbook has been created and is being implemented from this academic year under the National Education Policy (NEP).Director of the state council for…
Varanasi: The 10-day national online research workshop ‘Research Methodology in Social Sciences’’ organised under the joint aegis of Centre for Social Inclusion Studies (Faculty of Social Sciences), department of Microbiology of Institute of Medical Sciences, Vihaan Samiti and Jan Kalyan Vikas Foundation Trust of Banaras Hindu University concluded on Tuesday.In the closing ceremony, Prof JB…
The estate department of South West Zone of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation carried out the demolition Ahmedabad: Eight shops and commercial units were demolished in Maktampura to widen a road on Wednesday.The estate department of South West Zone of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation carried out the demolition. “The National Highways Authority of India (NHA) is currently constructing…
Panchkula: With the monsoon setting in and heavy rainfall forecast in the coming days, Panchkula police have prohibited entry near rivers, drains and dams across the district to prevent accidents during the rainy season.DCP Srishti Gupta has imposed Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, with immediate effect. The order will remain…
Pune: David Beckham’s precision bends, Roberto Carlos’s power-packed long-rangers or Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo’s swirling free kicks have left football fans and experts mesmerised for years. But researchers say there’s science behind such magical strikes that often seem to defy logic.Behind every such strike lies an invisible contest between the football and the air…
Created Forged Tax Payment ReportsSurat Surat: A textile trader has accused a tax consultant couple of cheating him of Rs 98 lakh by allegedly siphoning off money entrusted to them for payment of Value Added Tax (VAT) and Central Sales Tax (CST) while submitting forged tax payment documents to conceal the fraud.The Salabatpura police have…
Dibrugarh: All Adivasi Students’ Association of Assam (AASAA) on Wednesday submitted a memorandum to the co-district commissioner, Demow, in Sivasagar district, demanding immediate closure of foreign liquor shops operating within and around tea garden areas. The organisation said rising alcoholism is harming the social and economic fabric of the tea garden community.In its memorandum, AASAA…
Lucknow/Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Wednesday approved the 118-Km long Kanpur-Kabrai (Mahoba district) expressway, a greenfield corridor that is going to bring down the commute timing between the two cities by half.Presently it takes four hours to commute between Kanpur and Mahoba via the 127-km-long National Highway 34.The access-controlled corridor would be…
File photo of Jangleshwar demolition drive in which 1,400 illegal dwellings were removed Rajkot: In a re-assertion of procurement rules, the Rajkot Municipal Corporation’s standing committee rejected the Rs 27.20 lakh bill for food and related expenses during the Jangleshwar demolition in Feb, citing violation of mandatory tender rules and signalling a clean-up of civic…
Jaipur: A private financier was injured after a group of men allegedly fired shots in the air and attacked him with iron rods in Jaipur’s Jhotwara area Wednesday night, police said.Deputy Commissioner of Police (West) Prashant Kiran said the injured, Jitendra Sharma, is engaged in the finance business and had an ongoing monetary dispute with…
