Hyderabad: Chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Tuesday released Rs 2,482 crore towards Rythu Bharosa to nearly 42 lakh farmers and announced that the state govt will deposit, in all, Rs 9,000 crore in farmers’ bank accounts in nine days.Addressing a public meeting after releasing Rythu Bharosa funds at Shilpakala Vedika at Hi-Tec City, the…
Gurgaon: The Haryana education department is set to expand the scope of its Super 100 scheme.In its next phase, the scheme — a flagship initiative that has helped meritorious students from govt schools crack national-level competitive examinations such as JEE and NEET — will no longer remain limited to entrance exam preparation and results but…
Kolkata: Neither faction of Trinamool Congress will be allowed to hold its Martyrs’ Day rally near Victoria House at Esplanade this July 21. Citing prohibitory orders, Kolkata Police on Tuesday denied permission to both camps to use the site, where, barring a couple of years, the rally to commemorate the deaths of 13 Youth Congress…
Noida: Five people died by suicide in the past 12 hours in the city, police said on Tuesday. Two of the deaths happened in two high-rise societies. Initial enquiries suggest that stress, mental-health issues and personal or family-related issues may have been the cause behind their deaths.A 46-year-old woman allegedly jumped to her death from…
Times news networkPanaji/Colva: Dailon Carvalho from Ambaulim, Quepem, died life after collapsing on the field of play during an inter-village football match at Dando ground, Benaulim, on Tuesday.The 26-year-old was representing his village club, United Boys of Ambaulim, as they took on Guardian Angel SC in the quarterfinals of Cana Benaulim Soccer.“Dailon collapsed towards the…
Varanasi: A clinical microbiology laboratory and the Nucleus (study room) at the trauma centre of Institute of Medical Sciences (IMS),BHU were inaugurated by BHU VC Prof Ajit Kumar Chaturvedi on Monday. The VC said that the clinical microbiology laboratory will promote accurate and rapid diagnosis of diseases, while the study room named Nucleus will prove…
Education minister Pradyuman Vaja said that IITE is being developed into a multidisciplinary university with emphasis on education, research, innovation, and skill-based learning Gandhinagar: Chief minister Bhupendra Patel on Tuesday laid the foundation stone of the new building and hostel of Indian Institute of Teacher Education (IITE) in Gandhinagar at a cost of Rs 127…
Ludhiana: Punjab’s industry has come out strongly against PSPCL’s decision to impose night-time power restrictions from 10 pm to 6 am on Category-II and Category-III industrial feeders, warning that the move could disrupt production, delay export orders and increase manufacturing costs at a time when businesses are already grappling with rising input costs and weak…
Chandigarh: Congress MLA Balwinder Singh Dhaliwal on Tuesday accused the AAP govt of failing to tackle the power crisis in Punjab, alleging that prolonged outages were affecting farmers, industries, traders and domestic consumers.In a statement, Dhaliwal claimed the govt had failed to fulfil its promise of providing uninterrupted electricity and had also fallen short of…
Pune: A 17-year-old boy hit four vehicles with a tempo he was driving to escape police interception on the Pune-Solapur highway in Vaiduwadi on Tuesday evening.The Wanowrie police registered a case of rash and negligent driving against the boy. The police also booked the vehicle owner for letting a minor drive.No one was injured in…
