Nootan Toppo at the Jantar Mantar protest before she was allegedly hit by a rubber bullet on July 20 Gurgaon: Like many others who wanted to show their solidarity with protesters demanding education reforms and the sacking of Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Nootan Toppo had on July 20 taken the metro to reach Jantar Mantar.When…
Kolkata: The Sabooj Sathi scheme has been renamed ‘Sarathi’. A notice was issued with the standard operating procedure (SOP), saying that the fresh process will roll out soon.The notice outlined an SOP for students of Class 9 studying in govt, govt-aided schools and madrasas. The notice reads: “In Sarathi Phase XII, students’ profiles of eligible…
Panaji: Power minister and Marcaim MLA Ramkrishna ‘Sudin’ Dhavalikar on Monday said that the decision regarding the permanent campus of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Goa project lies with state govt.“Govt will discuss the issue and then decide. That it was opposed in the gram sabha does not mean it will not happen because…
Waterlogging at Sterling City in Bopal days after deluge in Ahmedabad Ahmedabad: Following 22 inches of torrential rain over Thursday and Friday, several parts of Bopal remained severely waterlogged on Monday, with water yet to recede fully at 27 locations including Bopal Gaam. The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation’s (AMC) sluggish de-watering operations have left residents of…
Bathinda: Inspired by the Cockroach Janta Party’s anti-paper-leak protests, the Youth Akali Dal and Students Organisation of India (SOI) held a sit-in at Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (BFUHS) in Faridkot on Monday, demanding the resignations of Punjab education minister Harjot Singh Bains and health minister Balbir Singh. The protesters alleged the July 19…
CM Devendra Fadnavis on Monday chaired a high-powered committee meeting in Mumbai to discuss issues pertaining to Pune’s traffic Pune: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday directed officials of Pune district to expedite three major projects — construction of high capacity mass transit route (HCMTR), internal ring road and the proposed tunnel network for which…
Guwahati: Assam health minister Ashok Singhal told the assembly on Monday that doctors could not be “produced in factories” but only through medical colleges, amid concerns over a shortage of doctors in the state.Singhal said more than 4,000 doctors are currently serving in govt hospitals across the state and said expanding medical education is the…
A man carries a mattress bearing prints with resemblance to the TMC flag, in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh Lucknow: A controversy erupted after mattresses with prints resembling Trinamool Congress flag were distributed to couples during govt’s mass marriage programme organised in Unnao on July 24.The administration was alerted on the issue and found the complaints to…
Chief Patron Pandit Devkinandan Thakur, 1983 World Cup-winning cricketer Madan Lal, founder Vijay Sharma, chief adviser Sumit Tiwari, strategic advisor Ajay Bhatiwal, cricket operations chief Sanjeev Mishra, and secretary Yogesh Sharma release tournament booklet in Jaipur on Monday Jaipur: The second edition of the SPL cricket tournament, aimed at providing a national-level platform to young…
IBC is to facilitate the resolution process and not to eclipse the statutory remedies NEW DELHI: Promoters of real estate companies use pending insolvency proceedings as a shield to protect themselves in court cases filed by homebuyers for not giving possession of flats, but Supreme Court on Monday clarified that a moratorium against the corporate…
